Help:Logging in

Welcome to the ITxPT Documentation Centre, nickname Wiki!
Logging in is required for viewing pages to preserve quality of the content and additional features for ITxPT members.

In short

Creating a user account means that you supply a username (preferably your real name) and answers few questions about your interest and motivation regarding the ITxPT Association. The ITxPT Team will review your request and answer you in the following days. The system will reject a username that is already in use. A user account is created only once. You are then "logged in". Next time you log in you supply your username again and demonstrate with the password that you are the same person.

Why log in?

• Register with a professional email address so you can:
  • reset your password if you forget it,
  • receive automatic notifications of certain events, if set in your preferences,
  • receive emails from other users if so set in your preferences (the user who emails you will not know your email address),
  • email other users and administrators if they want as above (your email address will be disclosed on any email you send).

• You will be able to set your own preferences, to change things such as:
  • the number of pages displayed in Recent changes
  • the fonts, colors and layout of the site, by using different skins.

Remember: check the ITxPT privacy policy.

How to log in

First, make sure that your browser accepts cookies. Some browsers can accept or reject cookies from individual sites.

Click on the "Userlogin" link at the top right of the page. You will then be prompted to enter your username and password. If you haven't logged in before, you will need to use the link provided to create an account.

If you check the box "Remember my password", you will not have to give your password again when you access the ITxPT Wiki from the same computer. This feature will only work if your password was not generated by the MediaWiki software.

The returnto URL parameter specifies the page to redirect back to after logging in.

Log in problems

If you appear to be able to log in, but as soon as you try to look at a page you appear logged out again, it is very likely to be a cookie problem. If you are certain that cookies are enabled, make sure that you haven't inadvertently listed the wiki's domain on a list of sites for which cookies are never allowed: this feature is available in all recent browsers. Also make sure your computer's date and time are set correctly; if they are not, cookies may expire before they are supposed to. Note that some firewall and ad-blocking software may interfere with the cookie that the wiki uses to keep a person logged in.

A user may occasionally find themself "automatically" logged out in between beginning an edit and saving it, or when switching between multiple pages open in multiple windows. This can be a result of your browser's cookie, cache, or firewall settings. Regardless of the reason for the logout, the simplest solution to the problem is to check the "remember my password" box. If you do this on a computer that can be accessed by more than one person (i.e. at the library, at work, at school), please find and erase your user ID cookies after your editing session.

What if I forget the password or username?

Your username is case sensitive. If you enter an email address when signing up for the account, or in your Preferences, you can make a request on the login screen for a temporary password to be sent to that address, which will allow you to retrieve your account. If you did not enter an email address, or the address was out of date, you will have to create a new account under a different username.

Creating an account

You may be unable to create an account if it contains certain symbols (particularly the '@' symbol, as well as certain non-Latin characters) or words, or if it is too similar to that of an existing user. You may then be able to request that an account is created for you by contacting an administrator, depending on the wiki's own policies and systems. If your IP address has account creation blocked, you may be able either to request to be unblocked or to request an account.

Logging out

You can log out any time by clicking on the Logout link at the top right of the page. To prevent the browser from remembering your username and suggesting it to the next user of the computer, remember to delete the wiki's cookies in your browser's privacy settings. Especially if you are using a public computer, you may want to delete all of the browser's recent history (Ctrl+Shift+Del in Firefox).

Most wikis log users out automatically after a certain time. If that happens, you will normally see a warning message that you are logged out.