Discussion Group Help

Discussion Page

The Discussion page operates much like a bulletin board where people post comments or questions that are available to all other users of the board.

A site owner can start a discussion or provide a space for a question and answer forum.

To read posts to the discussion:

1. Click the underlined topic.
   This will open another window that will show the posts made under the selected topic.
2. Click the name of the post you wish to read.

To reply to a posting:

1. Click the Reply button.
   This will open another window where you should enter the subject, your name, your e-mail address (so private responses may also be made), and your message.
2. Once you have finished your reply, click the Post button. The response will appear indented under the original or last posting (the one to which you have replied).

To add a posting:

1. Click the Add Message button.
   This will open another window where you should enter the subject, your name, your e-mail address (so private responses may also be made), and your message.
2. Once you have finished your reply, click the Post button. The response will appear under the original posting.

To view all posting in a list:
Click the Show All button.
This will open another window where you can view all the messages in the order in which they have been posted.

To search for a particular post or a specific word or phrase:

1. Click the Search button.
   This will open another window where you should enter the word or phrase for which you wish to search.
2. Click the Search button.
   The results of your search will be displayed in the following window.