Regarding your posting blog entries or posting new comment threads to the forum, the options appear as your participation reaches certain point I think. But, you can always select a similar thread that is going on and ask your question there - these folks are really neat and offer any guidance they can to everyone. That's what I did at first and as I participated in the forum, options appeared available on my pages. I'm sorry that you had to find the forums - but glad that you did find us. Peace be with you - Mary