ChainBB is the forum-based interface of the steem blochchain. While going through the website for the purposes of research to discover what I can do with it, I would say @aaroncox (the creator) did a pretty good job because the site is much more than just a forum. I hope to show you all what it is all about in this detailed but simple guide.

For the purposes of Clarity, I'll divide this discussion into 2 major headings:

• Before Signin
• After Signin

Let's begin...

BEFORE SIGNIN

• Visit https://chainbb.com. It redirects you to ChainBB forums as shown below:
  

• We will explain the numbered sections as follows.

1- WEBSITE LINK:

• This is pretty self-explanatory. Its just the link showing on you browser. In this case I used Chrome browser.

2, 3- CHAINBB LOGO; FORUM HOME:

• Clicking this icon also brings you the same place as 1 & 3

4- START YOUR OWN FORUM:

• That's where you activate the major purpose for this site which is to create and use forum style to access your steem blockchain
• Below is the images of what you will see when you click this button before signin
• Please endeavour to read them carefully if you are serious about creating your own forums.
• BENEFITS include; free hosting, moderation abilities and beneficiary reward % cut as an owner.
• IT COSTS 10 STEEM to start a forum.
  
  
  
  
  

5- ALL FORUMS HEADER

• It just shows you that below it are all the forums on the ChainBB website in a single page.
• All forums are organized in alphabetical order from top to bottom of page.
• No. 9 shows the columns used for Forum scanning
• See Images below:

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A- ALPHABETS

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F- G ALPHABETS

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M -N ALPHABETS

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V-W ALPHABETS

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6- SIGNIN BUTTON

• This is the button that leads you to the interface where you can enter your username and posting key to access your account.
• See images below. Click proceed
  
• Next Step:
  
• Enter your username and posting key. Then click Signin. Watch it loading;
  
• With this we swiftly move into the 2nd stage of this tutorial...

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AFTER SIGNIN:

Here's your landing page:

• Let's take them 1 by 1 shall we?

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1- FEEDS:

• These are forum posts made by your followings
• You can read posts, comment, upvote and re-chain
• When you click the button here is your view:
  

WE WILL USE 1st and 2nd posts on the list to demonstrate what we can do by clicking the "like" button beside each post

• POST 1 by @Kesolink:
  It provides a pretty detailed analysis of post earnings and who they come from. Can't find it anywhere else.
  You can see @kesolink has only been voted by 2 persons which gave him $0.010 in upvotes
  
• POST 2 by @SammyB:
  You can @sammyb got the patronage of many more voters with higher SP leading to upvotes in the tune of $36.498
  LOADING PAGE...
  
  ANALYSIS PAGE...
  

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TO FURTHER ENJOY THE POST, we decided to open it and take a look at it.

• "Why Incompetent People Think They Are Amazing" by @sammyb
  
• Here's the end of the post
  

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COMMENTS SECTION

• You can see all the comments on the post so far.
• You can reply or upvote the post as well as comments anytime with they appropriate buttons.
  

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SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAVE ON THE "FEEDS" SECTION.

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2- INBOX

• Inbox is another word for "reply" on this platform
• It shows all those who recently commented on your post in a chronological order
  

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3, 4- FORUMS, START COMMUNITY

• These have already been explained previously above

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5- RESERVE A FORUM

• You should click this when you are ready to create a forum community
• COSTS is 10 STEEM
• I have already outlined the benefits previously above

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SINCE YOU ARE LOGGED IN, you may now click your profile image icon to get to your own account page as shown in image below

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Most of the image is self-explanatory but let me give you some little details.

A- FORUM NAVIGATION.

• By clicking any part of the navigation pane, you are migrated to that part immediately

B- POSTS, RESPONSES, REPLIES

• You can see all your posts, replies to other member's posts and replies to yours

C- PROFILE IMAGE

• The image that I used for my account

D, E, F- ACCOUNT INFO AND REDIRECT

• Click on E to open with another interface eg steemit, busy, Utopian etc
• View account info in F

G, H, I-

• Here you find your posts, the respective number of replies and the last reply.

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With this, I believe I have been able to introduce you well into the beautiful world of ChainBB FORUMS. So go start your forum today and earn extra rewards for it.

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I remain me, my mouth and eye @nairadaddy aka SteemDaddy. My aim is to leave you better than I find you everyday.

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Cheers!

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Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors

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