HowTo Create a Login

  1. Go to the Home page of the Windy City site.
  2. Scroll down the page, toward the bottom in the left column to the "User Login" menu.
  3. Click on the "Create new account" link.
  4. Choose a username and enter it.
    -- Spaces are allowed in the username, but the only allowed punctuation are periods, hyphens and underscores.
  5. Enter your email address.
  6. If you are a member of the Windy City RWA chapter, in the "Apply for roles" section click in the box beside "WC Member".
  7. Click on the "Create new account" button.
  8. You will be returned to the front page of the site, with a note at the top of the page saying:
    "Your application was received for the following role: WC Member
    Your password and further instructions have been sent to your e-mail address."
  9. The system will send an email to the address you entered, entitled:
  10. "Accound details for LOGIN-NAME at WindyCityRWA
    ***This email has your with your login in password. Keep this email in a safe place.***
  11. Click the link, or paste it into your browser, at it will take you to the "Reset password" page.
  12. Click the "Log in" button.
  13. In the "Password:" box, enter your password, and enter it again into the "Confirm password:" box
    -- The system checks the security (strength) of your password, as always, the stronger the password the better
  14. The "TinyMCE WYSIWYG editor is enabled by default.  If you don't want to use it, click on the "TinyMCE rich-text settings" header, then in the "Default state" drop-down, click "disabled".
  15. The "Contact settings" allows other users to email you without knowing your email.  They are taken to a form that they fill out and submit, and the email is sent to the address on this form.
  16. "Locale Settings" is your time zone setting.  I think we are "GMT-6", but to make it simple just scroll down the list to "US/Central"
  17. Click "Save"
  18. Record your new password someplace safe.
  19. If you are a Windy City RWA chapter member, now EMAIL Admin letting the system administrators know you now have a login, so they can assign you to the correct user groups, so you can access various restricted parts of the site.
    -- If you don't do this, and I don't give you access, you can't add anything to the site!!
    -- It's done this way so that random people can't add content to our site.