Create A New Post

Select the category you will be posting in. Then click 'New Thread'. Simply type your message and press 'Submit'. Now you have your own post topic in the list.

Reply To An Existing Post

• Quick Reply - this brings up a small text area (without reloading the webpage) where you can quickly type a short reply. Press 'Submit' when you are done typing your response.

• Reply - This is the standard method in which you should reply when you want to reply primarily to the most recent post. The reasons for this is because the subject line of your reply will auto fill with the subject of the post from which you are replying. In case you were wondering, yes, you can change the subject. Type your response and press the 'Preview' button at the bottom of the page if you wish to view your post prior to submitting it. When you are done editing and are satisfied, your post is ready to contribute to the forum then press the 'Submit' button.

• Quote - If you wish to quote someone's post whether in whole or in part you simply press the 'Quote' button located beside the 'Reply' button underneath each post. This is very useful if you wish to make light of or expand upon a prior post. Once you press the Quote button you are brought into the same editing environment that you use to edit or create any other post. At this point, you type your response directly to that quote. When you are done replying, press the 'Submit' button.

• Reply Topic - This button functions the same as the 'Reply' button with the exception that your subject line will auto fill with the subject of the original post (OP). This may come in handy if you replying to a long post whose subjects may have changed over time but you want to reply to the OP. When you are done replying, press the 'Submit' button.

Visibility And Notification Of Your Favorite Posts

Now that you have settled into your new community and everyone has met you, you want to be able to keep up with your favorite posts without checking in every five minutes to see if something new has posted. There a couple of ways that you can do that.

• Subscribe- At the top and the bottom of every thread you will find the 'Subscribe' button. Pressing this button subscribes you to that topic so that any responses to that topic will generate an email notification to your email address stating that a new post has been made along with a link directly to said post for your convenience. You will notice the button now reads 'Unsubscribe' indicating that you are subscribed and pressing the button again will remove your subscription to that thread. Remember that you can also manage your subscriptions in your profile.

• Favorite- Another way of gaining visibility of threads that wish to keep an eye on is set them as your 'Favorite'. This will place an obvious indicator, such as a star, beside the topic name of the thread so that it will stand out in the forum list of topics. You will notice the button now reads 'Unfavorite' indicating that the post is already one of your favorites and pressing the button again will remove it from your favorites. This is a great way to get visibility on multiple topics. Remember that you can also manage your favorites in your profile.

Boardcodes

What is Boardcodes?

Boardcode are special tags that will allow you to format your messages. Currently, the ASR Forum supports links, bold, italic, bold, "quoted" text, img, size, list and colored text.