Creating a Forum Topic / Listing Topics
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The USA Dance LA group has it's own discussion forum titled "USA Dance LA Board Discussions". This forum consists of forum topics and comments posted to the topics. You create a new forum topic to begin a new discussion. The discussion itself will consist of comments posted to the topic by other users.
New Forum Topic
To begin a new Forum Topic, click on the "Group Forums" link in the top right navigation menu (or alternately, in the bottom left navigation window).
When you click on the "Group Forums" link, you will see the Group Forums container:
Click on the "USA Dnace LA Board Discussions" link. This will take you to that discussion board.
Click on "Post new forum topic". This will bring up the "Submit Forum topic" form.
You must enter a Title that describes the subject of your new topic. Next, you enter the details of your subject into the Body field. For "Forum Context", you MUST select "USA Dance LA Board Discussions", or your post will not be posted in the correct place.
In the "Groups" section, you must check "USA Dance LA". If you want this post to be available for viewing by the general public, then place a check in the "Public" box. Note that if you make the Forum Topic public, then all comments posted to it will also be publically available.
If you wish to attach a file to this post, then select the "Browse" button to locate the file on your local hard disk. Note that you must click on "Attach" to upload the file prior to submitting this post, or the file will NOT be attached to the post.
To submit your new Forum Topic, click on the "Submit" button. Please be sure to double check your entries before submitting the post.
Once submitted, others will be able to add comments to your Forum Topic, and thus create a discussion.
List Forum Topics
A list of the 6 newest Forum Topics is available on the USA Dance LA group home page: http://www.centralavedance.com/usadancela . Additional topics can be listed by clicking on one of the Forum Topics links which are located on the group home page, in the top right column group navigation menu and the bottom left side group navigation menu. You can also list Forum Topics by clicking on the "Group Forums" link, also located in the top right column group navigation menu.