How To Manage Your Contact Information

Login: Step-by-Step

1. Visit the login.asp page on your web site. Usually, a webmaster will place a prominent link to that page on the home page of a web site or it may be located at a URL similar to the following:

   http://www.your_website.com/[option subfolder(s)/]login.asp

   Input the username and password (case sensitive) you chose when you signed up and click the "Login" button.
   
2. Upon successful login you will see a welcome screen.
   
   This page provides you with all the administrative tools available to your account. Tip! The "Show Help" link is a valuable tool that you can use throughout these pages if you need some assistance.
3. The welcome page also contains a menu (shown on the left-side of the page in the above screen shot). Using that menu you can access the utilities to change your account username and password and edit your contact information.

Update Your Contact Information: Step-by-Step

1. Click on "Your Contact Info" in the menu.
   
2. You will then see the "Your Contact Info" panel.
   
   This page displays your contact information as the public will see it. You can control how much information is displayed publicly (for example, you can simply show your email link and a phone number if you want); this is discussed more later.
3. To make changes to your contact information, you can open the editor: click on the "Contact Info" tab.
   
   The "Contact Info" button will open up a form where you can update all of your information.
4. Make updates to your account and click on the update button at the bottom. Your changes will be saved.
5. To verify your changes, click on the "User Account Summary" tab.
   
   Not only can you see how your contact information will look with your listing(s) but you can also see your UserID, Username, Password, how many times you've logged in, when you registered on the web site, how many visitors have "hit" your listing(s), etc. Note that the listing limit for this particular example is set to one (1) by the administrator (only the administrator can change the listing limit).

Modify Your Account's "Display Options": Step-by-Step

1. In the user account "popup" window, find the "Display Options" button.
   
2. The "Display Options" panel will then open and you will see a list of all the information associated with your user account.
   
3. The fields with a checkmark next to them will be displayed for the visitors of the web site. Those fields without a checkmark will be hiddden. Practice removing checkmarks and click the "Update" button to see the effect this has on the way your contact information is displayed on the web site. If you want to keep specific information confidential, then remove the checkmark.
4. Also note that the "Reset to Defaults" button will provide you with a reasonable starting point. Your web site administrator configures the "default" settings for these option.

Tips:

The Email field

If you check the Email field, then visitors will be able to sent you email through the forms on the web site.

And don't worry -- your email address will not be published on public pages. All email addresses are protected by 20/20 DataShed and are never published.

Remember:

If you uncheck the fields, that information is not deleted. It's only hidden from public view.