Frequently Asked Questions

• Click the 'Forgot Password' link in the 'Member Login' box.
• You will be taken to the Password Recovery webpage.
• Fill in your username and click the Submit button.
• An email with a new password will be sent to the email account you gave us when you registered with us.

• Log on to your web area.
• Click the 'Profile' tab.
• You will be taken to the Edit Profile webpage. Click the "Change my Password" button.
• Type in your current password.
• Type in the new password you would like to have.
• We request you type the password a second time to protect against misspelling it.
• Click the 'Change Password' button to complete the process.

• Log on to your web area.
• Click the 'Profile' link in the Member Login box.
• You will be taken to the Edit Profile webpage.
• Scroll to Personal Info box.
• In the textbox labeled 'Short Bio' type in what you would like to say about yourself.
• Click the 'Update' button at bottom.

• Log on to your web area
• Click the 'Friends Requests Pending' link located in the 'My Friends' content box.
• You will be taken to the Message Center webpage.
• The main view window will display a list of Citizens Requests.
• Click the 'Accept' button if you would like this member's homepage link and avatar displayed in your Friends content box.
• Click the 'View' button if you would like to view that member's homepage.
• Click the 'Message' button if you would like to send that member a message.
• Click the 'Reject' button if you would not like to add this member as a Friend on your webpage.

• To send a message to another member, click the 'Compose a Message' link.
• You will see a basic email type box with a pulldown list of your Friends. Select the person you want to send a message to.
• Type in your message and click the 'Send Message' button.
• To see messages that you have received, click the 'Inbox' link.
• A list of your messages will be displayed. Click the 'Read' link to display the entire message.
• You have the options of 'Reply', 'Cancel' and 'Delete'.
• Click the 'Sent' link to see a list of messages you have sent to other members.
• Click the 'Saved' link to see messages that you have chosen to save.
• Click the 'Trash' link to see messages that you have deleted.

• At the top of all webpages you will see the Site logo. Clicking the logo will always return you to the main webpage.
• If you are logged on, a new link, 'My Home Page', will be displayed in the row of links above the search bar. Click this link to go to your personal webpage.
• If you are not logged on and are on another member's webpage, the row of links under the logo will display links to that member’s webpages, along with a link back to the main webpage. If you are logged on you will see a link back to your webpages in the row of links above the search bar.
• If you are on any webpages that have a Cancel button, clicking this button will return you to the previous webpage you were on.

• To create a new Article, first click the 'Article' tab.
• In the 'Manage Content' box click the 'Add a new Article' link.
• Then you type in your Title and Abstract, which is a summary of what your Article will be about. In the area labeled Body, type in your Article text.
• The editor works in much the same way as Microsoft Word. You can cut and paste from other sources. You can set formatting as well as add tables and flash to your Article.
• If you wish to add html, click the Source icon, add your html tags and then click the Source icon a second time to preview your webpage.
• When you have finished you can set who will view your webpage and if you are going to allow comments to be made about your Article.
• If you want to save an Article without finishing it, you can click the 'Listed' checkbox to remove the check so that no one will see your Article until you are ready.
• If you would prefer not to allow comments from other members on this Article, click the 'Comments Enabled' checkbox to remove the check and disallow comments.
• If you would prefer to have only other Community members read your Article, then click the 'Only For Members' checkbox.
• To save the current changes, click the 'Insert' button.
• If you change your mind about writing an Article just click the 'Cancel' button.

• There is a Search bar located at the top of all webpages.
• If you leave the search field blank and click 'Search', the Search Results will return all members.
• If you type your search text into the search field, you will narrow the Search Results that are returned. One can search by Members, Articles/Reviews, Blogs, Pictures,and Videos.