I'm probably the worst person to try to direct you on a computer, but I can help you find your past posts. Look at the top of the page under the red banner and you will see some funny looking droopy things, 6 of them. The one black one on the right side is you. Put your cursor on it and you will see various subjects, and the one that says " Your content" is your posts. Click on that and all your past posts will pop up. The rest of it I am still trying to figure out myself. Oh, to search put your cursor over the first droopy thing on the left side and you will get a drop down. Don
Read this fellas - this will tell you what you want or need to know. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/forums/tutorials.88/