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1. Signup / New Account
How to get an invitation?
You can request manually who have an account.
Wait until somebody sends an invitation to your email. The invitation mail will contain an invitation link.
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Just logon to Demo account and send invitation to your email address.
(See ''7.1 Demo Login'')
Click on the invitation link.
(Or copy the link. Note that you must be copy the full link and past to the browser)
You will see the registration form.
Note:
If you see any error massage like "link has expired" then it would not create an account.
Wait for a new invitation.
or
If you try copy past and see any error massage like "invalid link".
Name:
Your full name.
Email:
Enter a valid email address. It will become your OwnPlanet Login ID. And we also contact you by this email.
You will never change this email for this account.
Password:
Enter a password using alphanumeric characters (case sensitive).
Birth Date:
Enter your date of birth. Note that if you by any chance forgot your login ID you will be asked your birth date.


Submit the form

After submitted the registration form successfully, wait for some moment (because of server traffic) and check your email. You will get an confirmation mail. If the confirmation mail contains an activation link, you must browse this link. (If your invitation email and registration email are same then this mail would not contain any activation link because it will automatically be activated).

When you get a mail with the words 'your account is activated' login.
To login to your OwnPlanet account, go to www.ownplanet.net homepage or login page and enter your user ID and Password.
Note: User ID will be an email address which you entered in the registration form. You can see your user ID and password in your registration confirmation email.
After the first login you have to submit another form to complete the registration process. Until you submit this form you will not be able to use your account.
Note that all information you enter into this form will be asked if you forgot your user ID. So be careful.

Your Country
Select your native country.
Postal Code
Enter the postal code of your mailing address.
Your Nick Name
Enter your nick name.
Security Question & Answer
Example 1
Security Question my second email
Answer something@something.com
Example 2
Security Question my favorite teacher
Answer mr. someone

Your registration information is not for share. To learn more see privacy policy.

Once you submitted this form successfully your registration process will be complete and your account will be ready to use.
2. Login
To logon to OwnPlanet you must have an account. If you have an account and want to know how to login see 1.4 Login
(on this page). If you have no OwnPlanet account see "Signup / New Account" (on this page).
If you feel any problem with login click on Login Problem in the login page.
You will have two options. (1) If you forgot your password, use "Enter your email address" option to recover your password or (2) if you forgot your login ID then use "Forgot Login ID" option to recover your login ID.

Recover Password: If you forgot your password then enter your email address which you entered during registration process and click on "Submit email". If you enter your email correctly system will send the password to the email address.

Recover Login ID
Login ID is a valid email address which you entered during registration process. If you cannot remember which email you used for your OwnPlanet account then you can use this option.
To do so, you have to enter accurately all information you entered during registration process : Nick Name, Date of Birth, Country and Postal Code. Then click on "Verify ". Next step, you will be asked for "Security Question" and "Answer".
If you would be submitted all the information accurately then you can see your Login ID.
3. Bookmarks
Logon to your account. Go to "Bookmark > New".
You will see the "Bookmark Editor".

Name
Define a name that you can know it later.
Link
Enter the URL (the web link).
Category
Define a category. You must enter a category. You can select common or anyone from the list. If you want to add a new category just select "Other" then enter your new category on the next field.
Group
You can grouping your URLs, Do same way as category.

To know more about Category & Group see "Use of Category and Group" (on this page).

OPTIONAL OTHER FIELDS:
Related Email
If you are a member of that site you can enter in this field, the email address you submitted on that site.
Note1
You can enter some notes hare.
Note2
You can enter more notes hare.
Details
You can enter some advantage / disadvantage about the URL or anything you like.

Remember, the "Category" and the "Group" is the way to divide the verity of websites.
Think which websites you visit lots of time. To get best result, you first classify your interests on the internet before you start storing URLs.
BOOKMARK VIEWER
Logon to your account. Go to "Bookmark".
You will see the Bookmark list.
Name column
The name you defined when you added the URL.
Link column
In the "link" column you will see some logos. You can click on them to browse the URL.
Copy any URL: You can copy the URL by right click on a logo (depending on your browser).
Logo: This logo will be the site logo of the URL. It might be selected by the OwnPlanet Team or any OwnPlanet user. If the site logo is not selected then the default logo will be displayed.
To define a logo for any site or report a bad logo click hare.
Category column
The category you selected when you added the URL.
Group column
The group you selected when you added the URL.
Email column
If you defined an email when you added the URL will be displayed hare.
Note1 column
If you entered any note on Note1 field when you added the URL will be displayed hare.
Note2 column
If you entered any note on Note2 field when you added the URL will be displayed hare.
Detail
column
If you entered anything note on detail field when you added the URL will be displayed hare.


TIPS:
View hidden content of a white field:
White fields are not big so possibly part of its content would be hidden. Put the cursor on a white field and press right or left arrow key to move the cursor and see the hidden content.

Copying anything:
You will see few columns contain white fields. You can put the cursor on a white field and press Ctrl+A to select the content of the field, then press Ctrl+C to copy.
* "Ctrl+A" and "Ctrl+C" varies on the Operating System.

BROWSE
BOOKMARK
You can browse your Bookmark list by Category (Select any item from Category list)
You can browse your Bookmark list by Group (Select any item from group list)

Logon to your account. Go to "Bookmark".
Select any item by clicking on the edit icon.
Then Click on "Edit".
You will see the "Bookmark Editor".

Now you can edit or delete the item.

To Edit
Make your changes then click "submit".

To Delete
Clear all fields and click on "submit".

Then close the window by clicking on the close button down side of the Bookmark Editor. List will refresh automatically.

Remember, Category and Group has no relation between them and any one of them are not a substitute of other one.

As for Example, you need to store these:
flickr friend's pages
flickr: few of Flower Collection
flickr: few of Animal Collection
flickr: few of your interest of Travel
Yahoo Cars
Yahoo Gifts
Yahoo Health
Yahoo Weather
MSN Mail
MSN Weather
few of your Facebook friends page
few Facebook links those you want to make friend

Now we can find out these
CATAGORIES and the GROUPS
CATAGORIES: social utility, picture, health, travel, shopping, weather
GROUPS: Friends, My Interest, A Class, Diet

Now we can Categorize
Links of Category Group
few of your flickr friends page social utility Friends
few about Flower Collection picture A Class
few about Animal Collection picture common
few about your interest of Travel travel  
     
Yahoo Cars shopping common
Yahoo Gifts shopping common
Yahoo Health health Diet
Yahoo Weather weather common
     
MSN Mail mail common
MSN Weather weather common
Facebook friend's pages
social utility Friends
Facebook links those you want to make friend social utility myInterest
Outputs: Now if you select "social utility"
Links of Category Group
few of your flickr friends page social utility Friends
Facebook friend's pages
social utility Friends
Facebook links those you want to make friend social utility myInterest

More Example Categories: Movie, Mp3, Recipe,
More Example Groups: Forum, Blog, Favorite, Share,

Note: System automatically makes the "Site" list by the domain.

For more examples logon our live demo account. See Demo Login (on this page).
You can customize the Field Name of "Note1" and "Note2".

Go to "settings".
Find out the "Note1 and Note2 Field Name Customize".
Edit as you like and click on "update".
4. Address Book
Logon to your account. Go to "AddressBook > New".
You will see the "AddressBook Editor".

Fill all the fields you need.
Only 3 fields are required. Other fields are optional.

Remember, the "Category" and the "Group" is the way to divide the verity of your contacts.
It will be good to classify your contacts before you start storing.
ADDRESSBOOK VIEWER
Logon to your account. Go to "AddressBook".
You will see your contacts listed.

TIPS:
View hidden content of a white field:
White fields are not big so possibly part of its content can be hidden. Put the cursor on a white field and press right or left arrow key to move the cursor and see the hidden content.

Copying anything:
You will see few columns contain white fields. You can put the cursor on a white field and press Ctrl+A to select the content of the field, then press Ctrl+C to copy.
* "Ctrl+A" and "Ctrl+C" - varies on the Operating System.

BROWSE
ADDRESSBOOK
You can browse your Bookmark list by Category (Select any item from Category list)
You can browse your Bookmark list by Group (Select any item from group list)
Logon to your account. Go to "AddressBook".
Select any item by clicking on the edit icon.
Then Click on "Edit".
You will see the "AddressBook Editor".

Now you can edit or delete the item.

To Edit
Make your changes then click "submit".

To Delete
Clear all fields and click on "submit".

Then close the window by clicking on the close button down side of the Bookmark Editor. List will refresh automatically.
There are Six Phone Number field, you can customize the field names of 2,3,4,5 & 6.

To do so, go to "settings".
Edit as you like and click on "update".
5. Speed Dial
You can select 6 most useful links.
Note that, you can select links from your stored bookmarks only.
To select / edit speed dial go to "Settings".
Select from the list and click on "Update".
Note: If you want to see the changes of speed dial settings click refresh button on your browser.
6. Settings
Summery of your account
When you logged on you will see your account summery on the main page.
Log on to your account.
On the top right corner you will see your account summery.

e.g.: Bookmark: 1/10, AddressBook: 2/10, Invitation Sent: 3
Hare you have 10 bookmark limit in your account, and 1 URL you have stored.
Hare you have 10 AddressBook limit in your account, and 2 contacts you have stored.
Hare you have sent 3 invitations.
More of your account
Go to "Settings" scroll down, you will see "Invitation Status".
After you invited your friend(s) you will see the status of the invitation.
On the top right corner on the main window you will see how many invitation you sent.
And on the "Settings" window you will se detail about you invitation.
Logon to your account.
Go to "Settings" then click on "Change Password".
Fill up all fields and click on "submit".
After successful submission your password will be changed and a mail will be sent to your email to inform you that your password has changed.
Logon to your account.
Go to "Settings" then click on "Change Password".
Fill up all fields and click on "submit".
After successful submission a mail will be sent to your email with a confirmation link. If you browse this link your account will be terminated.
But we will not delete your account and all items you stored. Then you can login but cannot access your stored items. After this termination we will count few days, if you not request to continue the account system will delete your account with your stored items permanently.

Continue an account after termination.
Logon to your account then click "Continue account".
We will send you a confirmation link. If you browse this link your account will be continued. But it will take few days to re-activate.
Why we take time to re-activate?
Because, users will care about his/her account.
7. Miscellanies
You can logon our live demo account.
Login ID: demo
Password: demo
How to invite to create an account on OwnPlanet?
Logon then click on "Invite your friend".
Fill up the invitation form and click on "Send Invitation ".

We will send a mail to the email you entered to send to.
By this invitation he/she might create an account on OwnPlanet.

How to get an invitation?
See "You must have to get an invitation" (on this page).
You logged on or not, from our homepage you can search the web.
Web search is powered by Google.
You will see the search result in a new page.
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Using Internet Explorer
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2. Click the Security tab.
3. Click Custom Level.
4. Scroll to Scripting. Under Active scripting, click Enable.
5. Click OK twice.

Using Firefox
On the Tools menu, click Options.
Click the Content tab.
Select the Enable JavaScript check box.
Click OK.

Using Netscape
On the Edit menu, click Preferences.
Click Advanced.
Select the Enable JavaScript for Navigator check box.
Click OK.

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