Non-Threaded Forum posting tips to get used to the format here = QUOTE

Since posts in a thread will all be subsequent to the ones before it instead of forking off into separate roads (the old threaded forum style), ALWAYS QUOTE anyone you are responding to so there's no confusion over what you mean or who you are responding to. 

Especially if you are posting a response to an earlier post in a thread, but you're well below where you've found it in the thread. 

Otherwise, posters may not know what or who you are responding to.  By quoting the relevant post, there will be no confusion about what you are reacting to.



Absolutely feel free to post multiple posts with quotes of different individuals within each one OR to put it all into one post with the relevant quotes included so that others will be better able to follow the discussion properly.

The quote option is at the bottom right corner of each individual post within a thread.  You can quote it all or just part of it.  When you choose to quote, it brings ALL of the post into yours, but you can edit out what you don't want.  Just be sure to leave the BBCode quote  and   /quote surrounded by [ & ]
at the beginning and at the end of the quote.  Then post YOUR RESPONSE BENEATH the final /quote function (surrounded by the ][ on each end).  Otherwise, your response will be INCLUDED in the quote.  I often change the color of my response to make it easier for anyone readng to know what's what.

USE THE PREVIEW FUNCTION TO BE SURE IT WILL LOOK THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO.

It will take some time to get used to how threads flow in this new format, but once you are used to it, it will be VERY EASY to follow.  I've used both threaded and non-threaded boards and they just take a little getting used to, but work very well once you do.

If a thread becomes extremely long,  sometimes it might be better to start a NEW thread to respond to something early on in a large thread if the discussion has morphed into something different than it was earlier. 

That is perfectly fine and actually a very good idea.  Use the subject line to describe the topic being responding to if you do that and feel free to cut/paste anything relevant so that respondents will know what has already been said.