How to join the forum

How to join the forum

You can join the forum by signing up for the website on the home page and clicking "Create an Account" under the Registered Users section on the right.

Alternatively you can use this sign up link to go directly to the registration page.

Your information will be used to give you access to the features of this website and will always be kept private and never shared with other individuals or companies. See the privacy policy for details.

Advantages of signing up are:

  • The ability to post new topics and respond to other topics in the forum

  • Manage your newsletter subscriptions (without having to use spam trap images)

  • Post comments on articles (without having to use spam trap images). Note that comments are read before they appear on the website. Any issues will be discussed before publication.

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Re: How to join the forum

Here is the full sequence required to register with the website (and forum). You can see full size copies of the images below by clicking on them.

First click on the registration link to visit the registration page.

http://www.dalescomputerservices.com/components/com_agora/img/members/1/mini_reg1.png



Fill in the form with your:

  • real name - this will not be displayed on the website

  • user name - this will be what is seen on the website. Please only use upper case and lower case letters and avoid other characters (no space, no punctuation, no symbols)

  • your email address - this must be a valid email address as you will need to confirm your registration which is sent to this address

  • a password - please make this reasonably long and include a mixture of upper case and lower case letters, numbers and symbols

  • read and agree to the Terms and Conditions of using the website

  • copy the anti spam words into the box - this is to stop automated systems from making fake registrations in order to spam the forum. If you have difficulty completing this step feel free to use the contact form to send the details above and your account will be set up and activated manually for you.


Now click on register.

http://www.dalescomputerservices.com/components/com_agora/img/members/1/mini_reg2.png



You should receive an automated email within a few seconds. If you don't receive the email please check your spam/junk mail.

http://www.dalescomputerservices.com/components/com_agora/img/members/1/mini_reg3.png



Follow the instructions in the email, which involves clicking on a link to confirm you own the email address you used to register and you will be taken to the confirmation page where you can log in with your new user name and password:

http://www.dalescomputerservices.com/components/com_agora/img/members/1/mini_reg4.png



If you cannot click on the link in the email then copy it and paste it into your browser to visit the webpage. You may also need to do this if your email program breaks the link over a number of lines.

If you have difficulty logging in please use the contact page to send the details of your new user ID and I will investigate the problem. (common problems include using invalid characters, including spaces, in your user name)

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