JOINING DELPHI FORUMS Anyone can have access to the forum no charge. You can read messages as a guest and join for free by filling out a profile. By reading messages in the Chapter 57 Delphi Forum, they will be more up to date on regular events that are posted there. It's a painless process and can be done directly by going to http://login.prospero.com/dir-login/index.asp?webtag=ontarioCruisers&lgnDST=http%3A%2F%2Fforums%2Edelphiforums%2Ecom%2FontarioCruisers%2Fstart and click on " New to Forums? Create a new account. " and fill in the blanks. You can also go to http://www.chapter57.com/ , click on FORUM, click on " New to Forums? Create a new account. " and fill in the blanks.

UPLOADING YOUR PICTURE TO YOUR PROFILE - find a message with your name in the "From:" field
- click on your name in the "From:" field
- click on "Change Profile"
- click on "Upload Picture". If there is not a picture there yet. If there is a picture there and you want to change it, click on "Change Picture".
- click on "Browse" to find a .JPG picture on your computer that you want to upload. See me if you don't have one.
- click on the .JPG picture that you want to upload
- click on "Open"
- click on "Upload"

That should do it.

SETTING UP A PERSONAL SIGNATURE You cannot create a "Personal Signature" with the "Basic" (free) membership. You must upgrade to Delphi Advanced at $1.29 per month USD or Delphi Plus at $4.95 per month USD.

UPGRADE YOUR MEMBERSHIP To upgrade, go to our chapter 57 web site ( www.chapter57.com ), select "Forum" and then select "Membership Options" at the bottom of the page
OR
go to www.delphiforums.com and select "Upgrade your membership" at the bottom of the page.
To select the membership you want, click on the "Red GO Button" for the plan you want and fill in the required information for payment.

SETTING UP YOUR PERSONAL SIGNATURE Edit your "PROFILE" to enter the HTML code to display signature text or a picture. The picture you display must be on a web site somewhere on the internet. It cannot be displayed from your home or work computer.

If you have a picture uploaded to the chapter 57 web site, you can use it. If you don't have a picture on the chapter 57 web site, see me at any ride and I'll take some for you and either email them to you or put one up for you.

To find out the "ADDRESS (URL) of this go to www.chapter57.com , click on "MEMBERS", click on your picture in the list on the right side of the screen, right click anywhere on the picture and click on "Properties". Use the "ADDRESS (URL)" that is displayed starting with http and ending with jpg. Do a "COPY" of the whole line and "PASTE" it between the quotes in the second line below.

The easiest way to edit your profile is to click on your name either in a message where the "From:" and "To:" are at the top of the page
OR
click on your name in the "Visitors" list.

The following example of the HTML code will display my picture and 2 lines of text below it if entered as is. I suggest you use the sample HTML code to get it working and then change it to what you want.

Click on "My Prefs" and scroll down to "Personal Signature". Do a copy and paste of the following:

<center>
<img src="http://www.chapter57.com/images/bikes/Vn800.jpg" width=275 height=200 >
</center>
<center>** BoB "Uncle BoB" Strohm, SCRC 57261 **</center>
<center>** Life is too short, enjoy it while you can **</center>

The code you pasted should look like the following:

** BoB "Uncle BoB" Strohm, SCRC 57261 ** ** Life is too short, enjoy it while you can **
The first 3 lines must be entered but the last 2 lines with the "Asterics" are optional. If you want to display a different picture than what is on the "Chapter 57 Members" list, then you can change the address between the quotes starting with http://

Scroll down to the bottom and click "Submit" when your signature HTML code is complete.

TESTING YOUR SIGNATURE
You can test your signature without posting a message. Click on "Post New", select a folder, enter a "Discussion Title" and enter a message.

Scroll down and click "Preview". What you see is what will be posted. Click on "Cancel" to cancel the message or "Revise" to change anything in the message. Click on "Preview" to check it before posting. When satisfied that the message can be posted, click on "Post".