Hi! Here's a 2-step guide for creating an account to use on this forum.
1. Creating the account is pretty self-explanatory, just follow the prompt. Know that you'll need an 8-character password with upper, lower, numbers, and symbols.
2. After your account is created, wait for it to be manually verified -- you will not be able to post or comment during this time. (Due to spammers)
This might be obvious for more regular forum-users, but as I was confused I thought I'd write it down for someone in the future