The Feature and Innovations areas of the eNews have a discussion forum associated with them.  You can join these online discussions. First, you will need to register. Then you join discussions. Here’s how:

A. Register

This link will take you to a webpage where you can register. You need to register in order to have a “Username” and a “Password”. The “Username” and “Password” will allow you to log in to the discussion areas and join in discussions.

1. Register by typing into the relevant boxes:

• Your name – type it in the “Username” box
• A password of your choice – type it in the “Password” box. You will also need to confirm your password by typing it again in the “Confirm Password” box.
• Your email – type it in “Email address” box
• Type in the confirmation code into the box “Confirmation Code”. The confirmation code is the big letters/number(s) in above the “Confirmation Code” box.
• You do not have to fill in any other boxes (unless you want to).

2. Click “Submit” The “Submit” button is at the bottom of the page.

You are now registered. You will be automatically sent an email which will have your username and password on it, so you have it to hand.

Once you hit the “Submit” button, you will automatically be taken to a new page. On this screen “Click here to go to the main index”. This button will take you to the discussion areas.

B “Post a note" or reply

If you have just registered and clicked “Click here to go to the main index”, then you will automatically be taken to the discussion areas. Once at the discussion areas:

1. Click on the discussion area you are interested in ie “Dry Stone Walling” or “Audio Trails and Digital Interpretation”.

2. Click on “New Topic”.

A screen will come up where you can type in a “Subject” and then in the box below you can type in your comments regarding a question that has been raised, a response to someone else’s “post”, or comments you would like to make regarding the topic area – It is just like writing an email.

3. Click “Submit”

Your “post” now becomes a topic for discussion for other people to respond to.

If there are other people online at the same time as you, you can have a “live discussion” with them. This is done by reading other people’s responses and then typing a new “post” in response to their comments. You can do this by clicking “Post Reply”, type in your response, and “Submit”.

If you come online when a moderator is there, you can ask questions and contribute to discussion making the most of the moderator’s availability and the potential for useful debate and resourcing. The dates and times moderators will be available are posted on their discussion areas.

Once you have registered, you will have a Password and a Username, which is used to log in when you first come onto the site.

To come back onto the site at any time, this link will take you to the discussion areas

1. Choose your discussion area.

2. Post a note (as above) or reply to a post (as above) or simply read what people are saying. To post a note or reply to one, you will automatically be asked for your Username and Password, which you can just type in.

Enjoy your chats!

The links below will take you to each National Park's website:

1. Brecon Beacons
2. Broads
3. Cairngorms
4. Dartmoor
5. Exmoor
6. Lake District
7. Loch Lomond & the Trossachs
8. New Forest
9. Northumberland
10. North York Moors
11. Peak District
12. Pembrokeshire Coast
13. Snowdonia
14. South Downs
15. Yorkshire Dales