April 1, 2008 10:08 AM

Angie please PM milw or MrScott with this question. GWJax

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April 1, 2008 10:56 AM

I snipped this two post tangent from another thread.

I don't know the answer, and thought it ought to be sorted out someplace other than private mail.

I suspect it has to do with a site software toggle that gets tripped to the "member" setting the first time a new member does a particular action.

I'll let the site coders give the definitive answer

Side note to the site code development team, I'm still waiting on some sort of spell checker for post editing. Some members need it more than others.

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 1, 2008 11:32 AM

MrScott said: ...and the time it took me to write the previous post, Peter posted the answer.

Peter is on it like that. He seems to have an answer (at least) two days sooner than I'm used to :) Watch out, Pete, you're making the rest of the Intarweb Admins look bad!

Watch out, don't step in the anthropomorphization.

April 1, 2008 6:27 PM

Angie said: is that wut that little box is for that keeps poping upam i exsposto clik on something

I'm not sure whether that post is IM-speak, Texting-speak, or just bad spelling.

Whatever it is, it's more than a little distracting. You'll find most of us old codgers prefer reading posts with most of the correct letters, and spaces, used to form the words.

What Peter stated was that there would have been an e-mail sent to the e-mail address that was supplied when the Angie account was registered. In that e-mail would be directions for how to verify that e-mail account to the community. Once that is done, the status of the account will change from "Pending Member" to "Member".

I don't know of any little box that keeps popping up, or whether you are supposed to click on something. I suspect I verified my mail address without delay, and therefore did not get to see any popup reminders that you may be seeing. 

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 1, 2008 8:27 PM

I found the e-mail sent to me for RoboCommunity verification purposes back in June.

It should look something like this.....

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Subject: RoboCommunity.com Email Verification 

screen-name-here,

Thank you for becoming the next RoboCommunity Member. You are now welcome to fully engage the community by using all of the interactive features of the site including:

- Contributing new articles and quick tips
- Rating and discussing content from others
- Community newsletters and updates
- And much more!

COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION: Click on the link below which will direct you to an email confirmation page. If it does not, please copy and paste the full URL into your web browser's address box.

http://www.robocommunity.com/emailverification/ with lots of other user specific parms here

We value your feedback. During your visit, take a second to send us your thoughts and what we can do to improve your experience. Welcome to The RoboCommunity!

The RoboCommunity Team

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ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 3, 2008 9:42 PM

Yes, click the link to resend the activation email. Not sure of the exact procedure, I imagine it will ask you to log in, or similar. Then check your email for one from RoboCommunity and click the link contained therein.

If you don't find the email in your inbox (probably within the next 24 hours) make sure to check your Bulk or Spam folders (if you have them) too, just in case your mail provider (Gmail, Yahoo, whatever) marked it as spam. 

Watch out, don't step in the anthropomorphization.

April 5, 2008 1:19 PM

You clicked on _what_? If all you've done is click on the "resend e-mail" popup, you've only done half the job.

Clicking on the box to resend you the verfication e-mail won't make you a verified member. It will send you an e-mail like the one posted above. You then have to read the e-mail, and do what it says to get yourself verified.

As for any incorrect information in your member profile, edit it.

http://www.robocommunity.com/forum/thread/12580/How-to-Edit-or-Create-a-New-P...

I deleted a duplicate post on this thread.

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 23, 2008 9:53 PM

Yes, you're still pending. It says so right there.
You haven't finished up with the instructions mailed to you, and discussed here.

As for creating a new account, would that be the RoboDud account?
You were using it. Have you forgotten the password?

Each member of the community should have _1_ account.
No alternate identities, please.

It's stated in the Community FAQ entry on Policies.

http://www.robocommunity.com/help/faq#policies



We regard the following actions among others as inappropriate behavior when using our site:

* Harassing, degrading or defaming another person
* Posting pornographic, violent or other inappropriate images or language
* Using racial slurs or other language intended to offend other users
* Infringing on a third party's copyright
* Creating more than one account

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 23, 2008 10:08 PM

If you've forgotten your password, you should try clicking on the

"Did you forget your password?" link on the login screen.

It will ask for the e-mail address you registered, and will send an e-mail to that account with a reset password.

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)

April 23, 2008 10:40 PM

So you should retire the Angie account then, and make all your posts from the Dud account.

ScottE -- Member (always) & Moderator (when needed)