- To post a message within the topic you must first join the Glass GovForums by completing the free registration form.
- Once you have joined GovForums and have received your password by email, go to the login page, enter your email address and password then click the LOGIN button.
- You can start a new discussion "thread" by clicking on the ADD NEW TOPIC button. Create a title for your discussion topic then type your message in the large text field provided. You can optionally add a URL to your message by including a fully formed Web address (i.e., http://www.doe.gov/). When finished, click the Submit button to post your message. NOTE: The GovForums application will automatically log you out of the system after 20 minutes of inactivity. If you feel it will take you some time to compose your message, it is suggested that you first type your message into a word processing application then, when finished, copy and paste the text from the word processing application into the form on the web page. This will assure that, if you are logged out of GovForums, you will not loose the message you just typed.
- Clicking on any one of the links within the GovForums Discussion topics will take you to a new page where you can view the messages posted on that topic.
- To add a message to the topic discussion, click the "submit reply" link on the bottom of the screen and fill out the form. Be aware of the 20 minute time limit. To avoid loosing the message you just typed, first use a word processor to compose the message then copy and paste the text into the form fields. When you are ready to post your message, click the Submit button.
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