The CA forums provide a setting where visitors can seek additional information or construct threaded discussion. While CA understands debate may be part of the Q & A process, we encourage visitors to always maintain good decorum and provide positive input where possible. CA reserves the right to limit, close or remove discussion which does not maintain.
Spell checking should work as a provision of most browsers. If a word is underlined in red, hold down the <ctrl> key while right clicking the word, a dictionary selection should come up as a context menu to help. Otherwise use a search engine to find the correct spelling. Good editing improves the quality of dialogs so please make the effort to sustain a high quality forum.
Topic creation is an option to any authenticated users having followed the simple registration to select a user name and password, accept the use policy and look for an automatic email confirmation, (check your spam filter if the email doesn't show up or send an email request to the contact link, bottom of any page on the site.
Replies to topics are handled as threaded comments, below and indented to the topic heading. Users can reply to the topic overall, or reply to any other comment directly.
Notification of replies is an option by subscription which should appear as part of providing a response comment. Users can choose to "subscribe" and be notified by email of all updates to that topic or choose to be notified only for replies to their original comment. Site administration is notified of all comments and will respond to general questions when appropriate. The option to unsubscribe is also available in the comment process, or use the contact request bottom of any page to request assistance.
Topical continuity should be considered when responding to an original posters topic so as to not hijack another poster's topic by going off topic. If the information you seek is similar but not directly related to the original, please create a new topic and refer back to the other topic by posting a link to indicate reference to the original topic if necessary.
Editing a topic or response is done by way of the editing tool, much the same as a word processor provides. A tool bar in the editor shows a few tools to help with formatting data as desired. Remember to hit save or there is option to first review a posting before committing it. Otherwise, the the same user can re-enter the topic and make corrections as needed.
These few simple suggestions should provide a valuable information resource to those choosing to seek further information or provide further input for others as CA works to provide a quality platform to help assemble working groups toward a successful and gainful result.
Thank you and enjoy the benefit you might help provide.