Submission of Postings

Users who are granted posting access to any of the forums, will be presented with a postings screen as shown here - note that different layouts may apply on different forums, but in principle this is how it looks:

In this example, the user has not logged in and is not known to the system. Thus can a user post to a Public forum.

In the example below, the user has logged in and username and email address are coded into the form:

The posting form is largely self-explanatory, but note the following points:

• The 'emoticons' which can be used to express opinions in the messages, are not defined as to their meaning. Please use them in a manner which will be meaningful to other users of the forums!

• The poster may be given the option of being notified upon reply to the message, but the forum moderator may disallow this option.

• In most forums the user has the option to upload a file attachment to their message. The permissable size of that attachment is defined per forum, but should in no case be larger than 2Mb.

• Also, it is necessary to 'Send file' before submission of the posting form:

File attachments are posted by HTTP rather than FTP, so may be slow. Particularly on a modem line you should be aware of the delay which can result.

The submission of an attachment will request confirmation; after the upload, you will see that the form is modified to show the completed upload:

Submission of the completed form will give you an acceptance message, and should then take you back to the forum listings: