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[MEDC Directory admin <nagy-medc AT mail.kfki.hu>]

Dear Colleagues,

many of you have already successfully registered and created their entry 
in the new directory of the Mössbauer Effect Data Center (MEDC). 
Nevertheless, there seem to be several misunderstandings about how to use 
the new system. Admittedly, the new directory is not yet really 
user-friendly and may still have some bugs or, at least, strange features, 
a reason for apologies. This is why the directory is in test regime. In 
the following, I shall briefly describe how to register and to create your 
entry in the new MEDC Directory. Please join the directory; it will really 
not take more than a few minutes to create your entry.

When you visit the site

http://www.medc.dicp.ac.cn/directory

you are at the public page of the directory meant for searching for 
colleagues' data. You may fill in any or some of the fields and then, by 
clicking on the 'Search' button, all directory entries will be listed for 
whom the conditions are fulfilled. E.g., by ticking 'Chemistry, structure 
and bonding' and then clicking on the 'Search' button, those entries will 
be listed where chemistry was given as one of the fields of interest. 
Then, by clicking on a highlighted name you will see all details of the 
entry (e.g., the colleague's phone number, web site, Google Scholar page, 
etc.). This is all public and can be seen by anyone without registration.

However, to create your own profile, you have to be logged in. Should you 
not be registered yet, first you have to do so.

1. Please go to the right pane of the page and click on the word 'here' in 
the text 'If you are not currently registered with our site and would like 
to be included in the MEDC Directory, please click here to register now.'

2. Fill in your user name, email address and password (make sure to 
remember them!), accept the MEDC terms and conditions and take note of the 
disclaimers and click on 'Register'. You should receive an automatic 
validation mail within a couple of minutes; check your mailbox 
immediately.

3. Click on the link in the mail. A window will pop up confirming that 
your user account was enabled successfully. Click on 'OK'. You will be 
directed to the MEDC Directory page, however, you are still not yet logged 
in!

4. In the right pane of the page, below 'Log in to MEDC Directory' enter 
your user name and password and log in. Below 'Welcome (your user name)' 
click on the word 'here' in the text 'click here to view your profile'.

5. You may specify a nickname (how you like to be addressed, e.g. Eve, 
John, etc.) and submit it but you may also skip this step and continue 
with the next one.

6. Navigate to "Change Author Info" in the left pane, and enter your data. 
You may save your work any time but please make sure to finally submit it 
for review by clicking on "Save" and "Submit for review" at the bottom of 
the page, respectively. Your data will be reviewed and published in the 
directory within a couple of days, as a rule. If you fail to submit your 
new entry (or, later, its changes) for review, the reviewer will not know 
whether your entry is in the draft status because you are still working on 
it or because you have forgotten to submit it for review.

Presently there are about 40 colleagues who have already registered but 
not created (or started creating) their entry (profile) yet. At the 
present stage, this is completely useless; the only sense of the 
registered status is that it is needed for being able to create a personal 
profile. So please, should you have already registered but not yet created 
your entry, start doing so.

Should you be already registered but have forgotten your password, please 
click on the word 'here' in the sentence 'If you have forgotten your 
password click here' in the right pane and check your mailbox immediately.

Should you have forgotten your user name, as well, or should you 
experience any other problems, please do not hesitate to send a mail to 
medc AT dicp.ac.cn and/or nagy-medc AT mail.kfki.hu.

        Dénes L. Nagy
 as admin of the MEDC Directory