﻿<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>New Naturalists / About the New Naturalists Forum / Welcome to the Collins New Naturalists Forum </title><generator>InstantForum.NET v4.1.4</generator><description>New Naturalists</description><link>http://www.newnaturalists.com/Forums/</link><webMaster>newnaturalists@harpercollins.co.uk</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:17:23 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>How to use the forum</title><link>http://www.newnaturalists.com/Forums/Topic3-2-1.aspx</link><description>&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Welcome to the New Naturalists forum. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;We've organised the main forum into lots of smaller topics. &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Within them you can start your own related discussion or reply to an existing discussion.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;To post a reply to a message you can select Reply and your response will appear underneath.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;To post a reply as a private message to a user select PM. You can also email the member. Please note this is automated without any emails being made public.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;To start a new discussion click on Post New Topic.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;Search gives you a short cut to topics you're interested in.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;You can subscribe to topics you are interested in to be sent an email anytime a new message is posted. On the top right hand side of this page, select Forum Options / Subscribe to Forum.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;"Control Panel" allows you to check to see if anyone has sent you a private message.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;"Calendar" shows when Collins plan to publish future New Naturalist titles.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt; "Who's On" shows a list of New Naturalist members who are currently logged on to the forum.&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;UL&gt;&lt;LI&gt;&lt;FONT face=Arial size=3&gt;&lt;FONT size=2&gt;"Members" will show you a list of all New Naturalist forum members - only username is displayed.&lt;/FONT&gt; &lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/LI&gt;&lt;/UL&gt;</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:23:56 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Collins</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>