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Registration/Log-in

In order to register as a new user for the Montana International Business Calendar, you need to go to Calendar Membership page. Once a you have gone there, you should see the screen shown below:

Registration

If you are a new user wanting to register and use more of our calendar, at this stage you would need to select “Register Now”.  Once you have done this, you will see this screen:

General:

  • First Name: Enter your first name
  • Last Name: Enter your last name
  • Password: choose a password, this is case sensitive so try and pick something that would not be easy to guess, but easy for you to remember
  • Confirm Password: re-enter your password, remember this is case sensitive so if you had CAPS lock on before, have it on again
  • E-Mail Address: this is the email address that the system and users will be sending email to, so it would be best if this was your work email
  • Display Name: This is the name that will be displayed when you add events, or post something to a forum so if you have a nickname  that you go by at work (Chris instead of Christopher) use that as your display name. Hint: if it is on your business card, use that
  • User Language: Here you can select your language of choice, We recommend English(US)
  • Address: Enter your address here, this combined with Latitude and Longitude will let the system generate maps to events for you, list other members in a certain radius, help you find hotels, et cetera
  • Latitude: your Latitude
  • Longitude: your Longitude
  • Avatar: An avatar is a small image that users will see when they look at your profile or when your name is shown on a community group, event, etc.  This image should be one already on your computer.

Forum:

Under the forum tab you will find various settings to allow you to customize your forum viewing, except for the Forum signature it is recommended you leave these with the default settings

  • Content and Forum Editor
  • Topics per page
  • Forum Signature: Your forum signature is exactly like your email signature, it is posted automatically at the bottom of every forum post that you make.  It is suggested that you set this as the same as your email signature to allow users to email you directly after they see your posts.

Tags:

This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are chosen informally and personally by the item's creator or by its viewer, depending on the system.  Almost all types of data (forum posts, calendar events, community groups, profiles, etc) allow for ‘tagging’ by adding tags to these it makes it easier for other users to search as well as gives more information about yourself.

Custom:

  • Subscriptions:
    • Calendar Events:
    • Member Alerts:
  • Private Profile: By selecting this you make it so that any not on your colleagues list will only be able to see a limited profile
  • Organization: Enter the organization or company you belong to here
  • Position: Enter your position with your organization or company
  • Contact Information: Please enter any and all contact information you want to be available to users: email, phone, cellphone, office address, etc.
  • Brief Description: Enter a brief description of what you do, this way other users of the system can get an idea of what you/your organization does, this will encourage cooperation and collaboration between members
  • Organizational Affiliations: List other organizations you or your company may be connected with, chambers of commerce, trade organizations, etc.

Finalizing your Registration:

  • Once you have completed filling in all the data and making your selections, you will click on the “register user” button on the bottom of the screen
  • After doing this you will be taken to a screen that thanks you for registering and informs you that an email has been sent to the address you supplied
  • Check your email, it may take a few minutes for this email to arrive so be patient
  • Once the email has arrived, open it. In the body of the email there should be a “click here” in blue as a hyperlink. Click on it.
  • You will be taken to website that

Log-in:

  • Email Address: Use the email address you register with to log into the system. Remember, if you have not yet registered you will be unable to log in
  • Password: Use the password you entered and confirmed during the registration process.

Calendar

Overview

The calendar is the primary function of this system. Here is where you can see what events the community has coming up, as well as add your own events.  You can register event, and also see who else has registered for that same event.

Views

There are two types of views in the calendar, a monthly view and six month view

Monthly

The monthly view looks like most traditional calendars, showing you only a month at a time.  If you are logged in, then you can ‘mouse over’ an event on the calendar and get a window that gives you more information about the event. If you need even more information, you can click on the event and you will be taken to a new page that describes the event, tells you where it is, and even who is ‘registered’ for the event.

Six Month

In the six-month view, you get a text list of all of the events occurring over the next six months.  This view is ideal for users who like to schedule their own calendars, months in advance.  Once in this view, if you want to see more information about an event just click “see more information” and you will be taken to the same page that you would be if you had clicked on the event in the monthly calendar view.

Details

When you click on an event in the monthly calendar or click “see more details” in the six month view, you will be taken to a details page for that event.  On this page, you will be given a wealth of information about the event including: the Event Details, Event Location, Date & Times of the Event, and finally the Event Discussion Board.  Finally at the bottom of the event you will see two buttons: ‘register for this event’ and ‘view event’s registered members’.

Register for an Event

If you are planning on attending an event, you can choose to ‘register’ for that event. By registering you are updated whenever information about that event is changed. So if the event gets moved from Room 132 to Room 142, when the creator of that event makes that change to the calendar you will be notified of that change.

View Event’s Registered Members

Here is where you can see everyone who is registered for an event. This is especially helpful if you want to know if the event is for you/your organization or if you are looking to network with a specific person, you can see if they are planning on attending that event as well.

Add an Event


Profile

Overview:

Your profile is what tells users who you are, it is part business card, part simple website. The more information you put here, the more powerful the system will be for you.  By viewing other user’s profiles you can find out what city they work in, what industries they have experience with, who they have connections with, and what groups they have memberships in.

Colleagues:

A ‘colleague’ is a specific user that you have decided to give access to all of your information to.  In other ways, a colleague is just as the word is usually used, someone that you know, and possibly do business with.

Community Groups:

Forum

Overview