Wednesday 2 November 2011

Registration Woes

So this post is specifically for my Chatzy friends, but if anybody else out in cyber world is chatting up a storm at Chatzy and needs help with the free registration process, feel free to use these instructions.  So here we go.

First you have to go to www.chatzy.com to look for the sign up link.  You will have two options, sign in by linking up to your facebook, or sign in using your email addy and request a password.


If you choose the email addy route, enter your email address and then select "I am a new user at Chatzy" and then a button will suddenly appear below it.  Click on it.


 Once you make your selection and enter your email address and click on Send password, you will get a notice telling you that your password has been sent to your email.


So next you have to go to your email account and look for an email that looks like this:


Open the email, get your password and then go back to www.chatzy.com to sign in with this new password.  Please note that this is NOT your chat room password!  After all this is said and done, you will still have to go to your room as normal and sign in with the regular chat room password.


Your sign in page will look like this.  Enter the email address you used to register, click on "I am a registered user", put in the password that was emailed to you, and then choose whether or not you want your information to be remembered.  If you want to be remembered, you won't have to do this step every time you enter your chat room.  If you prefer the more secure option to be logged out when you close your browser, you'll have to log in here first every time you want to come chat in a registered users only room.


Once you log in, you'll be faced with a list of preferences.


Take a moment to consider your options carefully.  Who do you want to be able to send you invitations?  Do you want to be questioned each time about your room preferences before you enter the room?  Do you prefer the 24hr clock, or the 12hr clock?  Do  you want to see the time stamps on the right hand side of each post?  You may also take this opportunity to change your password to something you choose, rather than use a computer generated password if you wish.


So now you've made your selections, and you've clicked on "Save my preferences"


After you click on that most informative dialogue box up there, using the OK button, you will be shown a most confusing page!  For those of you who are here because you are in an existing chat room and suddenly find yourself with a need to register... IGNORE THIS NEXT PAGE!!  No seriously!  It's just there to help you create a NEW chat room, should you not belong to one already.  If you are here reading these instructions, chances are, you already have a chat room filled with people who love you, and therefore you have no need to create a new one.


So instead you will navigate to your usual chatroom, by way of typing in the address, or using your bookmarks, or whatever other way you have of getting there.  Once you are there, enter the usual chat room information, and start chatting with the amazing people who are there waiting to greet you!


For those of you who may have to check your spam box to find your Chatzy password email, allow me to show you Gmail users how to find your spam box.  Look to the menu to the left of your email page.  Click on the more button at the bottom of the list if "Spam" is not showing.  In this case, it says 6 more, but yours will most likely have a different number, as I've created some folders.  


Now that you've opened up the list to show the rest of your folders, you can now  find and click on your spam folder, and take a peek inside to see if your Chatzy password email has accidentally been sent there instead.  


If you have a different email provider, like hotmail, yahoo, etc., then look around, the spam folder won't be far away, should you need to go looking for your email there.