What are forums, threads and posts?
A forum is like a single room in a large conference that proceeds in several rooms. Each forum or room is devoted to a particular topic. Sulekha has 18 forums at present, with topics such as “Women” and “Technology”. Forums are composed of several pages of individual discussions of threads. These threads are arranged in reverse order (latest first) in a series of pages. You can read older discussions by going to higher numbered pages using the toolbar near the top of the forum page. New forums are periodically created by Sulekha administrators. You can navigate through different forums using the toolbar of forums on the top, which lists forums by their topic-names such as “Women” or “Technology”. A thread is an individual discussion. It is started when a user submits a new post by clicking on “Start a Discussion”. After a discussion is started, it grows as people use the “Post a response” form at the bottom of every message or post to respond to earlier messages.
