Vancouver 2006 Users Gathering
How to use the Forum
Canadian Working Group of People Who Use Drugs should also check here
1. Register
2. Log in
3. Profile
4. Reading the forum
5. Private Messages
If you have already joined the Forum, ignore #1 below
1. Register
#1 Go to the Forum and register. Only registered members can make posts on our forum.
click on the Register button... 
On the Registration page you must fill in the following information:
Remember
your Username and Password ... you will need them later!
Further down the Registration page you will find a Profile Information section.
You can ignore this section if you want. But you might at least want to fill in Location box.
The bottom section of Registration page is a Preferences section.
Change Always show my email address and Always notify me of replys to YES
At the bottom of the Registration page you will see button SUBMIT
Click on the Submit botton and you will be registered.
2. Log in
Once you are registered, or whenever you re-visit the Forum, you must LOG IN so you can post messages.
Enter your username and password and then click the Log In button:
Or if you wish, just go to the bottom of the page and you can log in there:
3. Profile
You can change or update your profile.
Use this to update your email address, change your password, make a signature, or change preferences, etc.
4. Reading and Posting in the Forum
Once you login in, the easiest thing to to is View posts since last visit
This way you can see what new posts there are without having to look through the entire Forum.
Another way to check for new posts is to quickly glance at the Main Page and check for new threads. If there is a orange paper image on the left column, that means new posts in that section of the forum.
Opening a section of the Forum
Just move your mouse cursor overtop of the Section you want to open, when it turns color, click!
Creating a new (topic)discussion
Within a Section, you can create new discussions by clicking on New Topic button. (On the following page, the "Subject" will be the title for the discussion you create.)
Replying in discussions
You click the Reply button if you want to add your comments into an existing discussion.
Returning to Main Index Page of the Forum
Whenever you wish to get back to the very front page of the Forum, just click the red Forum logo:
6. Private Messages
You can send people PMs (private messages) by clicking the PM button under their posts. Also can email them.
If a PM has been sent to you, you will see this at the Main Menu. Click on it.
Last, but not least...
Our collective stance towards drug prohibition
... if you have any questions, please email Brent or phone at Canada (613)336-3428