Your account on rivertown.org.uk

Information on your account and profile

Important account details

To log in to the site you will need a username and a password. Your username can be anything reasonable, short, easy to remember and easy to associate with your person. Eg, a username could be 'jbloggs' or 'Joe Bloggs'.

Your profile

There are certain settings you may be able and would like to change. These are available to you by clicking the 'my account' link when you are logged in.

The main profile page lists some information about your account:

• Private messages - send and receive private message to/from other website members;
• Quotes = view the quotes that you have posted;
• Member for - shows how long you have been registered with the site;
• Details - name, position and some other miscellaneous information.

Editing your profile

You can change your profile by clicking on the edit tab. You can choose whether to use private messaging, or allow others to contact you via the site (the contact tab). There are optional blocks for the two side bars which can be set on or off.

Changing your password

Enter your new password twice in order to change it:

This will take effect as soon as you log off your current session.

Private messaging

Members of the site can contact each other through private messaging. Messages are private to this site (hence the name), do not require e-mail addresses and can be sent to one or more recipients. Click send private message to send a message.

Contact form

You can also choose whether to be contacted via e-mail and the contact tab. A user can send an e-mail to you via the site, and you will be able to reply using your favourite e-mail client.

Your e-mail address is not publically visible until you reply to the sender via your usual e-mail program.

For more information on how users are placed into groups and roles, please read the documentation on Website users.