REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS

In order to use this site to its full potential all users will need to

Register an Account

TRF Members will need to be registered with an email address the matches the TRF Database in order to see and use the TRF Members areas of the Website and the Forums

TRF Members Register an Account

YOU WILL BE SENT AN ACTIVATION EMAIL

Your activation Email will usually arrive within 30 minutes.
If this does not arrive in your INBOX then either you have typed your email address incorrectly or the email has gone to your SPAM BOX

You will need to select a USER NAME and PASSWORD in order to login.

Please choose a USER NAME that you will be known as on the Forums.

Please do not use your email address as a user name.

Having followed the instructions, if you experience logging in problems, then please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with a note of your query and we will look into the matter.

User level 1. Unregistered User - NO LOGIN REQUIRED

Having arrived at the TRF Website, you do so as an un-registered user, which allows you to see the Public Content.
If you access the 'Forum' you will be able to see the Public Area and read the Public Area Posts, but you will not be able to Post

User Level 2. Registered User - LOGIN REQUIRED

You will need to 'Create an Account' in order to become a registered user. The registration process will require you to click on the Create Account link on the left hand menu below the LOGIN Button. The create account procedure will ask you to provide:

(a) Your Name
(b) Your chosen User Name (E.g Pluto) This will be the name that will appear in your posts on the forum
(c) Your Email Address. If you are a TRF Member, you need to ensure that you supply the Email Address that you provided with your TRF Member Application / renewal. ( We use this email address to verify your current TRF membership)
(d) A Password which will need to be provided twice.

Then click the Register Button.

You will now be sent an email which will contain a verification link that you need to click and the registration process will be complete.

You can now LOGIN as a Registered User

User Level 3. Registered TRF Member User - LOGIN REQUIRED

If you have a current TRF Membership then you will not need to do anything further. When you LOGIN, your current member status will be checked via your email address and the Members Only Areas of the Site and the Members Area of the 'FORUM' will be available to you automatically.

You can now LOGIN as a Registered TRF Member

Please note that if you have just joined online, it may take a few days for your membership details to be added to the TRF Database, and access to the Members Only Areas will not take affect until your details have been logged.

Please note that you will not require your membership number for any part of this process.

Please also note there is information available on the Help Menu for Joint Membership Holders
(in particular the Secondary Member)

It is worth remembering that TRF Membership expires an 31st December each year and therefore at that time, access to the Members Only Areas, will cease to function, unless you have renewed for the following year before 1st January.

We Hope that you will find the above processes both easy to understand and easy to accomplish.

Please do not hesitate to contact either This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you have any further questions.

Joint Membership of the TRF means two individual members who are linked by way of a single household address, and therefore receive only a single copy of Trail Magazine, in all other respects they will be treated as two seperate members, and will have seperate membership ID's

As far as this Website and in particular the TRF Forum goes, each of the two joint members can obtain access via their own individual registered account details and USER NAME.

In order to ensure that the System is able to verify both joint members as members in their own right, each Joint member must have an individual and unique email address.

If you are a joint member and were prior to 31st December 2008, you will presently have only one Email address allocated to the Primary Joint Member. This can be amended by asking the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to add an email address to the Seconday Joint Members details, and access will then be available for both members seperately once you have both set up an account using the respective Email Address.

If you are considering Joining the TRF as a Joint Membership or have done so since 1 January 2009, then we suggest that you obtain a second email adress for the Secondary Member ( if you have not already done so) and send this to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it (with your membership details) which can be input on to the system and will allow seperate accounts to be set up.

If you have any questions about Joint Membership Set-up, Login or Forum Access, please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we will answer your question.

You will need to be a TRF member and logged in

• Select Member Files from the Left Hand Menu
• Use the submit button
• Select Upload a file from your comuter
• Browse for the relevant file / document from your computer and then click 'Upload'
• Wait until the entry box appears with the document tab at the top
• Complete the boxes as follows:
  
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    • TITLE Enter a title for the Photograph
    • CATEGORY Select the Public Documents Category
    • DATE [ Leave as default ]
    • THUMBNAIL [ Leave as default ]
    • FILE [ Leave as your filename by default ]
    • HOMEPAGE [ Leave Blank ]
    • DESCRIPTION Complete a description E.G. This file contains infromation on a DMMO Claim in Wrexham
      
• Now Click the Tickbox at the bottom and your File or Document will be submitted for approval by the Admin Team
• The File or Document  will be filed in an appropriate category.
• Please note that if the Description is incomplete or Missing the File will be filed under general in the Members Files category
• Any problems Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  

You will need to be a TRF member and logged in

• Select Member Files from the Left Hand Menu
• Use the Submit button
• Select Upload a file from your comuter
• Browse for the relevant photograph from your cumputer and then click 'Upload'
• Wait until the entry box appears with the document tab at the top
• Complete the boxes as follows:
  
  
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    • TITLE Enter a title for the Photograph
    • CATEGORY Select the Members Photos Category
    • DATE [Leave as default]
    • THUMBNAIL [Leave as default]
    • FILE [Leave as your filename by default]
    • HOMEPAGE [Leave Blank]
    • DESCRIPTION Complete a description E.G. Photo from our local run 28th April 2009, Simon Bingham, South Northants Group [HINT: Please use a description that will allow admin to categorise the photo]
      
      
• Now Click the Tickbox at the bottom and your Photo will be submitted for approval by the Admin Team.
• The photo will be filed in an appropriate category.
• Please note that if the Description is incomplete or Missing the Photo will be filed as general in the Members Photos category
• Any problems Email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
  

For inclusion on the website's Upcoming Events

You will need to be a TRF member and logged in

• On the left hand user menu you will see a 'submit an article' link
  
• A page will appear that allows you to create your submission with your event details, formatting is possible however, please submit the basic text as a minimum and we can format the article to suit.
  
• When you have completed the article and filled out the titles etc, press submit and your article will be sent to the website administrator who will tidy up the formatting and publish the article in the appropriate events section and list the event on the Upcoming Events list.
  
• Please note that valid dates for the event can be submitted.
  Please use today as the start publishing date and set the finish publishing date for the date that your event finishes.
  (E.g The date that the event has passed)
  
• You do not need to fill out the Description or the Kewords fields
  
• Now Click the save button and the event details will be sent to the admin team and we will add the event to the Events Section
  

 as a page for the website

You will need to be TRF member and logged in

• On the left hand user menu you will see a submit an article link
• A page will appear that allows you to create your article for submission for inclusion on the website,  formatting is possible however, please submit the basic text with a basic layout as a minimum and we can format the article to suit.
• When you have completed the article and filled out the titles etc, press submit and your article will be sent to the website administrator who will tidy up the formatting and publish the article in the appropriate section. ( please give an indication of your prefered section at the foot of the article)
  
  
  

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