INSTRUCTIONS Here are Instructions for Registering, Navigating and Posting on the Fair Lawn News Forum (Discussion Space)     It's not as hard as it looks. If you have any suggestions for improving these instructions, send an e- mail to editor@fairlawnnews.com   These Instructions Were Updated on October 31, 2001   Registering You need to Register, so that you can post messages, set up your preferences, and help you figure out what messages have been posted since you last checked.  1. On the right side of the Fair Lawn News Forum screen, click on 'Register As New Member' 2. Enter your name (It could be your first and last name or it could be a shortened version like 'Barbara H.' or even an alias like 'Ellington Road Mom') 3. Type in a password and your e- mail address.  Then hit enter. 4. Next, you will get an e- mail confirming your new membership. Read the instructions of the e- mail. You will have to click on words in the e- mail to confirm your registration.   Navigating and Posting On the Fair Lawn News Forum, you will see several 'Discussions'.  Right now there are three discussions: + Improving Broadway and River Road  + Fair Lawn General Stuff  + Just Fair Lawn Government and Politics   2. You can click on any of these Discussions to read the postings. Or you can click on the PLUS SIGN (+), to the left of each Discussion. Then you can go directly to an individual posting within that Discussion.   3.  When you are inside one of the Discussions, you can type in a box to post a new message.  However, if you want to post something in the new Forum, you will need to have Registered first.    Just Looking at New Messages If you are 'logged in', the new postings are highlighted on each of the  'Discussions'. You just need to click on the NEW buttons to read the postings you haven't seen yet.     You'll know if you are logged in by looking on the right side of the Fair Lawn News Forum screen.  It will say ''You are logged in as your name'.  If the screen says  'You are browsing as a guest', then you can login here.  You can also register here if you already haven't.    Navigation Tips Within a long Discussion, you can click on one of these four choices: 'To Top', 'Previous Messages', 'All Messages' 'Outline'   If you ever want to go back to the page that has a list of all the Discussions, click on 'Fair Lawn News Forum'. There is also a link back to this web site, the 'Fair Lawn News Home Page'.   Hiding Your E- Mail Address From Others If you don't want other people to know your e- mail address, do the following after you have already registered. 1. On the Fair Lawn News Forum page Click on ‘Change password or preferences’  2. Click On 'This is how you appear to other World Crossing users. Edit this information'  3. Check the Box Next To: ‘Hide your e-mail address: This option hides your address from everyone except hosts of forums in which you post messages and the World Crossing system administrator'  4. Click on “OK” at the bottom of the page.    Viewing Most Recent Postings First If you want to see the most recent postings when you go into a Discussion, do the following: 1. Log in with your name and password. 2. On the Fair Lawn News Forum screen, click on 'Change password or preferences'. 3. On the next screen, under 'Display Options', check the box 'Starting with the Most Recently Active' 4. Click on 'OK' on the next two screens. Now, when you go into a Discussion, you will see the latest postings, with the most recent one on the bottom of the page.   Saving Time When You Log In You won't have to type in your name and password every time you enter the Fair Lawn News Forum, if you do the following:  1. Log in with your name and password. 2. On the Fair Lawn News Forum page Click on ‘Change password or preferences’  2. Scroll down the Screen and check the box next to:  'Use cookies to remember name and password after login This option lets you skip the login prompt.' 3. Click on “OK” at the bottom of the page.    ___________________________     The old Discussion Space (http://www.quicktopic.com/6/H/6RPZXwve8rQBJZT5q6) is still around, but you can not post anything new there.    The goal of this forum is still the same.  To help us inform each other.