If you're adding a new article (a build) on/in the "Headlines" forum, you will see the 'category' option. It merely allows you to add to the title of your article. The new article will appear in/on "Headlines" regardless of the category chosen.
The "Groups" forum(s) does not display a category option. One assumes that if you wish to discuss boats, for example, you would publish your question in the "Armada" group forum. Hope this helps.

Martin, I had posted an article(the J7W3 article) under "What Ifs" that of course appeared there, but I never saw it represented in Headlines. Did I do something wrong that caused that?
Thanks, Gary

Yes, it does help Craig. I have been posting my articles after going to "My Stuff" and then 'add new article'. I note that these appear in Headlines too. Is it possible to have an article in both "What if" and headlines? Or, move an article from "What if" to Headlines?

@garybrantley,

iModeler is quite different from a "classic" discussion forum, so the concepts may take a moment to understand.

The first concept is that this is a crowd sourced site. We follow a general principle "If you can see it, you can contribute to it."

There are three main parts of the site where you can post stuff.

Headlines - anything you would like the entire world to see. Typically your finished models, your work in progress, kit review you make, walkaround of a favorite aircraft etc. Headline articles offer great photo support an exposure at the front page, meaning being shown to everyone visiting the site. Headline articles are being routinely reviewed by the editor to avoid any mishaps, and also participate in our monthly contest.

Activity - this is the log of everything happening at the site. Most users will simply be checking it as a "what's new" page, but you can also add short text messages or chat with your friends.

Groups - these are special interest groups where you can debate any questions in a narrower setting. Groups are usually started by members for other members around a certain subject. Groups offer great facilities for general discussion (including, for example, daily email digests etc.) but provide only simplified photo support and of course, your messages will only be reaching a more targeted audience.

My stuff - this tab simply groups together everything that you have posted across the site. Efficiently it doubles as your personal blog and yes, you can also add articles directly from there.

Hope this helps
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Sorry, correction. My stuff groups also TOPICS you initiate across the groups, not your replies to other people's topics. For example, if you look under My Stuff --> Topics, you will see (among others) this topic.

Unfortunately, there is no "magic button" to convert a group post to a headline article. Copy/paste is the only possibility to do it.

Thanks for the kind words and let me know about any further questions.