First, you need to lurk and see what each forum is about. Then, you can post questions if you need answers, OR, answer questions others have posted. It's that easy! Good luck and have fun. I have over 1200 posts so far.
Tickers? Go to www.tickerfactory.com and follow everything from there. Then you copy and paste one of the codes in your siggy... Now if only I could remember which code it was... So just try every code!
Edited to add-Oops, and easier way to get to the site is to just click my ticker!
If you see someone you want to PM, then click on their user name an option will be to send them a PM will be there. Click on that..good luck and welcome