If there are many messages that have been posted, the list that is shown is grouped into pages. So, for example if the forum had been set-up by the owner to only display ten messages per page, then you would only see the ten latest messages that had been sent.
To see the next ten messages, you would click one of the navigation buttons that are located at the bottom of the screen (shown and described below). You may move to the next, previous, first or last pages.
Also, you may view all the replies to each message. To do this, you would click the Show Threads button (described below). You would then see the ten messages and all replies to these ten messages. These are displayed in a 'tree-like' view whereby each reply to a message has been indented.
To post a new message, click on the Post button (desribed below). This will take you to another screen where you may enter the message details.
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Help - Brings you to this page to give you some help on the page that you are using |
| Back - Takes you back to the page where you came from | |
| Add Message - Add a new message to the forum that you are currently viewing. | |
| Reply to Message - Reply to the message that you are currently viewing | |
| Search - Search for a message in the forum | |
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First - Move to the first page of forum postings. When the forum has a lot of top-level messages, these will be grouped within pages that you may navigate using the navigate buttons. |
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Next - Move to the next page of forum postings. When the forum has a lot of top-level messages, these will be grouped within pages that you may navigate using the navigate buttons. |
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Previous - Move to the last page of forum postings. When the forum has a lot of top-level messages, these will be grouped within pages that you may navigate using the navigate buttons. |
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Last - Move to the first page of forum postings. When the forum has a lot of top-level messages, these will be grouped within pages that you may navigate using the navigate buttons. |
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Show threads - Expands the list of messages that are currently shown, to display all the replies that have been sent to each. |
| Hide threads - Closes all the messages to display only the original message, and no replies. |