Asking a question and responding in the forum is easy to do, but what if you want to do a bit more and use some of those crazy icons in your post to add an image, web link, or formatting options. Here is a quick cheat-sheet for helping you understand some of the icons.
Help icon 
For a quick reference, click on this icon when posting a message to see what your options are and how to add additional formatting to your post.
preview before posting 
If you would like to see how your post looks before finishing it, click this icon to preview what it would look like.
Adding a link 
If you would like to link to an article on the pangea site or reference another post, you can use this icon to add a link to your post. If you would like more options with how to format this, please refer to the help icon for further options available to you.
adding an image 
To add an image to your post, click the image icon to post an image. Please be sure to keep the image small enough to fit within the space provided, or it may be removed due to formatting options. If you're unsure of how to down size your image, please refer to the options under the help icon for how to downsize your image in your post.
Hopefully these are some quick help options to get you started. Happy posting!