How do I communicate with others in the Member’s Area?

There are a number of different ways to communicate when you are in the Member’s Area, among them  –  you can share a status update, post to a discussion in a group, or send a personal message.

• Share a status update:  Click on the “Profile” tab and type your information that you want to share in the “Status” text box.  Just below the box, you will see the words “Site Members”,  Click on this dropdown and choose your privacy setting for this status update: Site Members (everyone), Friends (just your friends), or Only Me (for your eyes only).  Then click the “Share” button.
   
• Post to a discussion in a group:   Click on your “Groups” tab, then click on the group.  You can either share an update with members of the group by typing in the Status box and clicking the “Share” button to post your message to the group wall, or you can start or continue a discussion by clicking on the Discussion link.  Then click “Create” to create a discussion, or click on the discussion that is already of interest and post there.
   
• Send a personal message to one friend: Click on your “Friends” tab, and then find your friend.   Your friends are sorted automatically by most recent at the top.  You can change the sort by choosing Online or Alphabetical  on the top right of your Friends list, or click on the “All”, “abc”, “def”, etc. subsets on the left.  Once you have found your friend, just click “Send Message”, enter a subject, the message, and click “Send”. 
   
• Send a personal message to more than one friend: Click on the “Messages” icon (the little envelope icon to the right of the "Profile" and other tabs).  When the "Messages" box appears, click on "Show All".  Under the "My Messages" title, click on "Write".  Start typing the name of the person you want to send the email to, and the program will find the nearest match.  If you want to send to more than one person, just type the next name, etc.  Fill in the "Subject" and the "Message" boxes and then just click “Send Message”. 
   
• View all your messages: Click on the “Messages” icon (the little envelope icon to the right of the "Profile" and other tabs). The "Messages" box appears, showing your most recent messages.  To view all your messages, click on "Show All".  You will now see all messages that have been sent or received.