How to Register for a User Account at Krishna.com

Version: 02/18/2008

1) Click on "Register" above the top right of the Krishna.com flute.

2) On the "Sign-in" page, enter your preferred "Username" and "E-mail
address."

3) Click on the "Create new account" button. A notice will appear
that says:

"Your password and further instructions have been sent to your e-mail
address."

4) Please wait a few minutes and then check your e-mail account for
an email from us. The subject of the email message should be:

"Account details for [username] at Krishna.com"

No confirmation email? Check your "Junk" (Spam) folder. Krishna.com
notification e-mails get flagged as junk mail by Microsoft Hotmail
accounts, for example. It may happen with others. (Let us know so we
can compile a list.)

5) Open the e-mail. Follow the instructions to log in using the
provided link, or the temporary password.

6) Once you've logged in, please click on the "Edit" tab at the top
right of your new account page.

You should now see your account page with three sub-category tabs:

"Account settings / Contributions to Krishna.com / Personal Information"

By default, you should be in the "Account settings" tab.

Notice the "Account information" area.

7) Enter a password in the password field. Confirm the password a
second time (in the confirm password field.)

8) Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click on "Submit"
to save the password.

Now, feel free to add some information to your profile page. The
purpose of Krishna.com CONNECT is to connect people with one another,
who are interested in Krishna. Please personalize your profile page
with as much information and photos as you wish to share. This is
your place to be personal. Do you enjoy looking through other
people's profiles on Krishna.com? If yes, then please share a little
about yourself. Replace the generic image with one of you. Add more
images to your own personal gallery. Post a brief life summary in the
"Personal Information" tab. Share some of your interests, needs,
concerns.

ACCOUNT SETTINGS TAB:

PROFILE PHOTO and FRIEND / GUESTBOOK SETTINGS

9) Click on the "Edit" tab at the top right of your profile page.

You've already got an email address and password, now scroll down and
add a photo.

10) Click on the "Browse" button beneath the generic picture icon, to
find a photo of yourself on your computer. Select the photo and click
on the "Open" button in the browse window to automatically attach the
location of the photo to the upload form.

11) Scroll down the page a bit to take a look at the "Personal
contact form," "Friends list," "guestbook" and "Time zone"
settings. Modify those settings to meet your needs.

12) Click on "Submit" to save your changes.

You should see your profile page updated with the image of yourself. :-)

Nice.

Now let's add more information.

PERSONAL INFORMATION TAB:

13) Click on "Edit" tab at the top right of your profile page.

14) Click on the "Personal Information" tab.

Choose a nick name for your profile (the name you'll be known by on
the site) and enter some more information about yourself in the
fields provided.

Please fill in the "Country" field so we can at least tell what
country you're in.

NOTE: Do anyonymous profiles with anonymous user names annoy you? If
yes, here's to setting a good example for others. Krishna
consciousness is about developing a personal, loving relationship
with the Supreme Person, Krishna. And there's some truth to the
notion that this personal relationship with God starts with being
personal in our interactions with each other, God's children. So
share a little. Don't be shy. Fill out the Personal Information
section. Do so responsibly, of course. Don't make it easy for
stalkers to find you, for example. Use nick names. Don't post your
phone number or street address. Don't post legal last names, family
names, credit card information, etc.)

Please read and follow the grey text instructions beneath fields that
need them.

INTERESTS and SKILLS

The comma-separated words or phrases of the "Interests" and "Skills"
fields are converted into "tags" automatically by the computer.
Tagging work best when you list your interests and skills as simple,
descriptive words or phrases, separated by commas. Once you've
submitted that page, you will be able to search for others on
Krishna.com who share your interest or skill by clicking on your (or
their) "tags."

Tagging works best if you keep your terms simple and generic. Try to
find one or two keywords, the topic, that best describe each interest
or skill, and separate those keywords by a comma.

For example: Reading, yoga, calligraphy, gardening, book keeping, ...
will produce the best tagged results. You'll easily be able to find
others on Krishna.com who share an interest in those topics.

On the contrary: Reading my favorite books on such and such, yoga in
the morning, calligraphy classes at UF, gardening on weekends, ... is
very nice and descriptive, however the tags become virtually useless
for finding people who typed exactly the same "tag" in their profile.

Is this whole tagging thing starting to make sense? :-)

15) When you're done, click on "Submit" at the bottom of the page.

USER IMAGE GALLERY

Did you know you can add multiple images to your profile's user
gallery? This recent feature addition is probably the best kept
secret among Krishna.com users.

Go ahead and play with it. Add some photos to your gallery.

16) Click on the "[username]'s Gallery" tab in your profile window.

17) Click on the "Add image" tab.

18) In the "Submit Gallery Image" window, browse for an available
image on your computer, click on "Upload"

19) Give the image a descriptive title, and, if you want, a
description in the "Body" field.

20) Press the "Preview" button at the bottom of the page to preview,
scroll to the bottom of the preview page, and press "Submit".

Yeah, we know. Lots of steps to upload a simple image. Luckily we
don't have to build this software from scratch and the Drupal module
that we use for the user image gallery just does what it does. Use at
your own risk :-)

21) Repeat steps 16-20 to add more images to your gallery.

THANK YOU for personalizing your profile on Krishna.com. Now, if you
feel inspired, please encourage others to do the same :-)