This page describes how you can create an account on Wikidot.com.
1. Create account button
If you have not yet created an account on Wikidot.com you need to use the link-button create account at the right-top of your wikidot screen. Here is what it looks like:
2. Create account
When you click on this button-link, the following frame appears:
Click on next and the "Create Account" window opens. Here you will need to fill in some important details:
- a good unique user-id (your "screen name", unique inside the wikidot.com network).
- a valid mail-adress where the system can send the acknowledgment (this email requires a response from you for security purposes).
- a decision on which language you prefer to use (right now, the choices are English or Polish). This choice only affects the internal pages within the wikis you create.
- a good password for security.
- a repeat of this good password
- and good eyes to answer a security question to protect the wikidot system from evvvvvil robots.
Finally, you have to confirm that you have read and aggree to the Terms of Service of wikidot.com.
3. Verification of Your Email-adress
After click on next You will get following screen asking for the verification code sent to you by email.:
Key in this code from the email you got (it takes about five minutes to get sent to you) which should look like this:
Hi Helmuti_pdorf!
You are receiving this email in order to confirm your email address
which is
required for successfull wikidot.com account creation.
Please copy the key below to a proper form in your browser:
verification code: xyz….abc123
_
Best regards - the wikidot.com team
If you have NOT attempted to create an account at any of the
wikidot.com
sites please ignore this email - it might have been sent because
someone _
mistyped his/her own email address. If you however suspect any abuse,
please contact wikidot.com staff at http://www.wikidot.com or send
an email to moc.todikiw|troppus#moc.todikiw|troppus.
4. my_account
Congratulations! You now have a wikidot account. Now you should see the "your account" buttons at the right-top of the wikidot screen changes to a personal account_menu:
An important reminder:
- Your my account menu button leads you to your personal Account settings; it is a good idea to set up those settings right off. Just follow the link!
- The little square box to the right of your account name ("screen name") up in the right hand corner of the screen is a pull-down/"hidden" menu where you can logout from wikidot.com: Logout from Wikidot
