Hi nicole32,
to access your profile, see if you can see your user name towards the top right of your screen when logged in to our forum. If you can see your user name then just click on it and it should take you to your profile page.
When starting a new topic go to the appropriate forum, for example "Google Android" here:
http://www.geekstogo...google-android/and click on the bold black box labelled "Start new Topic"
After composing your topic and having given it a suitable title, just click on "Post"
When it comes to messaging someone then this facility will be made available to you,(automatically) when you have completed a number of posts that indicates to us, that you are not likely to be a spammer, and are using the forum in a proper way. We do not specify the number of posts (before messaging is made available to you (for obvious reasons) and we feel sure that you appreciate why we have to be cautious to protect all our members. New members should not really need to message anyone as its generally better to keep all questions in the forums, so all our members have the opportunity to comment.
Hope this helps
Regards
paws