FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I add pictures of my own turnings to the Image Galleries?

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Yes! Select ‘Create Content’ then ‘Image’. Once added, an image will automatically show up in the Galleries and the ‘Random Image’ box (unless you mark it as private).

How do I view an Adobe Acrobat (PDF) file?

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Adobe Acrobat is becoming the standard for document archiving and distribution. It's easy to use, it's cross-platform compatible, and it's reader is FREE!

Click on this link and follow the instructions to install the free Acrobat viewer on your computer.

Get Adobe Reader logo

How do I edit or delete Forum Topics, Events, Images, Stories, etc.?

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To edit or delete existing content, log in and then bring up the page you wish to edit. Look below the article (or article summary) for a link that says "administer", or sometimes "edit this page". Depending on your user permissions, you might see this below all pages or only certain ones (like those that you yourself submitted).

Clicking this link will bring up a page with a form for changing the page. To edit the page, change the text or settings and then submit. If you wish to delete the page, look for a "delete" button near the bottom of the page. When you click it, you'll get a second chande to confirm that you wish to delete the page--or to change your mind!

How do I create a Forum Topic, Event, Image, Page, Poll, Story, etc.?

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To get to the menu for adding content, you must first be logged in. Then on the left side, in the section with your user name, click "create content".

You'll be presented with a list of types of content you can create. What ones you see depends on whether your user is setup as a member, an officer, a prospect, or whatever.

Notice that in the main page space in the middle is a description of each type of content--a handy reference.

Click on "story" at the bottom of the "create content" menu. You'll get the "Submit story" form.

How do I add a comment to something on the website?

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Comments allow you as a user to interact with the content on a site--to respond to an article, offering your own ideas, additions, or critique.

Making comments

When you bring up an article to read, look for comment-related links at the bottom of the article. If you're not logged in, this might read "login or register to post comments". When you do log in, you should see something like "Add new comment". Click on the link and you're ready to comment away.

Etiquette

Comments can be a great way of enriching a community site--but they can also lead to unfriendly, even harassing exchanges. As with any communication, it's important to try to ensure that your comments are respectful and constructive.

What do I do if I forgot my password?

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If you forget or lose your password, you can have your password automatically reset to a new one, and emailed to you. Because we store your password in our database with a one-way encryption algorithm, we can't retrieve the actual value of your password. This insures that if anyone were able to get ahold of the encrypted format of your password, they wouldn't be able to decrypt it.

Therefore, when you recover your password, our system automatically generates a new one for you, and emails it to you. Once you login with that new password, you can change your newly assigned password to one that you can remember.

How do I create a new forum posting?

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You have two options to create a new forum posting:

  1. Using the Submit menu link feature
  2. Click on the start new topic link at the bottom of each forum category page.

How do I change my password for my account?

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First, you need to login to the website with your existing username and password (see the What do I do if I forgot my password?" FAQ question if you forgot or lost your password).

To change your password:

FAQs on using this website

FAQs

This section contains information about navigating the CICAAW website, features, how to submit content, etc. If you have any questions regarding how to use the website, or how to accomplish something on this website, hopefully your answers can be found here!

If you have a question you'd like to see answered here, please submit feedback to us. We'll do our best to answer what we can, as quickly as we can.