Getting Started with the website

Question

Hola,

I am new to the site and the language. Does the website have a user guide for all of it's features?

Thanks,

Beau

Answer 1

Hi beau, and welcome to el foro.

Our friend Moe wrote this great article on how to navigate Spanishdict.com. I think you will find it very helpful.

Thanks, I am on my way now! - Beau1977, Jun 12, 2010

Answer 2

Writing a good/helpful "user's guide" is a difficult job under the best of circumstances (and, often, a rather thankless task since not many people bother to read it [one has only to look at the questions posed in the forum]). About 6 months ago we switched to entirely different forum-software and some 6 months before that there had been a rather substantial change in the software that we were using.

The FAQ and other such guides to the site have not really kept pace with these changes. The "reference articles" are a fairly recent innovation and, although, taken as a whole, address most of the frequently asked questions (ser/estar, por/para, pretérito/imperfecto, indicative/subjunctive, amar/querer, et al.) but it would seem that few take the trouble to read them before posting their (redundant) questions.

Geoffry: during your few months you have demonstrated an ability to deal with English and a good deal of Spanish. My advice would be to "poke around" on the site. The information is (for the most part) there but requires a bit of 'digging'. I would further suggest that, if you can't find what you're looking for, you PM Quentin (my impression is that he has a huge file of links to various topics that have arisen in the forum).

Thank-you for the info. I am on my way! - Beau1977, Jun 12, 2010

Answer 3

Welcoome to the forum, Beau

You can find all sort of things here.

Rules and other features.

We hope you like it here

Heidita, thanks for the info! - Beau1977, Jun 12, 2010

Answer 4

Thanks Beau.

I've been visiting this site for nearly two months and I viewed "Technical Support" a while back but it did nothing for me. If, as it appears, this is a new version, I would have been very appreciative of a pointer in its direction when it was changed.

I now need to make a serious visit to tech support to find out some of the many things I still don't know. Will it be man enough to provide the answers? I'd best also read Moe's article which I have just heard of for the first time.

Congratulations Mr Catalyst.

You seem unhappy here. - Goyo, Jun 10, 2010