As well as the advice Swim gave you, reading back a few pages here on the newbie board can help answer many questions you may have about using TER.

Still confused and learning how to navigate the site.

welcome.   im sure any of the veteran providers will help you. im a newbie a month now and if you have questions they will help you.

Limited VIP is free, and useful for the sake of using the PM system on here and of course if you have a review, you want to be able to know what it says.

But I have met gals who gave me a terrific session and part of the reason they tell me is that they read my reviews (Which can only be done if you pay for full VIP.) and learned what my hot button items were (I love massage, for example.), so they were able to prepare and know how to please me.  Knowledge like that is money in the bank, and creates a real win/win scenario for both of us.

Just passing this on as a friendly tip.

i have come on the board, previously- and want to post but i'm new here too.  i have no idea what or how to use!

You may already know some of the info below but I'll leave it as it may still be helpful.

Everyone when they join TER is a basic member. There is no "Provider" membership, provider page, etc. (Even though you may have clicked register as a provider when you signed up [joined].) The way to let others know you are a provider is to post ads on your TER regional ad board, post comments on your regional discussion board (Don’t make these discussion board posts about you like an ad. They will be disallowed. Make them pertinent to the subject.), and participate on the Photo Only board. You will need to check out the Self-Help Center for the guidelines for posting ads and how to post photos on the photo only board so you won't run into trouble with the guidelines and have your ads or photos removed. The Self-Help Center link is on the upper right of most of the discussion boards under the red and white life preserver. It’s also at the bottom of the list of Quick Links on the left of the My TER page. See the My TER tab at the top of the page. Read everything there even the stuff for the guys. It's good to know all you can.  
 
You can pay for a VIP membership. It will give you full access to all TER has to offer but it won't distinguish you from any other member. The things I mentioned above and the link spoken about in the next paragraph will do that.  
   
Once a guy has seen you, written a review of you, submitted it to TER, it's been approved, and posted you will have a provider profile page. Your first reviewer will create your profile when he fills out your information. You will then have a TER provider ID number. (You can contact TER and correct anything the guy got wrong on your profile or didn’t know.) Having this review you can then contact TER and request they connect your newly created profile with your TER handle/user name. (Alicaroe in the OP's case.) Contact them using the e-mail you signed up with. Their address is [email protected]. (You can use the “Contact Us” link instead. It’s at the very bottom of the page.) This will give you the free limited provider VIP membership. It will also give you access to the TER PM (private mail) system and allow you to read your reviews in there entirety. TER will place a link which says "See my TER reviews" under your handle whenever you post on a TER board. Guys can click the link and be taken to your profile page and check you out. The provider VIP will also give you access to the provider functions on TER such as being able to white list clients.  There is a Provider's only discussion board. You have to have 3 reviews and establish yourself on the boards then request that TER give you access to it.
 
Just in case you do have a review here you can search to see. Click the reviews tab at the top of the page. Then click search reviews (just under the reviews tab). Scroll down to the 4th section titled Provider's Contact Information and enter your info. The basics should be enough. That is your provider name, phone number, e-mail, city, and country. Next scroll to the bottom of the page and click the big search button. You will be taken to a page containing the results. If you have reviews your name along with others will be listed down the left margin. Click on your name (in teal colored font) and you will be taken to your profile.
 
One other bit of information is your posts on any board right now are moderated. TER admin has to check them and approve them before they show up (post). Every new TER member goes through this. After you have posted on the boards for a while you can contact admin using "Contact Us" at the bottom of any page and request to be un-moderated.
 
 
Welcome and hope this helps