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1. Click on the “Register” link.

2. Fill in the forms. The additional questions are to ENSURE that only people from GQ take part.

3. Click on the “Sign Up” button.

4. Check Your Email To Activate Your Account! You have successfully created your account. To begin using Gqeberha Socials you will need to activate your account via the email we send to your address.

5. Wait for a minute or so if you don’t see the email to activate your account. If the activation email doesn’t show up in your inbox, check your “Spam” folder just in case it was redirected by your email client.

6. Click on the activation link in the email. This will bring you to the homepage of Gqeberha Socials.

7. Fill up the rest of your profile information if you only completed the “required” fields during registration. Or, begin exploring the Sitewide Activity, Groups you can join, or other Members you can befriend, and many more.

This page is the record of all your activities throughout the site listed in chronological order. If you’re logged in, there’s a status update box before the activity stream where you can post what’s on your mind.

Filter to Show:

• Everything (default)
• Updates
• New Sites (if on Multisite installation)
• Posts
• Comments
• Friendships (if Friendships are enabled)
• New Groups (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Memberships (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Updates (if Groups are enabled)
• Topics (if bbPress is activated)
• Replies (if bbPress is activated)

This page shows all the @ mentions you received throughout the site.

Filter to Show @mentions in:

• Everything (default)
• Updates
• New Sites (if on Multisite installation)
• Posts
• Comments
• Friendships (if Friendships are enabled)
• New Groups (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Memberships (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Updates (if Groups are enabled)

This is a list of all the items (posts, comments, friendships, etc.) you have “favorited” in your Groups’ Activity Streams, the Sitewide Activity Stream, or even your own Personal Activity Stream.

Filter to Show “favorited items” in:

• Everything (default)
• Updates
• Posts
• Comments
• New Groups (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Memberships (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Updates (if Groups are enabled)
• Topics (if bbPress is activated)
• Replies (if bbPress is activated)

This panel shows all of your friends’ activities throughout the site.

Filter to Show:

• Everything (default)
• Updates
• New Sites (if on Multisite installation)
• Posts
• Comments
• Friendships (if Friendships are enabled)
• New Groups (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Memberships (if Groups are enabled)
• Group Updates (if Groups are enabled)
• Topics (if bbPress is activated)
• Replies (if bbPress is activated)

This page shows all the activities recorded in the groups you have joined.

Filter to Show:

• Everything (default)
• Updates
• Group Updates
• Group Memberships
• New Groups
• Topics (if bbPress is activated)
• Replies (if bbPress is activated)

You can customise your home page.

Based on how many Profile Field Groups were set up by the Site Administrator, you’ll only need to fill a page.

If the email you used to register with a BuddyPress site is associated with a Gravatar.com account, then the image you uploaded at Gravatar.com will be used to represent you throughout the site. You can change the image by navigating to your Profile → Change Profile Photo page.

You have three options to upload your new profile photo:

1. Upload Tab: Open up the File Upload box by clicking on the “Select Your File” button, choose the image you prefer, crop the image, and save.

2. Upload Tab: Drag and Drop (for BP 2.3.0+ only) an image from your desktop to the space provided in the screen below, crop the image, and save. (new in BP 2.3.0)

Profile → Change Profile Photo screen - Upload Image

3. Take Photo Tab (for BP 2.3.0+ only): You will be able to use your computer’s webcam to take your profile photo if you are using a browser which supports getUserMedia. Otherwise, there will a notification on screen that this feature is not available for you at that time.

3.a. Confirm that you’re willing to share your webcam in the dialogue box which shows up in your Firefox or Chrome browser per image below (Firefox).

Profile → Change Profile Photo screen - Take Photo - Permission

3.b. When you’re satisfied with your “pose”, click on the “Capture” button and then click on the “Save” button.

Profile → Change Profile Photo screen - Take Photo - Save Photo

Delete Tab: If you’d like to delete your profile photo but not upload a new one, click on the “Delete My Profile Photo” button.

Profile → Change Profile Photo screen - Delete Photo

See Profile - Change Profile photo for more info.

The steps are easy enough - see below:

This screen (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) lists all the notifications that you received which you either have not read or marked as already read.

You have the option to delete the notifications one by one or in bulk. Any notification that you mark as “Read” or open up to read is automatically moved to the Notifications - Read page.

You can filter the order of this list: Newest First (default) or Oldest First.

This page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) shows all the private messages sent to you by registered members of Gqeberha Socials.

Members can “Star” or “Un-Star” any message (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) they receive from other members of Gqeberha Socials.

This page shows the list of Messages (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) you have sent to other members of Gqeberha Socials.

This page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) is where you compose a Message to any member of Gqeberha Socials.

This page shows the list of Friends (accessible from your Top Right Navigation). Friends are Members who have either accepted your friendship request or those who sent a friend request and you accept such.

This page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) shows a list of “Friend Requests” from Members of Gqeberha Socials. It is up to you to accept or reject such friend requests.

This page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) shows the list of Groups which you have joined.

This page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) shows a list of Groups where you have been invited to by a friend who is a member of the group. You have the option to accept or reject the invitation.

This is the page (accessible from your Top Right Navigation) where you can change your email address, notification frequency or your password. You can also set up a side widget to display links or other info you would like to show. There is an option for you to Export all Your Data before deleting your account.

This page is where you can opt out or opt back in to receiving email notifications for the following:

• Activity: A member mentions you in an update using “@YourName”
• Activity: A member replies to an update or comment you’ve posted
• Messages: A member sends you a new message
• Friends: A member sends you a friendship request
• Friends: A member accepts your friendship request
• Groups: A member invites you to join a group
• Groups: Group information is updated
• Groups: You are promoted to a group administrator or moderator
• Groups: A member requests to join a private group for which you are an admin

This page is also where you can change the visibility level of any of your profile fields if the Site Admin has enabled the settings for the Members. The visibility options are: “Everyone”, “Only Me”, “All Members”, or “My Friends.”

Groups Directory Page

1. In your site’s Group Directory page, click on the “Request Membership” button of the Private Group you want to join.

2. You’ll see the “Request Membership” text in button change to “Membership Requested”.

3. Your request to join the group is sent to the Private Group’s Admin via email (if enabled) and via notification in the Group Admin’s BuddyPress member navigation in the WordPress Toolbar shown below.

4. When the Group Admin of that private group clicks on the notification link in WP Toolbar or the link in the email notification received, the Group Admin is brought to the private group’s Admin > Requests screen. The Group Admin can either click on the “Accept” button or the “Reject” button. In this example, the Group Admin will choose to reject the request for group membership.

5. The Group Admin sees a confirmation message: “Group membership request rejected.”

6. The member whose request has been rejected receives an email (if enabled) and notification in the WP Toolbar which when opened shows: Membership for group “name_of_group” rejected.

Single Group Page

1. If you want to attach a message to the Group Admin when you request membership to join the private group, going to the private group’s home page is the option to choose. Click on the “Request Membership” button or on the “Request Membership” tab in the private group’s header area.

2. A textarea will show up so you could add your message to the Group Admin. Click on the “Send Message” button to send the message along with the request for membership in the private group.

3. The member requesting membership in the private group sees a confirmation message “Your membership was sent to the group administrator successfully. You will be notified when the group administrator responds to your request.”

4. Your request to join the group is sent to the Private Group’s Admin via email (if enabled) and via notification in the Group Admin’s BuddyPress member navigation in the WordPress Toolbar shown below.

5. When the Group Admin of that private group clicks on the notification link in WP Toolbar or the link in the email notification received, the Group Admin is brought to the private group’s Admin > Requests screen. The message of the member requesting the membership is shown along with the “Accept” button or the “Reject” buttons. In this example, the Group Admin will choose to accept the request for group membership.

6. The Group Admin sees a confirmation message “Group membership request accepted.”

7. The member who applied for membership in the private group receives an email (if enabled) and a notification on site in the WP Toolbar which when clicked on shows: Membership for “name_of_group” accepted.

8. When the member who got accepted to the private group clicks on the notification, the member is redirected to the private group’s home page – the private group’s activity screen.