Asking questions
If your research doesn't get you what you need, then it's time to start asking questions. To begin unraveling your issue, read through the FAQ at http://drupal.org/troubleshooting. If your answer is not covered here, then it's time to start asking questions.
Support forums
The support forums, available at http://drupal.org/forum, are a good place to start asking for help when you need it.
When asking questions in the forum (or really, in any of the support areas for Drupal) you can take the following measures to make it easier for people to help you:
Describe the research you undertook prior to asking the question. Did you search using Google? Did you look at the issue queue? Were there any other forum threads or handbook pages that seemed to give some of the information you need? If so, give links of those pages. The more detailed you can be in your question, the more specific people can be when responding.
Ask, don't demand. The overwhelming majority of people responding to...