# Posting guidelines

**URL:** <https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/posting-guidelines/3058>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [February 18, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/posting-guidelines/3058 "2020-02-18T02:19:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ian-Max-Andolina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/psychtoolbox.discourse.group/ian-max-andolina/32/4_2.png) [@Ian-Max-Andolina](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Ian-Max-Andolina)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/posting-guidelines/3058/1 "2020-02-18T02:19:39Z")

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These are user-led forums (and most of us are busy doing our own research), so if you wish to stand the highest chance of getting a useful reply, please make sure you try to craft a clear descriptive post.

If you are new to Psychtoolbox, make sure to read the introductory PDF file in the [`PsychDocumentation`](http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/PsychDocumentation) folder. If you need an example on how to achieve specific tasks, please take a look at the demos in the [`PsychDemos`](http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/PsychDemos) folder. Peter Scarfe also has an excellent set of PTB tutorials available. You can read through the documentation: [docs.psychtoolbox.org](http://docs.psychtoolbox.org/) or type `>> help Psychtoolbox` to read the online help.

Please try to search first and find if similar questions have been asked before. **If you still have a question** , try to include _ **all** _ relevant information:

- Output of `>> PsychtoolboxVersion`
- Which platform (Mac OS X, Windows XP/Vista/7, Linux, …) AND which MATLAB/Octave version you are using?
- A minimal code snippet that exhibits the issue you are having, please format the code with the preformatted text tool provided by the forum software, or use markdown [fenced code blocks](https://help.github.com/en/github/writing-on-github/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks).
- Warnings and Errors that were printed to the console ( **please read them carefully** , they may contain advice on how to solve your problem!)
- Hardware setup (GPU etc.) and relevant driver versions.

If the code snippet is long, you can attach it as text, or use an online code sharing tool like [Gist](https://gist.github.com).

The externally linked document [»How To Ask Questions The Smart Way«](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) also contains lots of good tips on how to behave on community-run support channels.

If you want to post a potential bug, the externally linked document [»How To Report Bugs Effectively«](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html) is a great guide on how to report in an effective way. **Please read it!**

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Ian-Max-Andolina](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/psychtoolbox.discourse.group/ian-max-andolina/32/4_2.png) [@Ian-Max-Andolina](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/u/Ian-Max-Andolina)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://psychtoolbox.discourse.group/t/posting-guidelines/3058/2 "2020-02-18T02:20:35Z")

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