h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Greetings to you, winter rae, and welcome to the Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy online, or H2G2. I am Vidmaster, an ACE, or Assistant Community Editor. That means that I welcome people like you who are newcomers to the site. I'm here for you to ask questions of, and to get you started in your wanderings of our community.

As another big fan of science fiction, I'd suggest you read something by R.A. Heinlein. He's not as funny as Douglas Adams, but he's probably one of the best writers I've ever read.

Here are some helpful things to get you started:

The H2G2 Post have made a nice little links page for those of us that don't carry them around in our heads. You can find it at A616718.

For a longer welcome, go to the Welcome that the editors (usually called the Italics, as their names appear in italics in the who's online menu) who keep the site running have written at A317459. It's got a lot of the basic background and how-tos that you will need - it is a very good place to start.

Then, should you desire, you can take the H2G2 Tour at A317459 to see how it all works and become familiar with the system.

If some of the H2G2 terms leave you a little confused, there is a great page about it at A632431.

If you feel like going all out with your introduction, or just want to make it cooler, I suggest you look at the GuideML Clinic over at A187229. While GuideML isn't necessary for a good page, you can do a whole lot of cool stuff with it that you can't do in plain text mode (such as hyperlinks, graphics, headers, lists, and a whole bunch more). If you're interested in it, but it seems like a bit much, just let me know and I can give you a tutorial of some sort.

If you have any questions or just want to talk, either post them in this conversation or drop me a note at my home space over at U185266.

Have fun, and May your blade remain ever sharp.
Vidmaster

Hey Vidmaster, thanks for that welcome,i will visit some of those links another time as its sunny and warm outside at the moment. You certainly know how to look after your researchers here.
bye for now, winter rae

hey vid master, i've been a jazzing up my page!!
like it see you do?

winterrae

Yes, the new page is quite nice. I see you've been using some GuideML, which is cool. Any questions so far?


Vidmaster