Forums or communication
boards are where many people
gather together
on the web to inquire of
questions, answer questions, discuss
problems, exchange acquired skill
, and chat. Unlike chat
rooms, forums have moderators, who check that posts are
relevant, suitable, and polite. Offenders will be warned,
and persistent offenders blocked from using the board.
Most forums require you to register, and to log-in. Choose
a nick-title
if you dont want to utilize your real name, choose
a password (something you will
remember!), fill in as much of
the understanding as is required, add as many extra details
as you feel comfortable with, and get ready to be
enlightened.
You might
prefer to "lurk" (a techie term meaning to read
messages rather than to post them) until youve become
familiar with the board. When you do post, you positive need
to
choose the right section of the board, and to incorporate only
one topic in each post. If you have three questions, you
generate three posts.
Make sure your subject heading describes your question -
dont use headings like "Please help" or "I am
confused!"
Other users scanning the headers wont have any idea what
your question is going to be about - they might
not take the
instant to open and read your post. You might
miss advice from
busy experts.
So here are some of my favourite boards - hope to see you
around soon!
Help with web building
Site Ownershttp://www.siteownersforums.com
From beginners to experts.
Site Pointhttp://www.sitepointforums.com
One of the most well-known sites, for all levels.
Web Developerhttp://www.webdevforums.com
Webmasterhttp://www.webmaster-forums.net
Help with your PC
The Newbie Clubhttp://newbieclub.com/?pramclub
Beginners welcome, no technology
-speak. Youll positive need
to join, but
its free of price
, and gives full access to the tutorials as well as
the forum.
PC911http://www.pcnineoneone.com/index.html
Also includes very useful *How to* section.
Help with your e mail
Tek-tipshttp://www.tek-tips.com/
Not just e mail, and all levels.
Help building
e-books
Ebook Friendshttp://www.ebookfriends.com/
Help on all ebook programs, all levels.
eBook Forumhttp://www.ebookforum.com/
Help on reading devices, building
and selling
ebooks.
Help generating an e-zine
EP Digesthttp://www.epdigest.com/
Small but helpful.
