Getting started

Anyone accessing the site have access to the latest news and can be informed of what, when and where some species were recorded.

However, only registered users can share their observations to the community, or conduct more advanced searches.

Registered users also have access to more information than unregistered users. See the table below to compare the functions available to each type of user.

To become a registered user, see steps below.

Functions	Unregistered user	Registered user
See latest news	YES	YES
See sun and moon information at registered location	NO	YES
See latest records	YES	YES
Customise the website	NO	YES
Browse records of the past 5 days	YES	YES
Browse records of the past 15 days	NO	YES
Access aditional information for a record	NO	YES
Access all records for a species since 15 days ago	NO	YES
Access all records of a species for the last 15 days	NO	YES
See observations on a map	NO	YES
Access statistics for the species	NO	YES
Quick search for rare species	NO	YES
See rarities on a map	NO	YES
Submit observations	NO	YES
Edit own observations	NO	YES
Edit others' observations	NO	NO
Search records by atlas square or polygon	NO	YES
Maps centered at location	NO	YES
Save and export your own records	NO	YES
Export others' records	NO	NO
See users' profile	NO	YES

Some users can have administration rights besides those of a registered user. To learn more about the rights and responsabilities of administrators, see wiki section Web interface > Administration > User administration > User administration.

Registration:

TO REGISTER: Enter to a local portal Click Register (Step 1) Click Register (Step 2) Fill in the form Read and accept Terms and conditions Check your email inbox to receive a password Register with your username (email address) and the password received Start sharing your observations!

Registration is free and fast. To do so, go to your local portal, or to that of any other participant organization. See a list of all organizations at Various >Local partners. Click register (see image Registration Step 1) and register again (see image Registration Step 2), and fill in the form (see image Example of registration form). Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.

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  Registration Step 1

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  Registration Step 2

Name

Please, enter your real name so you can get credit for your contribution. Your name will be visible along with your observations unless you indicate otherwise. To opt out tick the check if you want to be anonymous cell. Note that your real name will still be visible to administrators, or in case of publication, as stated in Terms and Conditions.

Birthyear

Please enter the real year you were born, as we need it for legal reasons and to identify users when two names are identical. It will never be public.

County and Municipality

We do recommend you to provide your real address because it will target maps and important information regarding sun and moon, and latest observations.

Email

We need a real and active email address. Here you will receive a password to log in, and coordinators and administrators will use it to contact you regarding confusing data. Please always keep it updated. You can change it at Web interface > Gettings started > My account > Email and Password. Your registered email address will be visible to other registered users unless you opt out by ticking the corresponding cell. Administrators would still see your address and will contact you regarding confusing records. Note if you decided to submit your records anonymously, your email address will automatically be hidden to registered users.

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You will be able to modify your data at My account (see wiki section Web interface > Getting started > My account). When done, click Register at the bottom (see image Example of registration form).

Once the form is submitted, you should read carefully our terms and conditions. These are your binding contract to us. You need to agree in order to continue with the registration process. You will then receive an email with your password. Make sure it does not go to your spam folder. With your username (the email address provided while registering) and the password you received, you can now start sharing your records!

Logging in

REMEMBER: *Your USERNAME is your EMAIL ADRESS *UNIQUE LOGIN: Use the SAME CREDENTIAL to log into ANY OF THE Local portals and Naturalist and data.biolovision.net

Once you have been registered, log in to access more content:

1. Go to register
   
2. Enter your username (this is the email address you registered with) and the password you received at this account or the one you choose by modifiying it.
3. Click on log in
   

Logging in.

In case you cannot remember your password, click on I have lost my password and a new password will be sent to your registered email address within minutes. Make sure you check the email address you registered with, and the spam folder within. We advise you to change your password immediately after logging into a more memorable one (but not a simpler one) and please keep it safely. If logging in from a safe device and connection, you can Store your password to facilitate the process next time.

Note: If you request a new password, you will need to select again "Store the password" to store the new one as the system store the old one and would'n't update automatically. Think to update also with NaturaList and data.biolovision.net if you use it.

My acount/Changing personal data, password or email

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Note: images and examples are drawn from the French portal Faune-France. The design and position of some tools may vary slightly from portal to portal. To see a list of portals go to wiki section Local portals and partners.

After logging in, a new section will appear at the bottom of the left-hand column titled My account. Under the different sections, you can modify your personal data, including email and password, customise the website and see some personal statistics (see image My account). Change the necessary fields in any of the sections (except in My personal card, these are the statistics) and click Modify. Note fields marked with an asterisk need to be filled in.

My account.

Personal data

Change the necessary fields and click Modify at the bottom. Note fields marked with an asterisk need to be filled in. Do not forget to indicate if you want to remain anonymous, or want to hide your email address to other users (see image Changing personal data, encircled).

Changing personal data.

Email and password

Change your email address or password as necessary.

It is important to keep an updated email address as this is how administrators will contact you regarding confusing records. By default your email address will be visible both to administrators and registered users unless you decided to submit your observations as "anonymous". If you want to keep your name visible but not your email address, go to wiki section Web interface > My account > Personal data to change parameters. When done, click Modify at the bottom of the page.

We advise you to change the password you received by email to log in the first time (or after requesting a new one). Use a combination of letters and numbers that is more memorable for you, if possible combining lower and upper case characters.

Changing password or email.

Website customisation

This section allows you to choose how you want to visualize certain parameters on the interface when you are logged in.

Customise the way sightings are displayed on the home page

This subsection refers to the latest observations displayed on the right hand column on the main interface (see image Example of main interface as shown in Faune-France portal). Choose which region you want to see the records from, and which ones regarding how common or rare they are (ex. Ticking common and unusual, as well as Ain will only show those observations catalogued common or unusual in the region of Ain). To see the codes used to mark the rarity level, go to Web interace > Codes and symbols or to image Symbols for rarity level in Fauna-France. Use select/unselect to choose between all regions or none (see image How to display data).

How to display data.

Customize the way sightings are displayed in lists

This subsection is as in Customise the way sightings are displayed on the home page (see image How to display data) but refers to the lists obtained from the left hand column (see section Web interface > Browsing records > as a registered user).

Cartography

You can visualise maps in different formats. Click on the name to open an expandable menu with all available options (see image Customise website. Cartography). You can also choose if you want to be able to zoom in the map or not by ticking/unticking the field (see image Customise website. Cartography, encircled). You will see maps when Web interface > Submitting records and Web interface > Browsing records. To learn how to navigate maps, go to Web interface > Navigating the map.

Customise website. Cartography.

Recording language

For each taxa, choose from the expandable menu which language you would like the name of the species displayed. To see options, click on the arrow at the right of each species panel (see image Customise website. Recording language). You can choose between Latin/Scientific name, or any of the languages the web site is offered to. By default (Automatic) species will appear in the language you selected for the site on the right hand corner at the top of the page (see image Example of main interface as shown in Faune-France portal).

Customise website. Recording language.

My personal card

It returns a summary of the user's activity.

Birder details.

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Note: images and examples are drawn from the French portal Faune-France. The design and position of some tools may vary slightly from portal to portal. To see a list of portals go to wiki section Local portals and partners.