Ola:

They can be found in the Site FAQ, Newbie Questions, and the Tutorials. In fact there is even a guide for what not to do when writing a Tutorial.
While I know where the above areas are, would you please turn those areas you mentioned into links to those areas for any other new ppl coming here?

Here, I'll help:

Site FAQ
Newbie Questions
Tutorials

Also - here is another thread that supplements the great information that Relyt provided (this one was by valhallen): http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=251402

Lastly - is there a FAQ on how to best use the search engine for this site?

In advance:

Gracias.