The Forum can be viewed by anyone who visits the site. However, in order to post an item to a Forum, or indeed to add a comment, then you need to be a registered member of the website and to have joined the Forum community.
To Register as a member use the "Login / Sign on" button in the top right hand corner of the Forum header. To join the community, please see the answer in this FAQ category re Member Page. You can tell if you are a member of the community because your profile card will be shown in the Members Area page.
To actually make a post, select the category that you want to add your post to. This will the display the posted items in that category, and you can page backwards and forwards through those items using the pagination buttons. To add your post to the category, press the "Write New Post" button at the top right corner of the category header (This may be labelled "Ask A Question" depending on the item type supported by that category). This will then open up a page where you can type the text of your post, and add any images or videos as you want. Press "Publish" to save your post. This will then return you to the Category page and you should see the title of your new post added to the list.
The Forum can be viewed by anyone who visits the site. However, in order to post an item to a Forum, or indeed to add a comment, then you need to be a registered member of the website and to have joined the Forum community.
To Register as a member use the "Login / Sign on" button in the top right hand corner of the Forum header. To join the community, please see the answer in this FAQ category re Member Page. You can tell if you are a member of the community because your profile card will be shown in the Members Area page.
To actually make a post, select the category that you want to add your post to. This will the display the posted items in that category, and you can page backwards and forwards through those items using the pagination buttons. To add your post to the category, press the "Write New Post" button at the top right corner of the category header (This may be labelled "Ask A Question" depending on the item type supported by that category). This will then open up a page where you can type the text of your post, and add any images or videos as you want. Press "Publish" to save your post. This will then return you to the Category page and you should see the title of your new post added to the list.