Hello there johncross, welcome & here are a few of the aforementioned helpful hints (well they
may be helpful, then again you may have found all the stuff you need already
- but have them anyway).
Click
this link to view info about post counts & avatars &c;
forum guidelines are here; and any other questions - bring 'em on.
SNBAD I don't recall welcoming you already, so have a WELCOME now, as still a (nearly) new member.