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Signing Up
1. Can I take a look around
before signing up?
2. How will the information I
provide about myself be used?
3. How do I retrieve my password?
4. Why should I register?
Entering an Existing Assembly
1. How can I enter Assemblies
that already exist?
2. How does the search engine
work?
3. Are some Assemblies
private?
Reading and Posting Messages
1. How do I read messages?
2. How can I post a message of
my own?
3. If I make a mistake in my
message, can I fix it?
4. Can several people read
and post messages at the same time, like chat?
5. Can I respond to a message
without posting it for everyone to see?
6. Who can read the messages I
write?
Creating a New Assembly
1. Who can create an
Assembly?
2. How many free Assemblies
can I create?
3. What are the steps to
creating an Assembly of my own?
4. Can I change the
information I provided about my Assembly?
5. Who can see the
information I provide about my Assembly?
Linking to a Specific Assembly
1. Is there an easy way to
link my Assembly to my website?
Advertising
1. Will advertising be placed on
all Assemblies?
2. Can I place an ad banner on
my Assembly and/oron other Assemblies?
Signing Up
1. Can I take a look
around before signing up?
Please do! You will be able to read and post messages
in all free Assemblies, however you will not be
able to create an Assembly of own. Browse our
directory to find an Assembly discussion that
interests you, or you can type Test
Assembly in the Enter
Existing Assembly area for a look at how the
system works.
2. How will the
information I provide about myself be used?
The required information you provide (your
name and email address) is first used to send you
your password -- we want to make sure you really
exist out there! Second, we will send a small
number of notices to you via email (we will try
to limit these messages to three per year) to let
you know about new features within Assembly and
other Nerd World products. Finally, when you post
messages, your name and email address appear on
the message. This not only acts as mere
identification, it also allows readers to contact
you privately to discuss what you wrote. When you
create an Assembly, your name and email address
will be displayed on the Assembly to show that
you are the owner and creator. (In our Acceptable Use Policy,
it is prohibited for mass marketers to use your
email address to sell goods or services.
Individuals also are required to cease contacting
you if you ask them to stop.)
The optional information you provide helps us
to know who is accessing our program -- your
geographical location, your age group, and your
sex. This information is useful when marketing
the Assembly program, and it helps us to sell
advertising on specific Assemblies (which is how
all of this can be offered to you for free!)
3. How do I
retrieve my password?
After agreeing to Assembly policy, your
password is sent to the email address you
provided. Our server sends the email message
immediately, and most users receive their
password within minutes. In some cases, the
password has been delayed by a service provider
(the company that stores email), but even in
these cases the message was received within a
half an hour.
4. Why should I
register?
In the past, registration was required in order
to post messages. After receiving tons of feedback
from our users, we decided that registration should
not be required.
There are still several benefits to registration.
The first benefit is that registration helps to prove
your identity by sending your password by email. This
allows us to limit anyone in the future from posting
messages using your email address. If you are a
registered user and you post messages, you will also
be permitted to edit the messages.
The second benefit to registration is that all
registered users can create their own Assembly for free.
Entering an Existing
Assembly
1. How can I enter
Assemblies that already exist?
There are two ways to enter existing
Assemblies: first, if you know the
"handle" (or short name) of the
Assembly you wish to enter, you can type it in
the box provided on the Assembly home page. You
will be brought directly to that Assembly's main
page. Second, if you don't know an Assembly's
handle, you can look through our directory. You
may choose to browse through our index of
Assembly topics, or use our search engine to find
Assemblies related to certain keywords.
2. How does the
search engine work?
The search engine looks at information
provided by the creator/administrator of an
Assembly (title, description, keywords) The
results of a search will bring up Assembly names,
descriptions and relevant messages.
3. Are some
Assemblies private?
Not yet. All free Assemblies are open to the
public. Eventually, you will have the option to
create a private Assembly (as well as add other
features to your Assembly), however there will be
a fee for this service.
Reading and Posting
Messages
1. How do I read
messages?
Simply double-click on the message title that
appears on the front page of an Assembly. For
example, if you enter the Test
Assembly you can double-click on the
"Welcome to Assembly" message posted by
David Stein.
2. How can I post a
message of my own?
There are two types of users that can post
messages to Assembly. Non-registered and Registered
users. (note for prior users of Assembly, this is
new for version 2.0) Registered users of Assembly
have registered their email address so that we can
verify that they exist. This provides the ability to
prevent anyone else from identifying themselves as
you (Falsifying your identification is forbidden under
our acceptable terms of use). If you register, you also
have the ability to edit the messages that you post
as well as easily invite friends to any Assembly.
Non-registerd users have the ability to post messages
but cannot edit messages or create Assemblies.
In order to register to become a member of Assembly (this
process is not only very simple, it's free! Go to
Sign Up to become
registered.) Once you're a member, you can log in
from the front page of any Assembly -- just hit
the "Login for Access" button, and
provide your username (which is your email
address) and your password (this was sent to you
when you registered.)
After you have logged into Assembly, you can
post messages to a bulletin board. Press the
"New Topic" button if you'd like to
start a new subject, or the "Post
Response" button if you'd like to reply to a
message you just read. In both cases, a box will
come up for you to write your message. Remember
to give your message a title, and press the
"Post Message" button at the bottom of
the box once you have finished.
3. If I make a
mistake in my message, can I fix it?
Yes! - This is new in version 2.0. If you
are a registered user, you can edit all messages that
you post. Please note that if you post any messages
before you are registered, you cannot edit these messages.
4. Can several
people read and post messages at the same time,
like chat?
There is no limit to how many people can post
messages at the same time, however this is not
the ideal place to hold a chat session. First,
the structuring that makes a bulletin board
useful (its tree form, the fact that messages
stay where they are, etc.) works against the
rapid "talk" format needed for a good
chat. Also, the free Assemblies have a limit of
100 messages. Administrators can delete old
messages, however this would become quite a
juggling act if a chat were running down the
page.
Please note that we expect to add Chat features
within the next couple of months
5. Can I respond to
a message without posting it for everyone to see?
Yes. If you would like to respond directly to
the author of a message without posting your
response to the Assembly, use the "Email
Privately" button. You will see this option
when you have opened a message posted to the
Assembly.
6. Who can read the
messages I write?
Free Assemblies are open to all users,
therefore anyone can read the messages you post.
If you would like to post private messages, use
the "Email Privately" button.
Creating a New Assembly
1. Who can create
an Assembly?
Any registered user can create an Assembly. All you need to
do is sign up and follow the steps outlined in
the Create
New Assembly area.
2. How many free
Assemblies can I create?
Each member is limited to one free Assembly.
3. What are the
steps to creating an Assembly of my own?
Once you have signed-up with
Assembly, enter the Create New Assembly area. You will be guided through three
pages of simple questions. First you will be
asked for general information about yourself and
your Assembly. Please note that the
"handle" you provide for your Assembly
should be as short and easy to remember as
possible since visitors will need to type this
name to enter your Assembly. The long version of
your title will appear at the top of the main
page of your Assembly. Next, you will be
asked to provide information about those you
expect to visit your Assembly (for example, if
mostly adult males who work in construction will
be accessing your bulletin board) and what your
topic(s) of discussion are most likely to be
(using the same example, this most likely would
be "construction" and/or "home
maintenance and improvement"). That's
it! In a few minutes your Assembly will be ready.
4. Can I change
the information I provided about my Assembly?
You can change all of the information you
provide about your Assembly, EXCEPT your
Assembly's handle. The handle is used when
accessing your site from the Enter
Existing Assembly area, yet it does not
appear in the directory nor on the pages of your
Assembly. To change any other information, press
the "Change Conference Definitions"
button on the front page of your Assembly (which
can only be viewed by you, the administrator of
the conference).
5. Who can see
the information I provide about my Assembly?
All of the information provided by the creator
of an Assembly (excluding your address and
optional personal information) can be viewed by
visitors to your site.
Linking to a Specific
Assembly
1. Is there an easy
way to link my Assembly to my website?
After you have created your new Assembly, you
will be offered information on how to create a
link from your website to your Assembly. Two
small graphics are provided: one to send new
visitors to the Assembly registration area (so
that they will be able to post messages to your
Assembly), and the second to create a direct link
to the front page of your Assembly.
If you prefer to use ad banners to link to
your Assembly, we have provided over thirty
banners for you to use.
Advertising
1. Will advertising be
placed on all Assemblies?
Yes, ad banners will be placed at the top of
all free Assemblies. The revenue generated by
advertising allows Nerd World to offer bulletin
boards to the public at no cost.
2. Can I place an ad
banner on my Assembly? on other Assemblies?
Anyone can advertise on the Assembly program.
If you are interesting in purchasing ad space on
Assembly or on Nerd World pages, please contact
David Stein at webguru@nerdworld.com.
Partners and Custom Solutions
1. I have a large organization that requires a large number of conferences, can you support us ?
2. I run a large web site. I would like to build my own Assemblies as well as offer the Assembly service to my users.
In addition to providing the general public with free Assemblies, Nerd World has also created a system to allow partners to use Assembly to
provide Assemblies to their group or users.
Assembly partners can create multiple Assemblies, display banners across all Assemblies created by their users, as well modify the look of Assembly
to match their own design requirements.
Pricing for custom services vary based upon customer requirements. For further info contact russell@nerdworld.com
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