Post by AndyG on Apr 8, 2013 23:49:07 GMT
THE FORUM HAS BEEN UPGRADE TO A NEW VERSION OF THE PROBOARDS SOFTWARE, WHICH HAS MANY NEW FEATURES.
TO CARRY ON POSTING TO THE FORUM YOU WILL NEED TO 'UPGRADE' YOUR ACCOUNT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. (support.proboards.com/post/5157650)
First Time Logging In (Upgrading your account to a ProBoards v5 Global Account):
1. Go to your forum address. (Example: http://support.proboards.com)
2. Click 'login' in the upper right corner of the forum.
3. You will now be on the Login page.
4. Enter your Username and Password.
5. You will now be on the Link page. Here you can change the email associated with your ProBoards account by clicking the Change Email button and typing in your desired email address. If you do not wish to do so, and are sure that your email account is valid and activated, enter your forum password in the Verify Password box.
6. You will now be on the Upgrade page.
7. Your Username and Account Email are filled out for you. You are then asked to Create New Password and Verify Password. You can either create a new password, or use the password that you used to login to your old account. Then enter your birthday as you would like it to appear on your new global account, and press Upgrade Account.
8. Your account has now been upgraded!
(9.) If you changed your email address in step 4, you will now be on the Activate page. An activation email has already been sent, go to your email account and copy/paste the Activation Key sent to you into the Activation Key box. Then click Activate.
From Then On:
1. Go to your forum.
2. Click 'login' in the upper right corner of the forum.
3. You will now be on the Login page.
4. Enter your Username and Password.
5. If you have only one linked forum account you will be back at the forum, logged in. Otherwise you will select which account you want and you will be logged in as the one you choose.
TO CARRY ON POSTING TO THE FORUM YOU WILL NEED TO 'UPGRADE' YOUR ACCOUNT. HOPEFULLY IT WILL GO SMOOTHLY BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS, PLEASE USE THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW. (support.proboards.com/post/5157650)
First Time Logging In (Upgrading your account to a ProBoards v5 Global Account):
1. Go to your forum address. (Example: http://support.proboards.com)
2. Click 'login' in the upper right corner of the forum.
3. You will now be on the Login page.
4. Enter your Username and Password.
5. You will now be on the Link page. Here you can change the email associated with your ProBoards account by clicking the Change Email button and typing in your desired email address. If you do not wish to do so, and are sure that your email account is valid and activated, enter your forum password in the Verify Password box.
6. You will now be on the Upgrade page.
7. Your Username and Account Email are filled out for you. You are then asked to Create New Password and Verify Password. You can either create a new password, or use the password that you used to login to your old account. Then enter your birthday as you would like it to appear on your new global account, and press Upgrade Account.
8. Your account has now been upgraded!
(9.) If you changed your email address in step 4, you will now be on the Activate page. An activation email has already been sent, go to your email account and copy/paste the Activation Key sent to you into the Activation Key box. Then click Activate.
From Then On:
1. Go to your forum.
2. Click 'login' in the upper right corner of the forum.
3. You will now be on the Login page.
4. Enter your Username and Password.
5. If you have only one linked forum account you will be back at the forum, logged in. Otherwise you will select which account you want and you will be logged in as the one you choose.