[answered]how to start a thread

JLNobody, you can go to the Forum Index page, select the forum category in which you want to place your thread and then click on the New Topic button at the top of that forum's list of threads.

What a few people might not have realized is that this help request might have been posted from the help page.

In any case click on the forum index link in the header of the page and you will see a list of forums.

Then click on the forum you want to add a topic to.

Then find this button on the left:



Click it and you have started a thread. You should try it out on the testing forum.