Confusion about how to post
I just now sent a post about tahini and whether it is a fermented product. I posted it on "site talk" because I don't post very often and forgot how to do it correctly. If you review all the screens I looked at today, you can see that I was casting about trying to find my way in to post on the home-cooking board. I do have a password, but what are the correct steps to take to get in and post? Sorry for misposting, but I feel really confused and frustrated here!
Kathy Thompson
By Kathy Thompson
on May 27, 2010 03:02 PM
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At the top of the page under the Chowhound logo there is a navigation bar with CHOW CHOWHOUND RECIPES etc. Place your mouse pointer over the word CHOWHOUND and a drop down menu will appear. On the far right of the menu is a section labeled "Topical".
Under that is a list of boards, one of which is "Home Cooking". Click on that and you will be taken to the home cooking board.
If you are one of those who have problems with the drop down menu, you can simply click on chowhound and the same menu will be in the top section of that page.
Or you can click this link and just bookmark it in your browser -
http://chowhound.chow.com/boards/31
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Welcome Kathy! We've all been there. Not to worry, you'll get the hang of it!
When you come to chowhound, you'll probably land on the main page, which lists all of the boards and has a header above them that says: "Select a Board".
So, first you have to decide which board best suits your question. Your tahini question is probably a question for "General Chowhounding Topics," which is in the board list in the "topical" category in the right-most column. (At least, that's where I'd post that question.) So, "Select" that board from the board listing by clicking on it.
When the board comes up, you'll see that the General Chowhounding Board is described (underneath the header) as "Discuss chow in general, including nationally available products, internet & mail-order, national cuisines and tips for chowhounding." If you think that description suits your topic, then go ahead and post it . To add a brand new topic find the red "ADD NEW POST" button nearish to the top, on the the left hand side. Click on that button and type away, both in the "title" section and in the "message" section. When you're done, click " the red ADD NEW TOPIC in the lower right hand corner below your post. That's it! You're done!
To reply to someone else's existing post on an particular board (as I am doing right now, replying to your post in your "Confusion about how to post" thead on the Site Talk board), click on the thread title (in this case "Confusion about how to post") to open up the thread. Each post within the thread should look like this in the lower right hand corner:
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Click on "reply" to open up a message box. Type away. Click on the red "POST MY REPLY" button in the lower right hand corner and you're done!
If you post in the wrong place, the mods might move it to another board. But, you can always just click on your "MyCHOW" page (click on the menu at the top of the forum: "MYCHOW" is on the far right), which will bring up a listing of all of your posts.
(P.S. I think "Site Talk" was the perfect place to post your "COnfusion" thread.)
~TDQ
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Good info above. And if you ever realized you've posted in the wrong board (or even if you're just not sure), you can click the "Report" button at the bottom of your post and let the moderators know. They're good about moving things to to the right place.
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in case you are looking for your tahini post on the "site talk" board, Kathy, it looks as if the mods did move it to the "general chowhounding topics" board, and you got several responses! you can read your post here:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/7106...
keep at it and browse the boards, you'll get the jist of what types of posts go where, and there are lots of friendly folks who will help you if you have more questions. :)
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If you forget all of the above, just go to your proflie page
http://www.chow.com/profile/137342
When you see "Hope Cooking" click on that.
Cliciking on your name almost anywhere will get to to your profile page.
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