So here I am again!
I'll tell everything to you in detail.
Some Important Facts:
This is a site which is made up of Forums. Formus are just like bulletin boards. They have many people discussing about a certain topic. Some examples of a forum at Pokecommunity: Heart Gold/Soul Silver Disscussions, Metal Generation games, Spin off games etc(these can be seen at the main site Pokecommunity.com). All these contain certain topics.These topics are called threads.All the members discuss their views on these threads by giving their replies. All the replies are called posts.You can reply on a thread by clicking on the Post Reply option located at the bottom of every thread. This is actually the main purpose of PC(I will refer to Pokecommunity as PC from now on. Is that okay with ya?).
Your Own Self:
As you are a member of this site, you can do some interesting things. Every time something happens that requires attention you will be informed by the notifications option. And the place where you click 'Psyco Blade' near welcome takes you to your profile page. You can customise your profile page in many ways. First of all you can write something about yourself in the 'about me' tab. The statistics tab shows all your statistics. You can view your friends in the 'Friends' Tab. It will show whether your friend is online or not. It can be pretty useful to strike conversations in my opinion. XD
You asked me about how to set an avatar, signature and the other stuff right? I'll tell you how to do that in a minute.
AVATARS:
Avatars are images through which people get to know you. An example is my avatar here. It shows sasuke's eye. You can set an avatar in the user CP options. In the user CP(short form for control panel) options there will be some options shown at the left. There will be options for setting an avatar, a signature, a profile picture etc. I think that you will be able to set an avatar on your own after that.
SIGNATURE:
Signatures are things that appear after every of your post. You can edit your signature in the User CP options.
PROFILE PICTURE:
Profile Pictures are the pictures that appear at the top left corner of your Profile Page. For eg: My profile Pic has sasuke smiling.
You can also make albums in your profile. You can take pics from your camera and then upload it here.
Don't forget to read the rules and the FAQ(frequently asked questions!).
These are located at the top of every page of PC.
And last but not the least, try to view my newly created drawings in my profile or in a thread that I have created. The link to my thread is in my signature(You can find my signature in the 'About me' section.
As you can see, I am much ahead of you in the number of posts and the number of people who have visited my profile. HA HA!!! Mai jeet gaya! ;)
Ek aur baat: All the members that are active(online) will be displayed at the bottom of the main page. There are some members who are special. They are called Moderators and Administrators. You will be able to see some names like Hiroshi Sotomura, Signomi and some others. These people are special in the sense that they have a lot more powers more than us. They also have some pretty big responsibilities. I will explain everything that is remaining in my next message.