Login First Time

Follow the link provided in the activation email sent to you by the web site. Following that link will take you to a page confirming that your account is activated, wait a few seconds and you will automatically be taken to the Forum Main Index (the home page of the bulletin board). Use the link labeled"Login" in the group of links near the top of the page to access the login form.
OR
Go to the web page login form directly, located at www.highlanders63.com/phpBB2/login.php
Now that you are at the login form enter your UserName and Password exactly as it is in the email you were sent. Capitalization and space in the UserName matter. You know computers just like a 3 year old, take everything literely.

Note: Since your member name appears next to items you post, messages you send and in the member list, your proper name with capitalization is used. Maiden names are used for the ladies to make it easier for classmates who don't know your married name to figure out who you are. There is a place where you can add a "signature" to your profile, for you married ladies it would be a good idea to provide your married name in that signature. More about profiles later.

Note: You can use the "I forgot my password" link anytime you forget your password but you will get a NEW password each time you ask to have your password sent.

• Click on the "I forgot my password" green link under the password space on the login form.
• This will take you to a form where you will enter your name in the username field, use the format First Last, the capitalization and the space between names matter.
• Enter your email address in the in the email address field and submit the Form.

If the name you entered and email match up with the email address in your profile an email will be sent to that email address with a NEW password.

For future reference
there are four ways in addition to using the link sent in your activation email to access the login page for the bulletin board portion of the site The login link located on the left side of the gold bar on the non-bulletin board portion of the site. The login link located in the group of links right under the Highlanders 1963 title of the bulletin board. Both of these links lead to the login page located at www.highlanders63.com/phpBB2/login.php which you can go directly to using your browser or by clicking the link here.
There is also a place to enter your member name and password on the bottom of some pages of the bulletin board, this allows you to return to a page and login right on that page, however after login you will end up on the main forum index not on the page you were on when you logged in.

Note: If you login and just leave the page up without doing anything for long enough (about 20 minutes) you will be automatically logged out. You will then be prompted to login if you attempt to go someplace else on the bulletin board.

You must click on the submit button at the bottom of the Profile Settings page to save your changes !

Your Profile Settings (Registration Information)

Now that you are logged in, you should see some links near the top, in the center of the page. Use the link "profile" to access the page where you set your profile.
The first section of the profile page (Registration Information) can be ignored for now.

• You can't change your username, if your try the form will say it was updated but it won't be. You need to email the admin listed on the members page. to have it changed. (see Note: below)
• You may need to change your email at some time, or wish to change your password, to do either of these you will have to enter your existing password.
• If you change your password you will have to go through the whole activation link email, login process again.

Note: The reason for not allowing username change is simple, the username is how people will contact you or know who posted a message. A nick-name will provide no relevant information to your classmates. Feel free to ask for changes from David to Dave or Sue instead of Susan, don't bother asking for a name change to Tarzan or Princess Serendipity.

For future reference
Each username must have a unique email address. It is not possible to have two people using the same email address and different names. Those of you who are married to a class of 1963 alumni or wish to have your spouse or another family member have their own login you will need to have a separate email address. In the case of non-alumni you will have to send a message to Barb Nelson who may post the request for consideration by the rest of the class before the account is created. On the other hand, having one name and two people using it can be very confusing for people who read your posts. If you have a spouse or family member who will be using your login on a regular basis contact Barbara Nelson about getting another username for them to login with.
The less relevant the proposed person is to the class of 63 the more likely that the other class mates will be given an opportunity to comment before a new account will be created. This is after all a forum for the Howell Highlanders Class of 1963.
Note: Most Internet Service Providers (ISP) will allow more than one email address per account. You will need to contact your ISP to find out the details on that option. If that option is not available there are free email accounts that can be signed up for on-line at sites such as hotmail.com or other web sites. If you need help with this, post a request in the Support and Help forum and some one will give you a hand.

Your Profile Settings (Profile Information)

This information is optional but some of it is nice for your classmates to know.

• The first 4 items ICQ Number, AIM Address, MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger are optional. If they are entered here they will show up under your posts as a direct link to you at the named instant messaging service, provided you and the person clicking the link have the messaging service software for that service installed on your personal computer.
• Web site: If you have a personal web site and wish to share the address with other classmates enter the web address here.
• Location: I would just put City, State. I would not put a full address in here.
• Occupation and Interests: Put what you want.
• Signature: This is where married women might wish to indicate her married name for her classmates who may not know her married name. Example: First Name (Maiden Name) Married Last Name. You might decide to also add a nick name or whatever here Example: AKA-Pricess Serendipity to your signature. This signature will appear under posts you make on the bulletin board unless you turn this feature off for an individual post or in the Preference section of the Profile Settings.

Note: At this time viewing the Member List is not private, being public non-members can see names and by clicking your name in the member list view the information you enter for Location, Occupation and Interest. The Member List is private in that the ability to email or send a private message from the Member List requires a login. Your email address is not published on the site, all email is sent through the site hiding the email address of the person the email is being sent to. UNLESS you send the email using the site, in which case the person receiving the email will have your email address so they can send a reply directly to your email address. You can not send anonymous emails or private messages using this site.

For future reference
In Profile Preferences you may choose to not show your email address. You will still be able to receive Private Messages (PM) via the bulletin board.

Your Profile Settings (Preferences)

Some of these settings may be overridden on a post by post basis if you so choose, in effect these are your defaults. You make your selection by clicking the option button (circle) before your choice. Some of these settings may be overridden by board wide settings.

• Always show my email address: Controls display of the button to send you an email, this forum does not display an actual email address. All email is passed through the web site to your actual email address and this feature is only available to other members.
• Hide your online status: Please leave this set to NO. The Who Is Online won't show your name if this is set to Yes. Classmates won't know that they can talk to you online using the shout box if they don't know who you are.
• Always notify me of replies: This allows you to "watch" a topic and be notified when someone posts to topic you have an interest in. This becomes a default and you can select No on any post. Conversely you can select No here and change it to Yes when you post to a topic you wish to be kept informed on.
• Notify on new Private Message: This will send you an email letting you know you have a new private message (PM). I believe it will only send this once for any number of new messages received since your last login.
• Pop up window on new Private Message: If you are logged into the bulletin board this will "Pop Up" a small window informing you that you have a Private Message (PM). This is a great way to arrange to meet at the Shoutbox when you see others online you want to talk with.
• Always attach my signature: Puts what you entered for a signature in your Profile Information under each post or Private Message (PM) you send.
• Always allow BBCode: BBCode (Bulletin Board Code) is what is used to put the little smiley faces on Posts and Private Messages (PM). It is also what allows the text formatting of bold, italics, underlined or color No reason to turn this off.
• Always allow HTML: Turned off for the whole site, changing it here has no effect.
• Always enable Smiles: No reason to turn this off unless you never want to put the little emoticons (smiley,frowny etc.) in your posts and Private Messages (PM). This is another setting that can be changed on a post by post basis.
• Board Language: English. Yep that is it folks.
• Board Style: Do Not Change This! This setting controls the colors, fonts and identifiers that apply them to the web pages. The site is green and gold because of the subTrail Board style and I'm not planning on doing the modifications for every feature to make more styles work. The only reason that any other style is ever listed is that I may add some feature with it's own style and I have not had a chance change the style to subTrail.
• Time zone: Howell is GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) - 5 hours so the bulletin board is set to GMT-5 and I'm not sure what difference individual profile settings have. Modify this to reflect your own time zone if you wish and we can find out. Howell is Eastern Time (GMT-5), From Western Michigan and Illinois west is Central Time Zone (GMT-6) until you get to Colorado which is Mountain Time Zone (GMT -7), West from there the Pacific Time Zone (GMT-8) starts at around Nevada and runs to the Pacific Coast.
  Summer Daylight savings is one hour earlier than the standard setting.
• Date format: Another don't mess with me setting.

Note: You can come back here any time and change these settings, some will not take effect until you log out and then log back in.

Profile Settings (Avatar Control Panel)

Cool Stuff!

Avatar is the name used to describe a small picture associated with you.

• Click on Show Gallery.
• There are several categories available each with a different selection of images. To select a different category, click the down arrow next to select category:, click a category from the list that drops down, then click the Go button next to the list of categories.
• Browse around the different categories, once you find an image you want click the option (circle) under the image to select it, then Select Avatar at the bottom to save your selection.

Note: It is a good idea to find an avatar and stay with it, this allows people to spot your posts without having to read each name. It's not a rule, you can come back and change images but it will change the image on all your previous posts as well as future posts.

You are now done setting up your profile

!! You must click on the submit button to save your Profile Setting changes !!

For future reference
Because the email thing is somewhat complicated here is a table of what you might want to accomplish and the setting needed to have the desired results.
The column marked with an asterisk may be changed for an individual post.

Important Note: Even if you select the "Never have my email used" settings you will still get email if the web site administrator sends out a notice to all members or in the event there is a reason for web site administrator to contact you regarding your account.
I want to	Always show my email address:	Always notify me of replies: *	Notify on new Private Message:
Never have my email used	No	No	No
3rd choice No email from people, don't notify me of new posts, notify me of private messages	No	No	Yes
No email from people, notify of new post, don't notify me of private messages.	No	Yes	No
Have people email me, don't notify of new posts, don't notify me of private messages.	Yes	No	No
2nd choice Have people email me, don't notify me of new posts, notify me of private messages.	Yes	No	Yes
Have people email me, notify of new posts, don't notify me of private messages.	Yes	Yes	No
1st choice Have people email me, notify of new posts, notify me of private messages.	Yes	Yes	Yes
You may wish to start out with the 1st choice and if you find you are getting more emails than you wish drop back to the second choice and change settings for "notify me of replies" to Yes only when you post to topics you really want to hear about.