Learn how to do this first for fun

This is where the fun begins. Clicking on this will bring you to the year page where you can select a particular year and browse through all the alumni.

A1 - Member Login and your utilities

Note that there are two different selections. If you have already signed up and have a login click on number 1:

When you click on number 1 you'll see the following:

Here is where you can put your login name in number 1 and your password in number 2. If by chance you've forgotten you password you can put your email address in number 3 and we will send you your login and password automatically. If you've forgotten your login as well just send an email to support@highschoolofperformingarts.com and we will send you your login information as quick as humanly possible.

If you've successfully logged in you will see the following:

The Membership Information page is a place you'll use mainly to update your profile (BIO, name address etc) as well as to administer your picture gallery that will be available for all your friends to see. Number 3 is used mainly to show your subscriptions. There are only two types a free one and one that helps defer our costs for using the old building each year.

If you want to change your password or profile click on number 2 click here for instructions on how to change your profile.

If you want to manage your picture gallery click on number 1. You will see the following:

Note that this particular gallery is just used to show you what it will look like when you upload pictures. The first time you get to this screen you will not see any images. To upload an image it is like any computer program. You have a browse button to locate a file on your computer. When you click on "Browse" you'll see the following:

Locate your file and chose the first one you want to show and click on open. Then click on "Upload File". If all has gone well you will see the following:

When you return to the page you will see your new image on your gallery page. Please note that at this time we do not have any way to be able to position or order your images. This might become a feature in the future but not now.

When you are done you can click on the RETURN button to get back to your Membership Information or you can just close the page. Now when people visit your page they will have the opportunity to see all of your pictures.

Let's go over the above one by one:

1. You're username. you can change it to any username that isn't used yet. Note that is you use an existing name you'll get an error message.

2. Your first and last name. Please put your maiden name in as well. Either hyphenated or otherwise. We'll try to make a new field shortly that will allow you to put in your maiden name.

3. Your email address. This must be up to date so we can write to you. Please realize that no one will be able to collect your email address. This is encrypted and unavailable to anyone but the administrators of this site.

4. 5. Here is where you can change your password and confirm it. Please remember your password and never give out your password to anyone. If you lose it just email us and we'll have the system automatically send it to you.

6. 7. 8. Well, you all should know these fields. Please fill them in and update them as you change them. We do not use these for anything except to call you if we haven't heard from you. We worry about our classmates.

9. 10. 11. 12 These are pretty self explainatory.

13. This is perhaps your most important field. This is your biography that people will see when they search for you.

14. 15. 16. 17. 18. This is your contact information and please fill it in for us. We don't send out tons of mailings. Maybe 2 a year so please keep this up to date.

19. If you click on unsubscribe, your name will never be up on the site and no one will be able to find you. This is your choice.

When you are finished with changing your profile click on the save button and all the fields will be changed.

Also please note that we will not tolerate spamming and have gone through a lot to make sure this doesn't happen. We log all IP addresses of people who send mail and will ban them from using this site if they use it for unsolicited emailing. (Click here to see how use the alumni page)