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

Hi DER welcome to the wonderful of h2g2.

I'm Hathornefer one of the many <./>ACE</.>s (Assistant Community Editors) and am here to offer you a warm welcome advice and links to help you find your way around. I'm a real person not an computer programme and to find out a little about me click on my name above this conversation post (you can do that on anyones name in any conversation thread.)

I have put together a list of places you might find it worth visiting when you get the time. I hope you can spot the links to click on they stand out in a diferent colour whichever skin you have chosen.

A good place to start hitching is a ride on our <./>DontPanic-Tour</.> Its a free service and excellent value
If you want to find out something the best place to ask is <./>ASKh2g2</.> it is one of the busiest places in H2G2 and someone will always have an opinion!
Visit <./>ThePost</.> our weekly newspaper and <./>frontpage</.> to see what’s happening in h2g2.
The slang used here can be a bit confusing h2Jargon - A632431 or h2g2 Glossary - A901829 explains most of it
You can customise your space using what is available through h2g2 Spicing up Your Page - A690518 gives some good advice
You may find 'Hints and Links for New Researchers' - A719840 useful
Like most communities we have Clubs & Societies You can find out about these - A660340
If your interested in writing for the Guide Writing-Guidelines is a good place to start and I can not recomend strongly enough that you read it beore you make your go too far.
You can click this link <./>RandomEditedEntry</.> Though where it goes nobody knows as it does what it says.

The last place I am going to tell you about right now is how to get to all the smilies - you will find there are dozens of them!!!! You can access them from this link <./>smileys</.> or by clicking on and smiley in any message. I have used a small selection in this hello message to give you an idea as to what there is available.

Moving away from links there are a couple of other things I will draw your attention to:
We have a tag which displays the name of the researcher visiting the page so don't be concerned if you see your name on someone's space that researcher is just using tag some of them are quite amusing but harmless
Also the 'eyes' next to a researchers name show they are online
Ooh one last thing before I go - it is easy to get lost when exploring. I suggest you take note of the "My space" button at the top or on the left of this text - it will take you to your own personal space. I find it is the most useful button here and use it all the time

Hope you find these helpful hints and you enjoy yourself here. To reply to this post (if you have any questions or if you just want to say 'hi') click 'reply' below


Take care and happy exploring

Hath