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 How To Use This Social Site's Features   
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This Site Is For Registered Members Only

Only Registered Members Can Interact With Member Pages. It's SIMPLE to register:

How To Register For FREE!

Registration is quick and easy:

  1. In the "Username:" field, enter the user name you want to use for this site. Upper case and lower letters are fine. Numbers will work as well. Leave no spaces between characters. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF YOUR USERNAME!
  2. Your password must be entered in both password fields. PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF YOUR PASSWORD!
  3. Enter your email address in both fields. We will need this to send your login information to you in case you lose it.
  4. Enter the Security Code as indicated, then click the "Register" Button.
  5. You can then login on the next page displayed in the top right area of the page.
  6. Hey there whatcha know?
Not Registered? Please Go Back and Register.

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Post To Or Reply To Member Messages

Red numbers correspond to numbered instructions → →

  NOTE: Registered and Non-member site visitors can see messages left on Profile Pages made "Public" unless blocked by the page owner. Non-members can't leave messages.




Member Messaging Instructions

It is simple to leave and reply to member messages:
  1. If you profile page is open and you've been busy with other things for a while, you can click the "Refresh" link to see if another member has left you a recent message.

  2. On your profile page, clicking the "Clear All Messages" link will do just that.  Take care: once you clear or delete messages they cannot be retrieved.

  3. The "Hide smilies" link will do just what it says using an XTML command.  When your smilies are hidden, the link will say "Show smilies". Click it to show smilies again.

  4. To insert a smilie in a message; with your cursor blinking where you want the smilie to appear, click once on the smilie you want to show in the message and the program will place the appropriate code for that smilie in message. (Note: only code will show in the post field.)
     
  5. Type your message in the message field and click the "Post Message" button.  Messages or replies you post in your own profile page you can delete. Messages you post in another members profile page you CANNOT delete.
     
  6. When leaving a message for another member, if you check the "Private message" check box, an asterisk * will appear to the left of your user name. No other member will be able to see your message accept the intended recipient. Left un-checked, your message can be seen by all visitors if you've made your page "Public".
     
  7. You can respond to messages left by other members in the messages module on your profile page and click post message.  If you are replying to a Private message, you will need to click on the member's username in the message. That will take you to their profile page where you can leave a Private Message reply if you want to keep the communication private.
     
  8. In the screen shot to the left, "8" indicates a message left for you, and "7" indicates your response message when both messages are public.
     
  9. To Delete a message, click the "Delete" button.
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Adding Your Favorite Photos

Photos display as Thumbnail Images on your profile page →

Notice: Your moderator may have to approve image uploads before they will be available for viewing.


Adding Photos And Pictures

Adding your favorite pictures takes only 4 clicks:

  1. Click on the "Add new Photo" link at the top your "Photos" module to access the upload page.
     
  2. On your "Add photo" upload page, click the "Browse" button, locate your image/picture in the "Choose File" dialogue window. Click to select the image file, then click the "Open" button.
     . . . OR

  3. Click to dot the "enter url to image" radio button, enter the full URL (Web address) to your image residing on your server.
     

  4. Enter a description or caption.
     

  5. Click the "Upload image" button.
     

  6. The page will reload to your profile page. Your photo/picture/image will be displayed as small version of your actual picture called a "Thumbnail" image.

    You and visitors to your page can now view a full size display of your photo by clicking on the link indicate by the (6) - "View/Add comments" or clicking on the thumbnail image itself. There, your visitors can leave comments just like they can leave messages in your message window as discussed in the section above.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: The page statement about size:
    (Max. width: 5,000px, Max. height: 2,000px) is the maximum.  You should keep in mind, the bigger the picture, the longer it will take to load in the viewers browser window. For quicker load times, you should keep your image  file sizes less than 100 kilobytes.

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Using Your Journal Feature

Your Journal is similar to a blog.

About Lists: You can use <ul><li></li></ul> list commands but for numbers or bullets, include Include numbers or an asterisk,
in each item like this: <ul><li><b>1.</b>the list item</li></ul>


Posting Text, HTML and Video

"Journals" are similar to blogs.  Posting to your journal:

  1. To post to your Journal, click on the "Add journal" link.
     
  2. Once you have posted a Journal, if you want to edit the content, you can click on the "Edit journal" link on your profile page or on your page showing your journal post.
     
  3. To Delete a Journal post, just click on the "Delete journal" link.
     
  4. After you click on the "Add journal" link, the journal post will display, and you can enter the title of your Journal post as indicated.
     
  5. If you don't want to use "smilies" in your post, click the "Hide smilies" link. Click "Show Smilies" if they are hidden.
     
  6. Type in your post or copy and paste your prepared post - (Recommended), into the field indicated. We recommend you make your posts formatted at no more than 100 characters for a clean look to your text.
     
  7. When you are finished entering your post, click the "Add journal" button.  The system will add your journal post and return you to your profile page.  To view your post, click on its title.

Regarding HTML formatting:
You can use HTML <center>I'm centered</center> tags, <b>Bold</b> tags and image call tags with height & width, border, weight and alignment attributes.

VIDEO:
You can paste YouTube or other video site's video code in your journal posts to display videos in your Journals.

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Adding Your Own Creations

Note On Descriptions: You cannot add a hyperlink to your caption or description, however you can make your caption/description a web address.  In the sample above you see hand made fiberglass helicopter scaled to fit the blades of a ceiling fan.  In the caption/description field I typed in his upcoming web address: www.HelicopterCeilingFan.com. So while this social site was not built to be a shopping cart, nothing says you can't show a web page address.


Want To Show Off Your Works?

Are you an artist and want to display your work on line?  Upload them to your profile page like this:

  1. Click on the "Add new Photo" link at the top your "Photos" module to access the upload page.
     
  2. On your "Add photo" upload page, click the "Browse" button, locate your image/picture in the "Choose File" dialogue window. Click to select the image file, then click the "Open" button.
     . . . OR

  3. Click to dot the "enter url to image" radio button, enter the full URL (Web address) to your image residing on your server.
     

  4. Enter a description or caption.
     

  5. Click the "Upload image" button.
     

  6. The page will reload to your profile page. Your photo/picture/image will be displayed as small version of your actual picture called a "Thumbnail" image.

    You and visitors to your page can now view a full size display of your photo by clicking on the link indicate by the (6) - "View/Add comments" or clicking on the thumbnail image itself. There, your visitors can leave comments just like they can leave messages in your message window as discussed in the section above.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: The page statement about size: (Max. width: 5,000px, Max. height: 2,000px) is the maximum.  You should keep in mind, the bigger the picture, the longer it will take to load in the viewers browser window. For quicker load times, you should keep your image  file sizes less than 100 kilobytes.

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Polling Your Page Visitors

Your new poll will look similar to this:

NOTE: Non-members or members not logged in will see your poll but will NOT be able to vote.


Setting Up Your Poll/Survey

Learn what your site visitors think about your latest creations, journal, photos or anything else you can think of:

  1. Click on the "Create new poll" link. Your Poll Creation Screen will appear.
     
  2. Enter the question you are posing to your visitors.
     
  3. Enter your most desired answer.
     
  4. Enter your next most desired answer.
     
  5. Enter your next most desired answer.
     
  6. Enter your least desired answer.
     
  7. Click on the "Create poll" button.
     
  8. When a member visits your profile page, they will now see your poll.

When logged into your profile page, you will see voting results, similar to this example:

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