I have started a little article about "How to use a forum to help solve problems". I have seen a lot of these on the various forums and newsgroups over the years, but typically the beginners don't have a lot of experience with this concept and might not know that guidelines of this sort exist.

On another forum where I post there is a link to a "how to post" article as a sticky post at the top of each forum, and yet there are still countless posters that don't seem to understand how to best use the forum. Overall, this problem will never go away - that is just the nature of the beast.

Here is a link to the article - right now it is just the outline:
http://www.learntoprogramnow.com/article.asp?id=33&g=1

If you get a chance to read it, please let me know if there are any glaring omissions.

My intention is to have a brief "outline" at the top that is just enough info to be of use in case that is are far as they read (or as far as their attention span will take them). Then, I'll flesh out each outline item with a full explanation below.

Woody Z
http://www.learntoprogramnow.com