This will have you posting in less than one minute!
Replying To An Existing Topic
1) Click on the topic.
2a) Click on the "Reply to this Topic" button towards the top-right of the screen
2b) (Alternatively to 2a, if you want to quote someone else's post, and then reply underneath, click the "Quote" button on the bottom-right of the post.)
3) Type your reply in the blank rectangle
4) When you're finished, scroll down and click on "Post"
Now click here on the Please Introduce Yourselves thread, and put your new knowledge into action! 
The ads disappear! You can use the Dining Guide! You're a full-fledged member!
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Starting A New Topic
1) Go into the forum where you want to write the topic, e.g., "Restaurants and Dining."
2) Click on the "Start New Topic" button towards the top-right of the screen
3) Write your Title Topic Title (and, optionally, Topic Tags) in the boxes provided (Don't worry about the exact wording of these; I usually change them)
4) Write your post in the blank rectangle
5) When you're finished, scroll down and click on "Post New Topic"
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Uploading Pictures
Okay, this is complicated, but if you follow these directions, it's simple. You have to be in the "Full Editor" (not that "Quick Editor" down at the bottom of the page - if you're there, click on "More Reply Options" and you'll be in the Full Editor).
1) Put your cursor down at the bottom of your text (the photo will appear wherever your cursor is - you can add multiple photos in a single post using this method, and they'll all show up where your cursor is at the time)
2) Down beneath where you're typing, on the left, there's a whole section called "Attach Files." This is where you want to be.
3) Click "Choose File" which will bring up a list of files on your own computer
4) Choose the file you wish to attach (hopefully .jpeg or .pdf, but a couple other file types are allowed also)
5) Click on "Attach This File" and it will show up (sort of) on the line above
6) Click on "Add to Post" and it will appear in your post looking something like this:
[attachmemt=4326:Amoos House of Kabob Menu-1.pdf]
That will become your thumbnail after you finish posting You can cut, paste, and move that line of text around within your post, but make sure you move it "en todo," from bracket to bracket.
Repeat steps 3) through 6) for any photos you wish to add (I think the limit is about 10 per post).
It's a cumbersome process, but once you've done it a few times, you know it, and it's not that bad. Please let me know if I can improve this explanation. For a non-computer-person, this is something of a nightmare.
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Accessing The Dining Guide
To access the AMAZING, life-changing Dining Guide, all you have to do is post one time, i.e., follow the instructions above.
Why don't you introduce yourselves in this topic right ----------> HERE <----------
Or maybe write about a recent dining experience you've had? The Dining Guide will be your index to find every major restaurant in the area - even though I'm the author, I use it myself almost every single day. If you don't have access to it yet, and are looking for a specific restaurant, the best way to do it is through Google, like this:
"donrockwell citronelle"
If you search on that (or whatever other restaurant you're looking for, alongside of donrockwell (with no spaces)), it will come up #1.
And even if you can't find the exact topic, I'll make sure it gets in there for you - my organizational skills are supremo (except when I'm trying to find my car keys).
Have at it, and welcome!
Cheers,
Rocks.
