New CBW Website Features

The Website Features listed above provide CBW members opportunities to sell their books, promote services they offer to other writers (editing, speaking, mentoring etc.), and publicize events at which they play a central role (conducting workshops, book signings, etc.). Also, once signed in, members can recommend speakers for future CBW-sponsored events (meetings, workshops).

Click the feature you wish to view or work with. Once there, you can "jump to" any other feature using the drop-down menu just under the Feature title. A "sign in" option appears on each page should you wish to do more than view the information already there.

Records are sorted by Members' Last Name. You can use the "Previous" and "Next" buttons at the bottom of the page to browse all records page-by-page, or, if you know what you are looking for (e.g, genre, author name), you can select for viewing only those records that match a keyword you enter in the QUICK SEARCH box at the top of each page. As an example, narrow your genre search in the Bookstore by entering the keyword "fiction". Try it!

Instructions for Members

First-time use of these features requires Members to create a User ID and Password (NOTE: Both are case sensitive). To do this, Click the "Sign In" link and select "Sign Up Here". Once that is done, you need only to sign in with that same ID and Password to enter and edit your records, so be sure to remember both (write them down). If you have any difficulty registering or performing any task involved in entering information, E-Mail Webmaster Dave.

Once signed in, Members may add, edit or delete records directly and securely from their Internet browser. The permissions of each page are set to allow members to enter, edit and delete ONLY those records which they have entered. Other than the Webmaster, no member can alter or delete records entered by another. Visitors to the CBW Website can only browse the information.

1. To add a record, press "Add New" for the Data Entry Screen and "save new".  NOTE: Once you have entered a record, you can save time creating additional records with some duplicate information (e.g., book signing Titles) by editing an existing record, altering selected data fields (e.g., changing the date and location of an event) and pressing "Save new" instead of "Save changes".

2. To edit or delete a record previously entered, simply click anywhere on the record you want to bring it up in an edit screen, edit and press "save changes" (or "delete").

If members have any suggestions for improvements in these features, or think of other features that would be helpful, please contact CBW Webmaster Dave.

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