The Forum
Now that you have registered, let's take a look through the forums. You should be at the main index page of the forum if you just registered and logged-in. Like I mentioned earlier, a web-forum like kirupaForum contains numerous individual forums that are divided into categories to better sort the content that goes in each forum.

You should see 7 categories on the forums: Talk, Flash, Art and Design, Web Development, Careers, and Forum Information. Within these 7 categories, you will see the forums that go under them. For example, the forums in the Flash category deal with Flash MX 2004, ActionScript, Swift, and more Flash-related topics!

Within each of the forums are what are called threads. Threads are similar to containers that contain messages called posts. For example, when you click on the Flash MX 2004 forum link in the Flash category, you will see a list of thread titles from other people who are discussing or getting help on various Flash MX 2004-related issues:

[ threads contained in the Flash MX 2004 forum ]

If a particular topic interests you, you can click on the thread title to see the actual message and any responses the original thread creator may have received. The individual messages that compose the thread are known as posts.

The following is an image of posts contained in an arbitrary thread:

[ individual posts inside the popular thread - "Word Association Game" ]

Since you are a registered member, you have the ability to contribute your own responses or creating a new thread where others can post responses to your message. You will learn more about posting messages on the next page.

The next page will cover the ever-important topics of posting and responding to messages!

Onwards to the next page!