If you are NEW to the Forum, take a minute to look at the Tabs at the top of the Forum page.
Click each one to see how this works.
INDEX--Lists all the Topic Categories available
RECENT TOPICS--all the latest posts appear here--a very EASY way to find the newest discussions
NEW TOPIC--select this to start a new topic--be sure you carefully select the Category to post in--the default is the current Block of the Month Category
NO REPLIES--posts that have no replies
MY TOPICS--all the topics you have posted on
PROFILE--your profile, including your posts
SEARCH--put in a word or two to find a specific topic or search for a specific member. If you know I wrote something but you can't remember where it was, search for bbquiltmaker and my posts will appear
If you Post a topic or reply to a Topic, you will be subscribed to that Topic and will receive an email every time someone posts there, even if all they say is "great"!. To stop that, simply Unsubscribe to that Topic--the choice is at the top of the page. Some topics are very active, some not so much.
I hope this helps.