How to use the Member Portal
The Member Portal is a single point of entry where members can access many important site functions, such as:
Checking an Association Email address
Editing the online database profile
Create a personalized list of links
View Member Benefits (products or services offered through the association)
Shop at the Association Mall and generate revenue for the association
Access a list of Association links maintained by the association
See below for explanations of each link available in the member portal.
Make This My Home Page
You will see this graphic in the upper left when going to the main page of the member portal. A member can click this to make the Member Portal their browser's default web page.
My Info > MyCalendar
Here, you can create a personalized calendar of events. Just click on a day to add an event to that date. The event can have a title, starting and ending times, and a description.
My Info > MyEmail
If your association provides branded email addresses to its members, you can check your association email address online.
First, you must have an association email address (an email address at your association – for example, JohnDoe@yourassociation.org, where you replace yourassocation.org with the URL of your association).
To check email, you go to My Info and chooses MyEmail. This will take you to the WebMail program and automatically log you in so you can check and send email.
My Info > MyProfile
You can use this link to edit your online database profile. Just choose Edit Profile and the profile comes up.
The Edit Interests link can be used to get emails from vendors, but this feature is not widely used.
My Info > Software Updates
You can get the latest version of Internet Explorer, Netscape, and Adobe Acrobat Reader using the links in this section.
Members can create or modify a personal web page on the site using this link, if it has been enabled. You will be provided with the URL of the page and a Site Editor window with which to create the page.
My Info > Logoff
You can log off of the site using this link.
My Links
The Member Portal has several popular links that you can access. Just click Modify MyLinks and you are be brought to a page with several categories of links (for example, MyBank, MyHoroscope, MyWeather, etc.). Check off any links you wish, and add custom links to any category. Once saved, these links will appear under the My Links button.
My Stores
Any stores in the Member Mall that you have chosen to add to MyStores will show up here. There is also an option that says Modify MyStores which takes them to the Member Mall, where they can add stores to the list. (See Assocation Mall below.)
This link takes you to the Member Benefits page, which lists any products or services that the association is offering as deals for members.
The Association Mall, or Member Mall, is a list of several dozen online retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, eBay, and others. (For a complete list, see the List of Participating Merchants.)
Every retailer returns a portion of all sales to the association as revenue. The percentages are listed next to each retailer on the Association Mall page. So by using the Member Mall, you help your association raise additional funds without it costing you a dime!
From the mall page, you can add stores to your MyStores list by clicking the "Add to MyStores" graphic to the left of the retailer's logo.
Association Links
The Association Links area contains links that the association is featuring. Members can go to any of these links, and can return to the main site at any time by clicking the top banner which will remain in place.