Rare Adult & Pediatric Cancer Forums

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Registration - Profile Input Form

This page of the registration process will take you though the profile entry form required for registration. You can click your mouse inside each box (or radio button) to enter data (or select that option). Sections that are labelled Required must have data entered in each box. Sections labeled Optional can be left empty, or with the standard defaults.

Required Input:
1. The username you choose here should be a nickname, not your given name.
2. Make sure that you enter a password that you will remember. Confirm the password by typing it in a second time.
3. Enter a cancer diagnosis, as completely as you can. ie. If you have a sarcoma, please tell us what type - osteosarcoma, leiomyosarcoma, etc.
4. If the patient is a child, click on the empty radio button to the left of that word. This will change the radio button.
5. The validation codes are to avoid hacker robots from registering on the forums. You do not have to remember them.

Rare Cancer Forum Registration Form

Optional Input - Public Profile:
*. You may enter identifying info in this area.
6. The AIM box is for entry of your AOL Instant Messenger ID
7. There are also a boxes to enter your Yahoo Instant Messenger, ICQ, and MSN Messenger ID's
8. Entry of a website URL are for cancer related websites only. Please do not enter other group or forum websites here. They will be removed (see Rules).
9. Information that you enter in the signature box will be automatically entered on each of your posts to the forums.

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Optional Input - Preferences:
* This section is preset with defaults options.
10. If you choose to change any of the radio buttons, simply click inside the empty button.
11. You may change the time of day for your forum display by selecting the drop down menu choices for GMT. The default is US Mountain Standard time.
* You may also change the way that dates are displayed.
12. Scroll through the entire page and when you are satisfied with your input, click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.

Rare Cancer Forum Registration Form Bottom

A new page will automatically be displayed. To learn about that page:
--> Go to the Registration Step 3 - Validation Screen