Make sure you participate in the forums by making a post or a comment to ask questions, provide answers, or share ideas, among other things.

You can vote on others' contributions. You can view all your own contributions in one place. You can also track issues by following discussion topics or specific posts. You'll be notified by email when somebody creates a post or adds a comment.

Before you post in the forums, it's always a good idea to run a quick search to see if the question has already been answered in the forums. Your fellow users will appreciate not having to answer the same question over and over again.

To make a forum post

1. Click New post in the top-right side of any forum page.

   

   Note: If you don't see the New post button, look for the Post a Question or Idea button instead.
2. Enter a Title for your post.
3. Enter Details, which might be anything, including a question, feature request, or tip.
   Use the formatting toolbar as needed. If you want to add an image, the maximum file size is 2MB.
4. Select a Topic for the post from the drop-down menu, if you want to change the selected topic.
5. Click Submit.

To view all your contributions to the forums

1. Click your profile icon on the upper-right side of any page, and then click My activities.
2. Click Contributions.

   

3. Click any link to go to your contribution.

To follow a discussion topic or post

1. Click the topic or post.
2. Click Follow button next to the topic title or question.

   

   Note: When you follow a topic, you might be given the option to choose whether you'd like to be notified for only new posts in the topic or for all new posts and all comments made to posts in the topic.

To manage the forums items you're following

1. Click your profile icon on the upper-right side of any page, and then click My activities.
2. Click Following.
3. Make any change to the forums items you're following.