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Posting a question in the Forums           

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Searching the Forums database     

 

          Posting a question in the Forums

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Click on the category your question is suited to. Examples Residential Service or Feed Back.

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Click on Post New.

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Fill in your User Name, Password, Message Title, and your Message.

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Should you want to highlight your message title with an Icon.  Choose an Icon (Located in the Message Block) under Icon Selection. The icon will appear to the left of your title.

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Check the Email Notification box, if you want an email sent to you once someone has replied to your message post.

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Check the Signature box if you want your signature to be displayed.

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Check the Emoticons box if you want to use one.

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If you do not want replies to your message posts, check the Lock Replies box.

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You can preview your message post, by clicking the Preview button. Should you need to make changes to the message click Edit and you will return to the edit screen.

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When you are satisfied with your message click Post.

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           Registering- How to

You can access the Registration page by clicking on the Register  icon to the left.

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Step 1 - Read the Legal Notices and Terms of use

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Step 2 - Fill in your User Name. You will need this to log on and post messages.

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Fill in your Password, (this must be at least three characters long) Email Address, Connection Speed. Filling in the Signature is optional. Note: By adding your email address, this allows the reply to your posted message, to be emailed directly to you. Also, should you forget your password,  it will be emailed back to you when requested.

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Step 3 - Read the Notice and click Register. Should you need to make changes to your personnel information, you can do so at any time in the future.

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         Search Forums Database

This search engine is only for searching the Forums data base.

There are two ways you can do searches.

One way to search is using a particular word or phrase. To do this type of search use the top portion of the search box.

The second type of search is to search for everything that is new in a particular category.

 

         Searching a particular word or Phrase

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Use the drop down menus to select the Forum, Data, Search Modes, Expand and Search By fields.

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Fill in your question in the Search For field and click Search.

 

        Searching most recently posted

bulletFrom the main Forums page, click search.
bulletScroll to the bottom of the page to the search engine box.
bulletFill in the bottom part of the box. where is says Show Posts.
bulletChoose a category.
bulletYou can choose whether you want to search All threads, Today, Yesterday, This week, or Last week.
bulletOn the right hand side of the box click the appropriate selection to narrow or expand your search.
bulletAll related items will show up.

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