# Newbies forum/section?

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbies-forum-section/3025>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [10 September 2018 22:13 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbies-forum-section/3025 "2018-09-10T22:13:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![marcpouliot](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/marcpouliot/32/4326_2.png) [@marcpouliot](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/marcpouliot)\
**Post date:** [13 February 2019 16:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/newbies-forum-section/3025/14 "2019-02-13T16:42:28Z")

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For real newbies…

How to interact with the forum for nulls like me.

😊 how to put an image in a post…

Simply use the upload icon and drag the file. Or copy the image in the clipboard and paste it in the post.

😊 How to share code in the forum, a node-red node should be selected first, otherwise the Export menu item may be disabled. and then use Export-\>Clipboard.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/5/52d31279942a34e5edeb2d224d7afb4640231458.png)

Then Select, for example, “`Current Flow` and `compact`”. And

`Export to clipboard`

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 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/2X/0/0e275c1df5a32fb46e7105c99623b78ebf041d8b.png)

Go to your post, enter three backquotes.

Paste the code.

Re-enter three backquotes.  
et voilà!  
see also

> [@How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506):
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> To share code samples or flow json in this forum, you need to take care to format it properly so that it is displayed correctly. The easiest way to do that is to click the 'Preformatted Text' button in the toolbar: [image] Then paste in your code or flow json. You should end up with three back-tick characters - ``` - on their own line before and after the code. On standard US English keyboards, this is on the same key as the ~ character. Using the backticks will ens…

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