Lothians Family History Society Forum Help
Updated: November 2003

The forums on LothiansFHS are very asy to use, firstly you must register by pressing the the 'Login' button in the menu bar. Once you have gone through the registration process you will be able to post messages within the forums, if you do not register, you will only be able to view forum content.

Use of the LothiansFHS forums is subject to our forum rules which can be found here:

1. To post a 'new' Topic:
1.1 Decide which forum you wish to post in, go to it by clicking its name in the main forums menu, and press the 'New Topic' button.
1.2 Write you message in the box provided, note that you can also use BBCode and 'Smilies' if you wish
1.3 Once you have completed your message, click the 'Submit this new topic' button.

2. To reply to a message in a Topic:
2.1 Decide which topic you wish to reply to, go to it by clicking on the message within the topic.
2.2 Write you message in the box provided at the bottom of the page, note that you can also use BBCode and 'Smilies' if you wish
2.3 Once you have completed your message, click the 'Submit' button.

That's it, it's as simple as that.