We know that our members are at many different levels when it comes to web issues, some of you need little or no help while some others are still learning the web and how to get the most from your computer.

The only way for us to help you with this website is for you to ask questions, tell us what problems you are having
or what you would like to do that you can't get to work. there is no question that's to dumb or one that you think you're the only one that can't get something to work, but we can't help if you don't ask!

If you are having problems with this message board we can help!
I will list a few things here to help you to get registered on the message board so you can use this place to ask questions,
I visit this site every working day to look for post and to check to see that our site is working .

The question that I figure will be the most asked is how to register and join this message board.
so lets get to it.

Q: why or where is the "register link" to join the message board?
A: To register to need to go to the login box that ask for your User Name and Password
type in the user name and password you want to use, this is anything you want to use you make it up and you save
your info that you pick.
You will get a error the first time, but when the error screen appears you will see the word "Register" click on this word and the program will walk you through the register process.

Please read the full message don't just start clicking!

We didn't put the Register link on the front page because we want to make it as hard as possible for robotic programs
to register to our site these are just spammers that try to register to as many sites as possible to improve their ranking in search engins.. I won't take the time here to explain the ranking process just trust me that's why they want to join

Once you get registered and you confirm your email, you can post here..

Again confirming your email is another way to try and make it hard for spammers since they usually try to use fictitious
email address but by confirming your email and clicking on the link you will receive after registering we know that your email really exist.. the comfirming process will activate your account and then you can login and post..

If you have a problem e-mail me and I will help you..

I know that registering to these programs take a little time, and you might struggle a little if it's your first time doing this kind of stuff, but it is important for you to join, its part of being a member of KOPA and it makes it much easier
to plan, and work together on any KOPA business, it's important that you help us make KOPA the best it can be
Thank you for your active roll in the best communication group in Kentucky

Chris "Trimmer" Erwin
Secretary/Webmaster
KOPA.US

I thought I would add some screen shots to help you better understand the registration process
In this first screenshot, this is the screen you will get once you enter your user name and password the first time
this is an error message but it is how we get to the register link.. in the screen shot you can see the pointer pointing to the register link "Register"



This next shot will show you the beginning of the process you must choose the
the date before 07 Dec 1995, under current law we must ask the age of anyone registering to use a message board if born before the date listed a parent must give written permission to use this board.. so make sure to pick the right date.



The next thing that pops up is to agree to the terms of the board this is nothing special, it just states that you're not going to use this board to post or spread porn, you must choose to agree to terms to go to the next step.




This next page will ask you to fill out your info to join the board, this will register your user name and password
you can also adjust the time zone, and language setting should be British /English

Its also going to ask you to fill out the confirmation code, this is to try and slow down robotic programs that try to register to our forum to spam the site.. you must fill it out exactly, it is case sensitive, and the are no number zero
so all O's are text either capital O or lower case o



The last page that you get will be telling your that the registration process was successful, unless you have an error
if you do go back and fill out the info again making sure you address the error.

When you get the successful page it will tell you that you must check your email that you listed here, in that email
there will be a link to activate your account you MUST CLICK on that link.. once you do that you can go back to the
message board and log-in using your login info and then you can post..

you only have to do this once, once your account is activated you should be able to login any time..
once I get a few accounts here I will help with avatars and other board features that you can explore..
thanks for joining.

Chris "Trimmer" Erwin