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.

  1. From any Web Site page created within the Community, click the Log in/Register option at the top of the page.
  2. Click Click here to create a new user profile.
  3. Complete the Welcome New User page.

    Here are tips for some options:

    • Email address: 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.

      Note: Email is not required for registration by users unless you want to be a Web Site Administrator, or as a site participant, you want 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.

    • Enter a User Name: This is the name you enter when you log in.

    • Enter a Password/Re-enter Password: This is the password you enter when you log in. Type it again to ensure that you typed it correctly.

    • Select question: This lets you select a question that appears on the page if you forget your password. If you answer the question correctly (according to the information you enter in the Enter Answer text box), your password displays on the page.

    • Enter Answer: This is the answer to the question that appears on the page if you forget your password.

  4. Click Create Profile.
  5. Read the Terms and Conditions. Click Agree to Terms, indicating that you accept the terms.

Each time you visit the site, use the username and password you created to log in. Logging in lets the sytem know who you are. You may then visit Web Sites in which you participate, or you may administer your own Web Site.  

When you are finished with this site and want to log out, click Log Out at the top of any Community page.