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If you have an account on this site, the system will "know" you if
you put in your correct ID and password when you log on. Your ID is
your account number as four digits (prefix zeros to make it up to
four digits). If you have forgotten your password, you can re-set
it yourself. Try to log on, and if you fail, the system will invite
you to put in your ID and email address, then it will send you a message
with a new password. As soon as you log on, go to My Profile and you
can change that password to another one that you will remember, but
it will need to contain at least one digit. If you don't succeed in
accessing your account, send a message via Contact Us, and the Administrator
will reset the password for you.
Everyone can see what's wanted and offered in the listings by going
to the those sections of the Members Area, so do not put in anything
in the text of the listings that you do not want to be viewed by
the general public. Everyone can view the News and Events section
of the Members Area to see when meetings and socials will be held,
for example. And everyone can contact us with feedback, queries
or news items or enquiries via Contact Us.
Members are given an automatically-generated password for their
account, but can change it to something more memorable. Once you've
logged in with the random password in the email, you can change
it via My Profile - it's the first option on the list.
Once you are logged on, you can also update your profile, by adding
or deleting a joint member, via My Profile. When you first access
your account, you may find that the text of your Offers & Wants
is in the About Me box, so your first task is to set up your listings
properly - see next paragraph. Once that's done, go back to your
profile and amend the About Me box with some general text about
yourself (including a link to your own website if you have one).
You can also upload a photo of yourself there.
To add, delete or edit your own OFFERS & WANTS, choose Update Listings.
Here's a handy hint for when you first open up your account. Get
two browsers open, in one you can keep looking at and refreshing
the Directory, in the other, you can be doing the directory entries
- this saves you constantly toggling back and forth to see where
you got to. When you are Creating a Listing, make sure your heading
is a good title. Please use a capital letter to start your heading
and end it with a colon (two dots). Then add text in the box - this
part can easily be amended later. If you are not sure which category
to place it in, put it in Uncategorised. You can limit the duration
of the listing and indicate pricing.
Updating OFFERS & WANTS: The Directory Editor will be able create
or edit the categories and move listings into them as appropriate.
The detailed text for each listing can be updated by you at any
time, but if you want to alter the title itself, you will need to
copy and save the text, create a new listing, and copy in the text
you have saved. Then you can delete the old one. That's why you
should take care when you first set up each listing.
You can view your own trading record and that of other members,
or transfer currency to another member in payment for goods or services
via Exchanges. If there will be any delay before you can go online
to make the transaction, both parties can sign each other's copy
of a Local Claim Form as an interim record. You should be able to
download this from the Documents page. Once you have done a transaction
you will be invited to provide feedback on that exchange.
Members can't update their own account balance. When you've traded
with another member, the person who has received the service or
item is the one who records it on the Exchanges page. However, you
can send an invoice through the system. Once the transaction has
taken place, you will see it via "View My Balance and Exchange History".
Those who do not have access to the internet can be matched to a
buddy, who will help them set up a web-based email address and/or
help them manage their account. Meanwhile you can still use cheques
as before, and the LETS Accountant will carry out the transaction
online for you. Committee members can carry out other functions
towards the overall management of the site, such as updating meeting
notices. Any time you want to contact them, either go to the specific
link if you know it, or send a message via Contact Us.
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