Welcome, don't quote me on this but i think you either have to activate your account through email or you have to post in here first and then you should be able to post elsewhere.

You should be able to post anywhere now that you have introduced yourself. As far as I know, you either have to post an introduction or respond to an already existing thread before you can form your own.

Thanks it just took a while to recognize my first post i guess

Yes, I'm not sure about the exact time but every 10 minutes or so it updates that portion of the database. Welcome to the forum!