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The first page displays a list of the topics currently displayed on the discussion board, along with the name of the person who started the topic, the number of replies, the date the first message was posted and the date of the latest reply to that message.

You are able to sort the topics in any of the following three ways, by clicking on the appropriate link at the top of the column. You can view by the most recently posted topic, the topic with the most replies or the most recently replied to topic.

To display the full text of the topic, along with all of the replies, click on the name of the topic (listed under 'Topic'). To return to the opening page, click on 'Return to topic list'.

From the first page (the 'topic list') you can also begin a new subject for discussion, by clicking on the 'Start a new topic' link in the right-hand corner above 'Date'.

When you click on 'Start a new topic' a form will be displayed for you to fill in. In order to post a new topic, you must enter a valid email address. Next enter the name of the new subject, below that you can enter the text that you would like to see displayed, followed by your name. To post the subject to the discussion board click on 'Post Message', or if you do not wish the entry to appear on the discussion board, click 'Cancel'.

Once you have clicked on the name of a subject to display all of the entries under that heading, you can add your own reply by clicking on the 'Reply' link.

The reply form is similar to the new topic form. Again you must enter a valid email address in order to post a reply. The heading is automatically filled in with the name of the subject, however you can change this if required. Below this is a space to fill in the text of your message, and another for your name. To post the message to that subject click on 'Post Reply', if you do not wish that entry to appear click on 'Cancel'.