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Posting a message

When posting a message you can do several things:

• Start a new conversation topic by clicking on the New Topic Icon.
  
• Add your voice to the end of an existing topic by clicking on the Post Reply button.
  
• Reply to a specific posting from another user click on the Quote button.
  . Your posting will still be added to the end of the topic, but you will be able to quote the other user's words and reply to their specific points. For more information, see Quoting Messages.
   

On clicking one of these buttons you will be taken to the posting form.

Posting Form

This form is where you write your message. You will need to complete the following boxes. 

• Subject - The subject of your post. 
• If you are starting a new topic, the subject is required, and it will become the name of the topic. 
• If you are replying to another post, the subject is not required, but may be added.
• Message Body - The Message body is a large text area where the you write the main part of your message.  Plain text is the only thing allowed here, you can add smilies and other emoticons by clicking on the icons to the left of the message body box.
• BBCode - This is a means to add a bit of extra formatting to your message, such as bold or colour. For more information see BBCode
• Smilies - Smilies (also called emoticons) can be added to posts.  For more information see Smilies.

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