Hello Moderators

[Jackie]

Hi Guys,

I am back. Sorry to have fallen behind. I know that the subject of a FAQ has come up before.

There are a couple of ways that we can accomplish this.

1) I was planning on creating a series of web pages that listed frequently asked questions and give answers, which I would consolidate from the board's answers to that question over the last several years. In order to do this, I just need a list of the topics that you ' all think I should include. I would summarize the board's discussion of the topic, or just select one of the best answers that I could find on the subject. This is a fairly time-consuming approach but it would be easy for newcomers to find answers quickly.

2) I could establish a new forum for FAQ's and post an "announcement" on that forum which would list common topics with links to past answers. The only problem here is that new uses with more than one question are going to be jumping around looking for answers/questions/answers, etc.

3) I could post an announcement over the entire board (similar to the "How To Post A Message" announcement above), which would explain how to use the SEARCH function to find answers to basic questions. Something like "How to Find Quick Answers to Basic Questions".

There are probably other ways to handle this too. I am still planning on #1 but I would like to hear others' suggestions.

I've read the comments above and don't quite see how the board would be helped by adding a new forum for "FAQs or RBQ's -- Really Basic Questions" alone because past responses are not going to be listed automatically... To go back in history, you have to search or create special html pages.

Other ideas? Comments?

Jackie

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