Contact Us
' CONTACT US ' actually allows you to ' CONTACT ME ', Mark (Tiny) Foulsham, the Site Administrator, using the Message Box at the foot of the page.
In the first instance you might want to use it to Register for the website (See below). This should be easy, after all you went to a good school.
It can also be used to let me know just about anything you want, ask me questions or make suggestions for improving the site. Please also use it to send me contributions to the website and to tell me which page you'd like to see them on. If your contribution includes a photo or other attachment, please send it direct to me on tinyf@blueyonder.co.uk
Benefits of Registering For The Site
Registering for and using this website is free, and always will be.
However, if you ever feel you'd like to make a donation towards the cost of the work involved in maintaining it, please feel free to do so using the Donate button on the Home Page, or by sending a cheque in my name, Mark Foulsham, to my home address, which you'll find on my Profile.
As a REGISTERED CLASSMATE you'll be able to participate in the USER FORUMS, have access to the information others have entered on their PROFILES, exchange messages with other members via the MESSAGE CENTRE and use the INSTANT MESSAGING feature to have 'real time' conversations with anyone else who has logged on to the site at the same time as you. After registration, other pages, which have been 'password protected' to prevent access to potentially sensitive information by unauthorised people, will be available to you once you've 'logged on'.
IMPORTANT: Before Registering For The Site
To ensure that you receive a response to your application as well as any future messages from the site, please 'whitelist' the email address noreply@classcreator.net so that your own e-mail program doesn't classify mail from that address as 'spam'. 'Whitelisting' simply means you are telling your email program to accept all emails coming from our website and other Classmates. The technique for 'whitelisting' varies by email program, but generally you will see the term 'Whitelist', 'Safe List', 'Allow emails from', 'Safe Senders','Set Up Filter', or something similar, within your email program and this is where you want to add the email address noreply@classcreator.net.
It's also worth remembering to check your email program's 'Spam' folder from time to time, just in case something has slipped through.
To Register For The Site
Please don't be put off if this all seems a little complicated and long-winded. It takes less time than you think and is necessary.
Just complete all sections of the Message box at the bottom of this page. Enter 'Register' in the 'Subject' box and, in the 'Message' section, please include the years you attended the school and add any other relevant information that will help convince me you are who you say you are and that you did attend Sloane. I will need to be sure of your identity as it prevents others, the 'lurkers', who have no school connection, from passing themselves off as someone else and gaining access to the personal information of genuine members. Please also ensure that you enter your complete, correct e-mail address in the 'Your Email' section of the Message Box, as I'll be sending your registration instructions to that e-mail address.
When you're finished, remember to click on Send Message. If you've convinced me, I'll then send you confirmation that I've added your your name to the Classmate Profiles list along with instructions for completing your own Profile.
After you've completed your Profile I'll verify your application and you'll be ready to make full use of the site.
Viewing The Site
Passwords and Logging On
Once you've registered you'll need to Log On in the Returning Users: Log On box at the top right of the Home Page every time you visit the website. To do this enter your Email Address and the Password you created when you completed your Profile, then click the Log On button. The first time you do this, tick the box marked Remember Me and, on future visits, your email address and password will usually appear automatically as you type the first letter or so. If it doesn't at any time, try clearing your Web Browser cache by going into Internet Options (Usually under Tools at the top of the Browser page) and deleting the Temporary Internet Files, Cookies and Browsing History.
What if you forget your Password?
If you forget your Password at any time click on Forgot Password?, that appears in the Returning Users: Log On box, and a reminder of the password you created will be sent to the email address you gave at the time of your registration.
What if you want to change your Password?
If you ever want to change your Password, click on Change Password under Member Functions and follow instructions. You won't be able to do this until you've logged on so this can't be done as a way of getting into the site when you forget your Password.
Web Browsers
The majority of you will, I'm sure, be using Internet Explorer as your browser, but some might prefer Firefox or even Google Chrome or Safari. There are other lesser known browsers as well, and a lot of them will display the website in a different way to the way in which I designed it. I use Internet Explorer to get it looking the way I want it, but view it in another browser and it can look completely different, and even difficult to read. For this reason, and for your viewing pleasure, I recommend you use Internet Explorer as your web browser.
I've found a useful website, called www.browsershots.org, which lets me see how the finished article looks in different browsers. If you want to see how other users might be seeing the site, and to help you confirm which browser to use, please log onto that site, follow instructions and take a look. Until I experiment and get it looking the same on all the browsers, my apologies if it looks odd on yours. It won't always be possible but, if you use Internet Explorer, it will appear there as I intended it.
Pop-ups and Flash Player
Please also set your browser pop-up blocker to allow pop-ups from www.sloanegrammar.co.uk and, to ensure you can use Instant Messaging and view photo Slideshows, use the latest version of Adobe Flash Player. If you're unsure whether you have it installed on your computer, download the latest version, free, from this link -
http://www.adobe.com/
INFORMATION CONFIDENTIALITY
All emails sent through this site are valid and you will not receive spam mail from it.
Please be assured that any information you add to your Profile, especially your contact information, will not be divulged to anyone else unless you specifically give permission for it to happen. Any other site members looking at your Profile will only see the name of the city where you live and the information you have written about yourself, unless you tick the box on your Profile that allows them to see contact information such as your address, phone number and e-mail address. Anyone sending you a message via this website will not see the e-mail address it is going to.
AND FINALLY:- Please respect the privacy of your Classmates and don't allow anyone else to view Classmate Details and Profiles by sharing your Password with others. Also, please do not pass on any of the information you have been privileged to read, to a third party, without the consent of the Classmate the information concerns.
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