[kannued]

I also have a sticky user’s guide, and added this wording:

To start a new thread or topic, click on the Start New Topic Here link in the “Latest Discussions” section.

Advantage to Starting a New Topic:

You Topic Heading will show up in Latest Discussions!

Disadvantage to Replying to an Existing Topic:

If your reply has no relevance to an existing topic, it will not feature prominence in “Latest Discussions”. But please feel free to reply to an existing topic , if it is relevant to the existing topic.