WOW, I think I posted my first new thread about an hour ago. Just came back in to the site to see if I had gotten any response, but I cannot even find what I posted. Maybe I am just not tech savvy enough to use this site. Seems very complex when you are a new member. Between icons, fonts, stickies, smilies, quack, quack, quack...I am lost. I was really looking for a site to correspond in a simple, concise and efficient manner using basic, English language punctuation. I'm wondering if I'll be able to find this post in an hour or two. Now I'm thinking that I need to post 5X before anything activates?
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If you look near the top of the page under the ecig forum banner and the Forum tab on the left, there's a button that says "what's new". Click on that and you'll get "my posts"
Hope this helps
Hope this helps
Ditto trouble1000. Yes, it is overwhelming at first. I remember it well. And, truthfully, I've been hear over a year and I'm still learning new things about how to use it. But most everyone is kind and ready to help. Welcome to ECF, enjoy, and hollar if you need help.
Hi EMGOR! Welcome to the forum. Here is the link to your first post: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/526452-new-member.html
I don't have any problems finding my way around on here, but I do spend every waking hour ECFing 
Your first post and replies is here: http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/526452-new-member.html#post12200142
It is a little intimidating for me too, but the guys with ball bats have not come to the door and spoken in whispering voices yet. On the contrary, everyone has been so nice I feel like a pest. I ask - they answer and I have another question immediately. You (WE) will be fine.
I already received enough clarification to make a solid money saving choice on my first two setups. I would have made a really BAD choice without the assistance that came within the first 30 minutes from two very nice people. Then about 10 more in the blink of the eyes. I read the link info over and over, looked at the pictures and weighed the pro-con things and decided. Went to town and SAVED a bundle over what I THOUGHT I was going to "TRY".
WE are lucky to have been given a helpful bunch of people who don't mind helping the unknowing (well I am unknowing anyway). Hope you get comfortable over time. It's a bit easier for me already. GO BACK works well! Like an eraser for me.
Tom
EDIT: I see I was too slow giving you that link ....... too slow typing and too many words! I tried!
It is a little intimidating for me too, but the guys with ball bats have not come to the door and spoken in whispering voices yet. On the contrary, everyone has been so nice I feel like a pest. I ask - they answer and I have another question immediately. You (WE) will be fine.
I already received enough clarification to make a solid money saving choice on my first two setups. I would have made a really BAD choice without the assistance that came within the first 30 minutes from two very nice people. Then about 10 more in the blink of the eyes. I read the link info over and over, looked at the pictures and weighed the pro-con things and decided. Went to town and SAVED a bundle over what I THOUGHT I was going to "TRY".
WE are lucky to have been given a helpful bunch of people who don't mind helping the unknowing (well I am unknowing anyway). Hope you get comfortable over time. It's a bit easier for me already. GO BACK works well! Like an eraser for me.
Tom
EDIT: I see I was too slow giving you that link ....... too slow typing and too many words! I tried!
Alternatively If I click on my username at the top it takes me to "my activity" which shows everything I've posted.
ECF is a big forum with lots of options, just go through all of the menu at the top to understand what's their purpose. It's not that complicated if you use it regularly.
Fortunately, all the forums on the internet works pretty much the same, learn this one and you will have learned them all
Fortunately, all the forums on the internet works pretty much the same, learn this one and you will have learned them all
BEEEEEEE CAREFUUUUUL !!!!! For once you find your way around, you will pry hard GET OFF !!
Lol --- No, but REALLY Yea ...... and be sure to explore all the nooks and crannies of the forum .. it's very extensive. Get your post count up and start posting wherever you wish !
Lol --- No, but REALLY Yea ...... and be sure to explore all the nooks and crannies of the forum .. it's very extensive. Get your post count up and start posting wherever you wish !
Hehehe... After 4 years I'm still discovering new things and new ways to navigate this forum! 
Good luck, have fun, read the stickies in New Members forum, ask for help when you get lost. It gets easier. I promise!
Good luck, have fun, read the stickies in New Members forum, ask for help when you get lost. It gets easier. I promise!
Under "Quick Links" you can click on "My Threads" and find all the threads that YOU started.
In any discussion of ECF you have to factor in how enormous it is. It's been running since 2007 and has 12 million pages on the sitemap. The biggest problem we have in running it is where to put stuff. The bigger a place like this gets, the more separate forums you need, and the harder they become to find.
The best way to think of ECF is that it's like a large city. There is no way you can pitch up in a new city and know where everything/anything is. Finding out is the journey. Sooner or later you'll probably find a neighborhood you like. Hang around in New Members, and take a quick peek out every now and then. You'll find it easier once you are ready to move around more.
The best way to think of ECF is that it's like a large city. There is no way you can pitch up in a new city and know where everything/anything is. Finding out is the journey. Sooner or later you'll probably find a neighborhood you like. Hang around in New Members, and take a quick peek out every now and then. You'll find it easier once you are ready to move around more.
When you have been here for a while, you will find your own little corner of the forum that you want to hang out in.
oh my! i don't think emgor ever found his way back to the original thread or to here to read the advice. another thread was started yesterday on the original topic by him/her but no reply from the op in there either 
and no pm privileges yet to send him/her links to his/her 3 threads
i don't think emgor ever found his way back to the original thread or to here to read the advice. another thread was started yesterday on the original topic by him/her but no reply from the op in there either and no pm privileges yet to send him/her links to his/her 3 threads
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And to carry the city analogy forward: Stop strangers and ask for directions. Like you just did here!
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