Here are some things you can do to teach yourself the basics of using this forum.
Click
Help in the main menu. Really! It's pretty good.
You can read the
documentation for Regular Members (http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?board=5.0;sort=subject) on the Simple Machines site. (Simple Machines is the name of the forum software we are using. )
If you prefer video instruction, search for
Quotesimple machines how to use video
or similar phrases.