How do I use the Forum ?
The Forum is a place for asking questions and sharing ideas and information.
Anyone can read the forum entries, but if you which to follow topics so you get notified when changes happen, and/or you which to post to a topic or make a comment, you will be asked to allow your profile to be shared with everyone.
Your profile contains any information you wish to share about yourself. It also contains a record of posts and comments you have made in the forum. You can edit your profile by clicking the 'Account' menu item under 'My Account' on the menu bar.
Once you have become a member of the forum, you can like a post or member by clicking on the heart icon. Click again to unlike. You can follow a member or topic by clicking the Follow button. Click again to unfollow. Following a post or member allows you to get notified when new activity occurs.
Your Account page allows you to also track your forum posts and comments as well as edit them. In addition you can manage how you would like to be notified when various events occur (see list below). Notifications will automatically be listed in the Notifications section of your Account page. In the Settings section, you specify which notifications you would like emailed to you.
Things you can get notified about:
New Blog entries
When someone Likes one of your posts or comments
When someone makes a comment on one of your posts
When there are updates about members and posts you follow
Any new activity in the forum