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Matthew Montchalin wrote on Mon, Oct 3, 2005 08:14 PM UTC:
I am still having trouble logging in to the www.chessvariants.org website.

Is there anywhere that I can click that will let me log in?  At least
from
my side of the screen, there is no 'LOGIN' icon to click (something
that
is generally available at most other websites).  Now, I've run into this
kind of problem elsewhere, and it's almost always associated with
websites that think I'm going to be using Internet Explorer to open up
my
emailbox, where a password is probably going to be waiting for me, or
that
my IP address is going to remain constant in the amount of time it takes
for me to power down, boot up DOS, execute a DOS based term program, and
then get into Pine at the local dialup port of my Internet Service
Provider.  (Since my ISP has over 60 local dialup ports, the last couple
digits of the IP number tend to mutate unpredictably in the amount of
time
it takes me to go through all those contortions and convolutions just to
get my email; and no, I'm not willing to use Internet Explorer to read
my
email.)

Should I attempt to re-register, or am I just out of luck?

In the meantime, anyone who would like to play a game of that Prince &
Princess Chess with me, they can locate me over at the chess variants
yahoogroup, http://www.yahoo.com (where they can see a slightly more
useful description of the rules to Prince & Princess Chess, except for a
typographical error on the 5th move of the sample game).  We can post our
moves publicly.

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 05:19 PM UTC:
Matthew, the chessvariants.org site does not require logon. For some
functions, like verified comments or polls, we require that members enter
their user IDs and passwords, but this does not apply to the site in
general. What specifically were you unable to do?

Matthew Montchalin wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 08:25 PM UTC:
I don't mind typing in a 'User ID' - or the password that goes with it - but what I keep looking for, is some kind of an icon somewhere that says 'login' so I can do that. I am adamantly opposed to having the system associate my 'User ID' with an IP number for 'automatically' logging in. (I'm not exactly sure how that kind of handshaking works, but it sure as heck does not seem to work very well.)

I would like to try out that Game Courier thing but it seems to balk because I haven't logged in? Well, how do I log in? Shall I attempt once again to go over to the Game Courier section of the website? If a log is being kept of my comings and goings, I always arrive at the 'comments' section of the website first, and that is where the variables are probably initialized as they relate to me, and only then, later, try to navigate my way around the rest of the website, with the variables following me from where I first made contact with the website.

As you can imagine, with the incredibly slow screen-loading I suffer from, and the occasional bouts of keyboard lag that happen sometimes too, I find it difficult navigating my way from one part of the website to another. Having to click the Refresh icon of Internet Explorer is also problematical. (Anyway, all those kinds of problems, together, constitute impeccably good reason for people to avoid HTML in general; reliance upon graphical markup languages is a principal source of bandwidth bloat in today's modern world.)

Say, I would also like to be able to post a comment, and then see it immediately afterwards, rather than wait for an administrator to come along, inspect it and approve it, some 12 to 24 hours later.


David Howe wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 08:49 PM UTC:
Matthew, please go to our registration page and register as a user. This will allow you to get a user id and password with which to post immediate comments, as well as use the Game Courier.

Anonymous wrote on Tue, Oct 4, 2005 09:56 PM UTC:
I tried going there but it keeps saying:  'The email address you
specified
is already being used.'  My email address is, as you already ought to
know, [email protected].

As I said before, please don't employ an IP verification routine that
jumps to the conclusion that I'm using a webbrowser to get my email from
my Internet Service Provider.  I *always* disconnect and power down, and
then powerup, and - at least 6 or 7 minutes later - go to DOS where I can
boot up an ordinary DOS based term program which I can then use to go to
Pine (the name of my Internet Service Provider's mailreader).  There is
absolutely no webbrowsing involved in reading my email.  As in the olden
days, people did not plug a mouse into their computer to get their email.

That's the platform I prefer to get my email with.  It's easy, it's
simple, and it's fast.  That's where I am at.

If you'd like, I can post my password publicly here.  It's not
necessary
to do that, is it?  What good is my password if I have to tell everybody
what it is?  I just thought it would be more convenient to have an icon I
could click, and then login with.

That's why you should have an icon somewhere that says 'LOGIN' - so I
can click it, and tell it my password.

David Howe wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2005 12:18 AM UTC:
There is no need to log in. You are prompted for your user id and/or
password when they are required. Since you already have a user id and
password, I think you're all set.

We do not employ any 'IP verification'. Your user id and password are
prompted for each time you try to do something that requires verification
of your identity.

I hope this helps you to understand how our system works. If not, please
do ask more questions. Thanks.

Matthew Montchalin wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2005 05:19 AM UTC:
Well, I am still having trouble.

Since I am using Pine to read my email, there is obviously no way of clicking on some kind of a website/URL thing and going somewhere, and turning a 'temporary password' into a permanent password. Lord knows I've tried.

Is there any way that you can just make my temporary password into my permanent password?


David Howe wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2005 01:55 PM UTC:
Matthew, just go to the following link and press the 'Finalize Registration' button.

http://www.chessvariants.org/index/displayperson.php?personid=matthew_montchal


Matthew Montchalin wrote on Wed, Oct 5, 2005 06:40 PM UTC:
Okay, I think it works now.

I had to truncate my name by clipping a couple letters off of it.

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