Logging In
Once you have registered, or if you are returning to a site, you can login to the site.  In the menu bar on the forum you will find text that says "Login".  If it says "Logout" you are already logged in.  This can happen if you've already logged in before and chosen to have the forum remember who are you are.  This places a cookie on your system.  Once you choose "Login" you will be prompted for your user name and password.  If the combination is correct you will be allowed to navigate the forum as a user, rather than a guest.

Logging Out
If you are done browsing the forum you may decide to logout.  Perhaps you share a workstation with someone else, in this case you would want to log out of the forum upon leaving.  When you are logged in you will see "Logout" in the forum menu, select this and the forum will log your user name out.

Forgot Password
If you're trying to login to the forum but you forget your password or have lost it, you can retrieve it using the lost password tool.  On the login screen, next to the username field, it says "Forgot password?" Click this to be taken to the "forgot password" form.  Enter your username on this screen and press the Send button.  Your password will be sent to the email address registered to that username.

Hi Bannock,

That would be frustrating...

I have one possible idea. The bottom of the register page has two radio buttons. (I Agree   and   I Do Not Agree)  You MUST select the "I Agree" button or you'll get dumped at the put-in without registering after clicking "Register". It doesn't give a error warning so you wouldn't get a clue it happened.

If you are successful the top right of every page will say "Hey, Bannock, you have x messages" instead of "Welcome, Guest"

Stuff happens. Try it one more time. If it still doesn't work let me know.

db,

So to change the cookie default I have to re-register?

I tried to change my profile but didn't see anything to "push".

I have often posted, I think, under guest just because logging in is a pain, (and I can't remember what name/password) I used.

Dan

db,

Hmmm, maybe, the system "remembered" me today. Don't think I did anything different.

I think it's the part about "not needing to logout" that is confusing. I would have thought that everybody would have to login/out each time, or the system would think everybody is always logged in. 

Thanks,
Dan

I recently discovered that my email address was incorrect in the member's profile. When I tried to change it I was logged off and cannot get back on with my username and password. Please let me in