Lets see If I can help
Your email messages will let you know when someone has posted a message in a thread you have strated or contribute dto. You can use teh link included in teh message to jump to it or you can simply browse to the topic on the forum and read it there. You can also use the show latest messages found at the bottom of the page to see teh latest posts.
To see private messages sent to you you can look in your usercp area (grey buttons )
To post your pages click on Galleries on teh menu across the top and then you can choose upload photos and it wil create an account for you to upload in. To share a link to the LO simply copy and paste the address in the web addy bar aftre you have uploaded your LO.
You can remain constantly logged in by allowing cookies in your usercp choose edit options and elect to Automatically login when you return to teh site.
Hope that helps with some details : )