It's not a stupid question, and thanks for at least trying to search

It's a feature of the fairly recent change of software used by these forums. Some things turn up in a search - or are linked from other posts - but the threads don't exist where they used to.

If you find any broken links in a sticky, please reply to that thread so whoever maintains it can fix it.

If you really can't find what you're looking for with a search then post away on the newcomers forum. People will appreciate that you've at least tried to help yourself before posting.