To submit or reply to messages in the forum, you will need to create an account. To create an account, perform the following steps:

1. Go to the forum by clicking on the Forum tab and click the link labeled "Create Account".
   
   
   
    
2. Fill in all your information, be sure to accept the terms an conditions, and click the "Create Account" button. (Note: You will most likely want to not recieve the Network54 Newsletter. This is a newsletter from a 3rd-party that hosts our forum and the newsletter is not related to hydroplanes or APBA).
   
   
   
    
3. Once you have created your account, simply login using the login name and password you created in the previous step.
   
   
   
    

You will need an account to post a message to the forum. If you don't have an account, follow the "Create an account" steps above. To post a message to the forum, perform the following steps:

1. Log into the forum and click the "Post Now!" link.
   
   
   
    
2. If you have already been approved to submit messages to the forum, continue to Step 6. Otherwise, click the "Apply for Membership" link on the page that appears after you log in.
   
   
   
    
3. To apply for membership, be sure your email address is correct, enter a message for our forum approval manager if you like, and click the "Apply to Group" button.
   
   
   
    
4. Your application will automatically be sent to our forum approval manager. You will recieve an email once you have been approved. (This step is necessary to avoid SPAM and other unwanted postings on the site).
   
   
   
    
5. Once you recieve an email approving your membership, just click on the link in the email to return to the forum and click on the "Post Now!" link. Now that you have been approved, you can post messages anytime by simply clicking on the "Post Now!" link in the forum.
   
   
   
    
6. Fill in the posting with your name, a message title, and message text (your email is optional). You can click the "Preview" button to see what your posting looks like before actually posting it. To post it, just click the "Post!" button.
   
   
   
    

When posting a message to the forum you can also add images to your message. This requires a forum account and requires that you be approved to post messages. If you don't have an account, follow the "Create an account" steps above. If don't know how to post a message, follow the "Post a message to the forum" steps above. To add photos to a message you are posting, perform the following steps:

1. When creating or editing a message, click the "Photobucket.com" link near the bottom of the screen.
   
   
   
    
2. If you have never logged into Photobucket before, you will be prompted to login. If you have a Photobucklet login, simply login and skip to step 5. Otherwise, click the "Join Now" button.
   
   
   
    
3. Enter the user name and password you would like to use and click the "Next" button. (This login is for Photobucket, which is a 3rd-party that provides a free service to upload and share photos).
   
   
   
    
4. Complete the user information form on the next screen and click the "Next" button. (After this you may also be prompted to enter a code to complete your registration, if so, follow the instructions and click the "Next" button).
   
   
   
    
5. The next screen will show all the photos you have in your Photobicket account. If the photo you want is already in your account, continue to step 6. Otherwise, click the "Browse" button, browse to and select the image on your computer that you would like to upload (exact steps are not detailed here since they many differ depending on your computer), and click the "Upload" button.
   
   
   
    
6. Click the photo you would like to add and drag it to the message text box above, dropping it where ever you would like it in the message. You can click and drag it again to move it somewhere else or you can click and drag the small squares on the sides and corners of the image to resize it.
   
   
   
    

If you would like to upload your own photos to the photo gallery, perform the following steps:

1. Go to the Gallery page by clicking on the "Gallery" tab and click the link labeled "Click here to upload your photos using PhotoBucket".
   
   
   
    
2. This will open a new window taking you to Photobucket, a 3rd-party website that allows you to share photos for free. Click on the "Add photos & videos to this group" link.
   
   
   
    
3. If you are already a Photobucket member (you will be if you have uploaded images to your forum postings), login if necessary and proceed to Step 7. Otherwise, select a user name and password to create a free account with Photobucket and click the "Next Step" button.
   
   
   
    
4. Complete the user information form on the next screen and click the "I accept. Sign me up!" button.
   
   
   
    
5. Now that you have signed-up, close the Photobucket browser window, go back to the APBA Vintage website, go to the Gallery page by clicking on the "Gallery" tab (if necessary), and click the link labeled "Click here to upload your photos using PhotoBucket".
   
   
   
    
6. This will open a new window taking you to back to Photobucket. Click on the "Add photos & videos to this group" link.
   
   
   
    
7. Click the "Choose files" button and select any pictures you would like from your computer and upload them to this group. The next time you return to the APBA Vintage website's Gallery page you should see the photos you uploaded.