"How to Register" for the computer-challenged

[pparaska]

Someone asked me how to register as a new user on HybridZ. Sure, it's simple to figure out for most of us that use computers a lot, but for a new-to-computer-type, it's not so easy to figure out, I suppose.

 

Let's assume they start their browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox, etc.) and can figure out how to find the start page for http://hybridz.org, you know, the rear view mirror shot with the Z in it.

 

Next they figure they must need to click on "Forums" below the HybridZ Logo.

 

Cool, they are looking at the forum main page. Below is a pictoral of what to do to register a username for yourself:

 

1 - From Main Forum page, find the (blue) menu bar at the top of the page, and click once on "Register" on the bar, to the right of "HybridZ" . (Yeah, I took drawing lessons from John Madden!!!) :

 

 

2 - On the page that comes up (see below), input your Date of Birth using the pull-down arrow boxes for the month and day, and type in the 4 digit year.

(Anyone know what the date in the image below signifies? I'll tell you - it's the date of the introduction of the 240Z in the USA!)

 

 

3 - Read the introductory text in the box on the following page (shown below) and read the general rules very carefully, commit them to memory and click on the box below the rules window to the left of the statement "I have read, and agree to abide by the HybridZ rules" only if you agree. Then click the register button below it to proceed with your registration.

 

 

4 -

 

- Fill in your User name (which you will use to log into the forums with, and people will get to know you by)

 

- Select a password and fill it into the "Password" and "Confirm Password" boxes. Make the password something you will remember, but something that's not easily guessed. It's case sensitive (to upper and lower case letters), so remember if you used upper and lower letters and where. Also use digits in the password to make it a bit more difficult for someone to crack.

 

- Enter your Email address in the "Email Address" and "Confirm Email Address" boxes. This is the email address that the administrators, website software, and users (optionally) will have access to to send you email.

 

- Carefully read the letters and/or numbers in the image verification box and type that set of letters/numbers in the box to the right of the image.

 

- Fill in your location (at least your state, or province and your country, and hopefully your city location). This is helpful when people want to get together for various reasons, buy parts/cars from one another, and look for people in route to your long distance destinations to either meet with or ask for help if your Z breaks down! (I used this before, knowing that Rags (Joe Ragno) lived in upstate NJ when my Z broke down on the way home from the 2003 convention - he was a life-saver!)

 

- Change your Date of Birth if you fudged a few years the first time .

 

- Fill in the name or User name of the person(s) that referred you to HybridZ.org in the "Referrer" box.

 

- Select the correct timezone and Daylight Savings Time option.

 

- If you want HybridZ users to be able to send you email (from an email link below your user name in your posts, or from your profile information), click on the box to the left of "Receive Email from Other Members"

 

- Go back and check over the information you filled in, and once it's correct, click the "Complete Registration" button at the bottom of the page.

 

 

5 - The next page (see below) will show that you've registered and tell you that you need to go read the new email message that the site software sent you, and click on the link in that mail message to finish the registration process. Once you do that, you can log into the HybridZ forums using the User name and password you supplied above and post messages, etc. There are other features (photo albums to upload graphics and photos to, the VBGarage where you can list all the details about your cars) you can now take part in as well.

 

Welcome to HybridZ.org!

 

Before posting, you should read the full set of Rules (click here), memorize them, agree to them, and make them your new philosophy and mindset so that you fit into the HybridZ community successfully. We've had a few aborted attempts in the past where we've banned users that refused to follow the rules, but it happens RARELY.

 

This is VERY important stuff! You must think of HybridZ as it was originally intended to be - a warm cozy party at a friend's house where stimulating, open-minded discussion is the norm, and immature, rude behaviour gets you the cold shoulder and the Administrators and Moderators throwing you out the door!!! We've had only a handful of people that had to be banned from the site in the 5+ years it's been up as of this writing.

 

 

 

Cheers,

Pete Paraska (pparaska)