Don't know why they did not show up. Are you sure you hit "submit" instead of "save as draft"? I have done that by mistake a few times. Submit is all the way to the right. To retreive a post saved as draft, look to the right under "LOG OUT", you will see a list, click on the one that is approriate:
View unread posts
View your drafts and topics you have posted to
View your drafts and posts
View topics you have started
View unanswered posts
not all posts in all sections count towards your post count. Off topic, Gallery & I *think Intro section do not count towards your post count.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Debby