CSTN Friends in Travel – Discussion Board Tips

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Getting Started

1. CSTN Friends in Travel is a private discussion board for subscribers to Connecting: Solo Travel Network (CSTN). Non-members: Join information

2. Type, or copy and paste the following web address (URL) into your web browser's address box/bar: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/cstn-friends.

3. Click on the button located adjacent to the address box. OR Press the Enter key on your computer keyboard. Either of these actions should take you to a page titled "Google Groups" and below that to the right highlighted in blue: "CSTN Friends in Travel." The page looks similar to the illustration below.

Sign in OR Open a FREE! Google Account

4. Select (click on) "Sign in." The sign in/sign out link is located at the right-hand side of the black bar running across the top of the page. (Note: If you see your name there instead of "Sign-in," that means you are already signed-in and remembered from a previous visit.) Clicking on "sign-in" will take you to a Google information and sign-in page where you either:

4a) if you already have registered an email address on a Google account (Note: Any email address – yahoo, hotmail, gmail, or any other – is okay): Type in the spaces provided on the right, the email address you have registered with Google, and your Google password.
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4b) if you have NOT previously opened a Google account, scroll down and select the "Create an account now" link.

Selecting 4b) should take you to a Google page where you record your password and choose how you want to communicate with other members.

After completing the join and/or sign in procedures with your GOOGLE password, you should go directly to the CSTN Friends in Travel Home page as shown above. Now you can begin posting and/or replying to messages.

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Communicating with CSTN Friends Via E-mail

• Note the prominently displayed "My Membership" button. Clicking on that takes you to a page where you can choose how you receive messages posted on the CSTN Friends in Travel board. NOTE: You can change this setting to one of four available options any time you wish.
  
  Abridged E-mail: This is the default setting for CSTN Friends in Travel group. A brief summary of new activity is sent via e-mail once a day – and only if there are new messages. A Link is included with each summarized message that takes you online to its exact location on the board.
  
  Digest E-mail: Select this if you want to receive complete, rather than abridged, new messages, bundled together and sent to your e-mail address once a day.
  
  E-mail: Select this if you want to receive each and every new message as it is posted, no matter the topic, no matter who posts it.
  
  No E-mail: Select this option if you only want to participate by visiting the CSTN Friends in Travel website. NOTE:
      >> You will not receive notifications of activity via email.
      >> You will not be kept in touch with single-friendly travel deals as they happen.
      >> If you post a message on the board yourself, you will have to visit the board personally to look for any response unless the respondant has been able to make use of the "Reply to Author" option.

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