Create a user profile To participate in a Web Site, online discussion, or chat, you must be a registered user. Registered users have created a user profile by filling out a registration form. denotes information that you must enter. From the Web Site Manager, click Add a participant. Click Click to create a new user profile. Complete the Add a Participant page. Note: Email is not required for registration by users unless you want to be a Web Site Administrator, or as a site participant, you wish to receive email updates sent to all site participants. If you do not have an email address, you can get a free Internet email account at http://mail.localcommunities.org that you can access from any Internet connection. Here are tips for some options: Select question: This lets you select a question that displays on the page if you forget your password. If you answer the question correctly (according to the information you enter here), your password displays on the page. Answer: This is the answer to the question you selected above that displays on the page if you forget your password. Send me system mail: This enables you to receive all system notices, such as Create Web Site confirmations and changes in user status. This also lets you receive any site-wide emails that the Web Site or System Administrator sends. Send me email in HTML: This sets the format for any email notifications you receive. Email notifications are notices of any new or changed content on a Web Site in which you participate. If this option is checked, you receive these notifications in HTML-formatted emails. If this option is unchecked, you receive them in plain (ASCII) text. Click Done. Some Web Site Administrators automatically allow new users to become participants of their Sites. Other Administrators review and approve each user. The top of the Add a Participant page indicates whether you are automatically added to the Web Site. When the Administrator approves you, you receive approval notification via email.