Forum help page

Help topics:

• Browsing the forums
• Registering an account
• Working with messages
• Other features
• Forum - mailinglist synchronisation
• RSS news feeds, what is ?

Browsing the forums:

You do not need to register to browse the forums. Simply select a forum to read it, or you can subscribe to its RSS feed.

• Forum List - Takes you to the list of available forums.
• New Topic - Start a new discussion (only when logged in).
• Search - Searches the current forum and retrieves messages that match your search
• Log In - Log in to your account. You need to do this in order to post messages and to access other features of the forum.

Registering an account:

• Enter a username for this account. You will be notified if the username you choose is already used by someone else.
• Enter an email address associated with this account. Forum notifications will be sent to this account.
• Enter a password for this account. Repeat it in the field below to confirm.
• Click on the Submit button. You will receive an email to the address you specified previously, asking you to validate the account. Once the account is validated, you will be able to join in the discussions.

Working with messages:

• Reply To This Message - Reply to the currently viewed message.
• Quote This Message - Pastes the message into your reply. Generally there is no need to paste the whole message in your reply, as the original message is shown on the same page. You may however want to quote a portion of the original message to help target your reply.
• Follow This Thread - Click on this to receive email notifications when there is a new post in this thread.
• Report This Message - Use this to report this message to the moderator.

Other Features:

• My Control Center - This is where you can view and edit your profile, message signature, privacy options, view and join groups, list threads you are following, change your forum settings, and change passowrd.
• Private Messages - In addition to posting forum messages, you can also send private messages to other registered users.

Forum - mailing list syncronisation:


The forums and the mailing lists are now synchronised:

• Messages posted to a mailing list, also end up at the relevant forum.
• Messages posted to a forum, also end up at the relevant mailing list.

RSS news feeds:


You may have seen the icon on internet sites. What is it? It points to an RSS feed. RSS or Real Simple Syndication is a way for sharing information, like news, on the internet. To view the information in an RSS feed you need a news aggregator program. The aggregator will automatically check the feed periodically and alert you when new articles are available. No more hitting refresh to see new content on your favourite news sites.

Our forums now have RSS 2.0 feeds you can use with your news aggregator:
Public forum RSS feeds.