First, click the 'Request Account' link from the left 'Primary links' menu.

You will then be presented with a form to create an account.

The fields with an orange asterisk are required. The webmasters will review your application for an account and you will receive an e-mail when your account has been established. The Webmasters may edit your user name to meet the standards for the site, which are explained on the registration page.

Note: although your e-mail address is required to join the site, it is not posted on the site for other users to see. Therefore, you need have no concern about 'bots' collecting your e-mail address from the website.  Member contact is initiated via a web form that will create an email message. The individual who receives this e-mail from you will be given your e-mail address in the 'reply to' field, but otherwise your e-mail address is not distributed.

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Once you have logged in, the contributor menu will look like this:

Click one of the links for 'User list'. You will see a summary of user profiles such as the single profile below.

Not all profiles will have optional details completed. Note that the street name is a link. If you click the street name, you will see all the members that live on that particular street. If you click the user name, you will see the detail view of the profile.

Note the tab 'Contact'. Click that link to open a contact form to send the user an e-mail message. Please note that user e-mail addresses are NOT displayed on the site. However, when you use the contact form to send a message, your e-mail address is provided to the recipient so that they may respond.