This is not a post but asking for help in site navigation.

Hi, good day to you.

I am new here and I am trying to find my way around this forum. It seems not so intuitive to me, so below are a couple of q’s:

  1. I had created my first post yesterday and it was successfully put up online. I tested the link and it was working. Today, I tried to look for it, and to my surprise, it’s not that easy. First I went to my profile, should be the easiest place right? Well, I can see my “first post” badge. Great. But under my Posts, I can’t find it. Turns out I would have to go to My Subscriptions to find it. What if I did not subscribe to my post? EDIT: while writing this, the post can now be seen under my Posts, so maybe just a slight temporary glitch.

  2. How do I ask for help or find the FAQ? When I post, the only topics i can choose are photography, travel, food/drink, local stories, meetups, and how-to’s. I want to find help. The header bar on the help desk page says:

Help Desk
Browse frequently asked questions (FAQs) from the community and find solutions

…But I can’t find FAQs. Also, is it possible to search inside the topic page? What I mean is, if you’re already in the Travel page, for example, there should be a search bar that searches Travel posts only. I think this is quite a common forum design. Currently the only search bar is the top one, then we’d need to go to advanced search to filter topics. A bit awkward, IMO. Also, Help Desk topic is not an option when posting, so how should one ask for help? Help Desk topic should be select-able and should contain posts on how to navigate this forum.

That’s all for now. Thanks.

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Hello @jvliveH , welcome on Connect. You will have a lot of fun here and know more about our fellow Local Guide community. I suggest you read this great post as gives à wide introduction and tips on how to use Connect. Enjoy!!!

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/Help-Desk/14-helpful-tips-for-using-Connect/ba-p/1238710#.XMlTUtPLZiE.link

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@jvliveH some people will say that “not so intuitive” is even an understatement - especially if you are trying to navigate on a mobile device :wink: You are by far not the first/only one to struggle with this.

The easiest way to find your own contributions is to click on your profile picture in the top right corner and then on the text balloon icon (the one on the right) - that will lead to a list of all the things you have posted (new posts and comments).

You can also bookmark the following URLs for quick access to your posts and comments:

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/user-id/1001045

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/forums/recentpostspage/post-type/thread/user-id/1001045

And if you have any questions, the idea is that you post them in the ‘How to’ section.

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Yes, I do look forward to having fun here. Thank you for that link, @Giuseppe75 !

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Thank you for the tips, @JanVanHaver ! Bookmarking is a great idea!

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