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1.)
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If
you are not already registered, the first thing you need to do is
register to get a Username and Password. Below is the header
you will see when you access the Forum at http://moaa.freeforums.org/
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2.)
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After
you log in, you can contribute to one of the Forums. For
example, if you wanted to chat with the President, you would click
on the President's Corner and you will see that there are already
two sample Topics posted. One by Bob Ranaldo and the other by
cpuguy: (See below) |
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3.)
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Selecting
the  symbol for the
Membership Topic, you will see what was written. In this case
there was a question to the President posed by cpuguy. Below there
is a reply by Bob Ranaldo giving support to cpuguy's question to the
President. Usually, the President would be the only one to respond
to Topics in this Forum, but anyone can jump on the soap box and
provide input. (See below) |
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Whether
you post a New Topic to an existing Forum or Post a
Reply to an
existing Topic, the forms you fill out are similar, other than
the title of the form and where it appears
in that particular Forum. The New Topic form additionally
has a section at the bottom to invoke a poll on your
Topic. |
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5.)
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To
post a reply to an existing Topic, the form you fill out is
shown below. For now, ignore the formatting code boxes
below the subject line and also ignore the "Disable BBCode in this
post" check box. |
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6.)
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To post a
New Topic
to an existing Forum the form you fill out is shown
below. It is similar to the form used to post a reply
except there is an additional section at the bottom where you
can request viewers vote (take a Poll) on your Topic. For now,
ignore the formatting code boxes below the subject line and
also ignore the "Disable BBCode in this post" check box.
An
example of a Poll can be seen in the "Web Site
Humor" Forum where the MOAA Administrator posted a
topic "Do we want to keep the Military Humor
Section? Please Vote". (See Instruction 7 below.)
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Below
is an example of a Topic that was posted in the "Web Site
Humor" Forum by the MOAA Administrator. The Topic
Subject is "Do we want to keep the Military Humor Section?
Please Vote". The Poll Description reads "Should
the MOAA-Hawaii Web Site have a Humor Section?" (See
below)
We
encourage everyone to register, and at a minimum, access the
"Web Site Humor" Forum and VOTE! It's a good way to
get introduced to the mechanics of the Forum and it will let us know
what you think about having the Humor Section. |
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