Tips, Techniques and How-to Articles for Interacting on Discussion Forums

[Mike Phillips]

Tips, Techniques and How-to Articles for Interacting on Discussion Forums


I get 1-3 Private Messages a week from a new member with a zero for their post count telling me the sent me a PM because they didn't know how to start a new thread.

So here's a list of my current articles on topics like, "how to start a new thread".

We were all new to discussion forums at one time, I understand this and that's why I wrote the below articles, to help others out and flatten out the learning curve.

If you're new to discussion forums, read the first three for sure...


How to start a new thread & How to reply to an existing thread <-- Good for Newbies


A tip to help yourself get great answers when you start a thread <-- Good for Newbies


How to write a good title for your thread <-- Good for Newbies


NEW - How to navigate to other pages in a thread


NEW - How To Subscribe to a Thread


Roll Call - What's your real first name?


How To Register with the Autogeek Discussion Forum <-- Good for Lurkers


Using a member's Posting History to find an answer


What to do when you see a problem on the forum


How to share an article using a blue clickable link


How to expand the message box


How to tell if you're logged into the forum?


Post your intro thread here but post topical question in the related forum group


How to use the "Editor Mode" to break a single quoted message up into smaller quoted sections


Hope the above helps...

[Mike Phillips]

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[FUNX650]

I'm glad you also have the below 'how-to articles' to assist in: "Interacting on discussion forums"...

listed under...http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...-phillips.html

Thanks again Mike!
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Photography and Working with Pictures on the Internet

NEW - How to create dedicated albums in your photo gallery...

If you're going to be a "Forum Person" on ANY forum, help yourself by learning how to work with picture on the Internet

How to resize your photos before uploading to a photo gallery - Using Easy Thumbnails

Handiest little picture viewer tool I've been using for years now...

How to upload a photo into your Autogeek Photo Gallery

How to insert an image from your photo gallery into your message

How-To capture swirls, scratches, etchings and other surface defects with your camera

How-to work with pictures on discussion forums

How to crop out the fluff and resize your pictures! - Using FREE online software!

Photobucket and Missing Pictures


NOTE:
Although this list of articles may be a blue-color, they're not clickable-links.



Bob