About the Millennium Salons Forum

Welcome to the New Millennium Salons forum.

The basics of this software work like this:

• To read a question or comment, simply click on whichever topic on the list interests you.

• To answer a question or respond to a comment, click on the link at the bottom of the window the question or comment is in that says, "Contribute an answer to...(question or comment title)." That will bring up a screen in which you can enter and submit your answer.

  Messages can also be typed in email programs or word processors and copied and pasted into the text box used for submitting questions and answers.

• To "Ask a Question" click on those words in the upper left of the main window (above the list). A screen will come up that will allow you to enter a new question or topic. The "subject" of that question or topic will appear on the main list after you've submitted it."

  Also... Be sure to select a category for your thread from the pulldown menu in the text entry area. If you don't see a category that seems to fit, leave it set to "Don't know," post it, and find the thread that says "What would make good categories for this forum?" (under the "Forum Mechanics" category), and suggest a new one.

• CAUTION: Please doublecheck your email address when entering a new question or topic. Responses to initial, "top level postings" you make will be forwarded to you via email. Your address will also be inserted at the end of any messages you leave so that people can communicate with you "offline" if that seems more appropriate.

• To receive automatic updates of new postings , click on the link below that says, "request to be notified," or click the link at the bottom of the forum's main screen that says, "add an alert." This is a powerful feature of this forum software you'll want to take advantage.

• The Post Composition forum: A special practice and "workspace" forum/salon has been set up for hands-on practice with this software, or for doing "pre-posting" work. Click here when you're done reading this page to find out more about that.

  And, if you wind up feeling you'd like more help with the general mechanics of navigating and participating in this forum, coming back here to the "About" page, and clicking the link below will take you to a set of online instructions that will show you the basics quickly...

  Instructions

Enjoy yourself, be nice, and remember: The main topic here is what (and how) to do about this mess.

And, oh yes... The disclaimer. Neither myself or anyone else connected with the establishment of the Millennium Salons will be repsonsible for any actions anyone takes as a result of reading anything on the site or in the forum. All information here is strictly the views of the people providing it, and is presented on this site/forum for informational purposes only. The management of this forum also reserves the right to delete any posting or thread at any time, with or without explanation.

Bill Dale - June 5, 1998

How this System Works

This bboard software was written by Philip Greenspun and hosted for free by him started in 1995. Anyone could come in and create a forum and moderate the discussion. Most of the thousands of forums on this server were and are publicly searchable by Google and other Web indices.