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Posted: 11-07-2009 19:27 Post subject:

If anyone has any problems signing up please contact me as it should be fairly easy. That said, the site can be edited by anyone, though obviously anything you add in this way will be done anonymously.

To join you simply need to sign up first with Wikidot. If you are on the Forteana site then there is a link top right which says create account. Click on this and enter the details for your new account. Wikidot will then send you an email with a link in it which, when clicked on, will activate your account.

Once this is done you can go to http://fortean.wikidot.com/system:join and just type 'Yowie' into the secret password box and you will automatically be added as a member.

Alternatively if you send me an email to cmbond23@btinternet.com then I can send you an email invite, which might be slightly easier.

As I say though, you don't actually have to be a member to edit and add material, though you do if you want to create a blog entry.

Posted: 14-07-2009 01:10 Post subject:

There is a nice new shiny blog on the site now at http://fortean.wikidot.com/blog:_start. Only members can post to the blog but for those like Lauren who may not feel comfortable editing the encyclopedia pages, it means that you can still contribute to the site, and as far as the blog is concerned, anything goes. So long as it's fortean!

I've also added feed aggregators at http://fortean.wikidot.com/feeds (the pages called 'Aggregator' under each relevant heading) which should pull the latest posts from twitter, technorati, del.icio.us etc for any of the selected categories there. There are also feeds for many other sites and this should be a handy place where users can check all the latest news and blog posts from any number of fortean sites, keeping 'clippers' bang up to date and saving loads of time for anyone who is used to trawling the urls. Notice of any feeds that I've so far missed would be greatly appreciated.

Posted: 17-07-2009 21:22 Post subject:

Don't forget to advertize your site. Not just here but on any site that you think has relevance

I would gladly let you have a reciprical advert on my own site if you are intrested.

http://collinwood.yuku.com/

Posted: 09-07-2010 16:30 Post subject:

Apologies. Tried to make the site available once more several months ago but, for some reason, every time I logged in in order to go to the Site Manager the pages would get stuck in an endless loop of refreshment (I can't say I blame them in this heat). The site would only work properly when not logged in and, of course, I had to log in to make the site available again. This was very frustrating. The problem is now fixed and the site is now as was, though all members have disappeared. So any former members will need to re-join, if they wish to. I have changed the settings such that those with wikidot accounts now have enough permissions to be able to edit the site. This means that those former members (who should still have wikidot accounts) should be able to edit straight away. It will also mean that those who register a wikidot account but have problems getting full site membership will still be able to edit. Anonymous editing was tried for a while but this proved very problematic. The secret password for those wanting full membership is still "Yowie".

Posted: 09-07-2010 18:43 Post subject:

As a reward for your good work, I've made this thread sticky Wink

Posted: 10-07-2010 23:24 Post subject:

Thanks WhistlingJack. That should make it easier to attract new members. Very much appreciated.

Posted: 05-12-2010 01:06 Post subject:

I have signed up and am happy to contribute. I have a good knowledge of local paranormal phenomenon, but do not know what type of material is required. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Very Happy

Posted: 15-08-2011 03:33 Post subject:

Just about anything will do. Lots of material is needed on all subjects and every little helps. So little has been added by anyone other than myself so far (barely a dozen or so edits), but it might just take one person to get the ball rolling. If you need any help with anything there just PM me on the site as I don't visit this forum too often these days, or send me an email at cmbond23@live.co.uk. Apologies for the delay in replying but I've been really busy on my other websites.

Posted: 15-08-2011 14:12 Post subject:

I'll try and put in a couple of articles.

Posted: 18-08-2011 01:25 Post subject:

Posted: 18-08-2011 20:06 Post subject:

I came across this site the other day and was really impressed. So I signed up as soon as I came across this. Well done so far will try to contribute what I can.

Only one thing I would say is that people who want to support may not, like me, necessarily read the announcement section very often.

Posted: 23-08-2011 00:27 Post subject:

Posted: 24-08-2011 16:29 Post subject:

That's a great idea - lets those of us who don't feel up to writing authoritative entries contribute in our own small way.

Posted: 21-05-2012 01:25 Post subject:

I've just joined up, look forward to seeing you all there, and wasting time and having fun!