How To Use This site

12 August, 2006Editor

This page is a Quick Start guide. There's also a more detailed How Can I... page, and an A-Z of terms offering more help.

Where words have a ? symbol next to them move your mouse over the symbol to see a quick explanation, or click it to read a full definition.

Browse

  • Read the welcome for an overview.
  • Find Events Details and The Cast of event participants and site users in the menu above.
  • Find people with similar interests by a searching here.
  • Read contributions on the front page, and also in Recent Posts, Cool Reads, Whitespace in the menu above.
  • Locate specific content by searching, through topics in the right sidebar, and tags? (in site map)
  • Take a look at video and photos and listen to audio, under media in the right sidebar.
  • Check the site map to see if you are missing anything else interesting.

Register and Log In?

In order to use the site fully you need to register and Log In

  • Click Create new account under the Log In button (left sidebar), and follow the instructions.
  • If you have registered, but lost your password?, click Request new password and follow the instructions.
  • Once registered and logged in?, you may change your username? (and password) at about me->edit->account settings. Blog entries and comments will appear with the firstname lastname you provide.

Contribute

First, complete registration? so that you can contribute to the site, including your profile so others can find you. You can then:
  • Comment on any item through the comment link at the end of items
  • Add your own content by clicking on post a message under the personal menu that appears when you Log In.
See the How Can I ... and A-Z of terms for further explanations and how to raise your profile.

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