I'd be happy to send a welcome treemail too. I could help folks navigate the site. But if they had any technical questions I'd be lost for an answer. I still ask those questions too! Just ask Dave how long it took for me to learn to just put photos on the sidebar of the seed forum!
But, in addition to receiving an email from another member, I still think it would be good to have a welcome tutorial somewhere on the site that could help newbies maneuver. It could just cover basics, like navigating the site, treemail, how to find members, basic BB codes commonly used here, that sort of thing. I think new members would feel more at home if they had all this info at their fingertips immediately.
One thought... there could be a "Welcome New Member" forum where people could be directed immediately on signing up. A sticky thread could give some pertinent information like I mentioned in the previous thread. Then, new members could ask questions on that forum and a the "few friendly faces" could be moderators who would commit to moderating that forum and answering questions just like we do in moderating other forums. All ATP members could participate. And there would be a permanent place on the site to revisit/relearn things like BB code for new and old members (me!).
This could be in addition to a welcome email from that "friendly face".
Karen
