I’ve received several emails in the past few days from folk registering.
After attempting to register myself in an effort to see what would greet them after doing so, I discovered that while the site sends out an email with a default password, this default password is not necessarily accepted as a log-in (i.e., the URL works as a log-in device).
However, if the new user clicks on the adjacent URL in the notification email, this takes he/she/it directly into their own admin area.
At this point, you can amend your profile, including providing yourself with a new password (regardless of the old), which then works as a log-in.
I’ve set the entry level for new users as ‘contributor’. This means that new users can produce posts, but these then have to be submitted for review prior to publication.
If you’ve done so, and want to ensure that publication occurs in a timely fashion, then I’d suggest you send an email reminder (using the contact details provided).
I’d like to cut out the middle man by providing direct author privileges but doing so would allow the unscrupulous to delete stuff I’d rather not see deleted.
I should also point out that it is necessary to register separately for each of the three blog oriented sites (including this one).
Given that the web is crawling not only with the curious and the interested but also with automated spambots, etc, I have to be a tiny bit cautious.
As an additional bit of information, it’s worth searching the net to find traces of anyone who does register. It’s surprising how often these registrations are the work of spambots.
For instance, one of my recent registrations uses the following email address: jacobkolp@gmail.com
To read more about this enterprising spambotter, go to http://cubelodyte.com/category/minor-details/
You won’t find these listed as spambots but they do like to register around the net and don’t generally comment: ioulytrter@gmail.com, jutyrtereyr@gmail.com, & sheshemal@gmail.com.