The Post a message to members allows you to create a message that is linked from the portal page under the My Messages section to all your account, or the members of any security groups you have access to. Note that not all administrators use security groups. This feature is only available to the site administrator or specified editors.

1. To access the Post a message to members you click the link under Web Site Administration on your portal.



2. A new window will open that has the heading Compose a Message. In the section labeled To:, click the check box for the group or groups you would like to receive your message. If you select a check box under the heading "All Members" the will be posted to all active accounts for the selected sponsor. To the right of Subject:, type the text you want to appear as your link in the "My Messages" section of the portal page. Then below Message:, in the provided box, type the message. Please review the following steps to better understand your Message options.



3. Providing a message with HTML formatting. You can create a message that includes several features of a web page. If you choose to provide this type of message check the box "I wish to control the line breaks using HTML tags". By selecting this checkbox you are telling HPCNet that you have selected to control your own page layout by supplying your HTML tags. Below is a sample of what this message would look like when posted.



Example of message


4. Providing a message without your own HTML formatting. You can create a message that does not include any special formatting, a message with just plain text or simple HTML tags. In this case you do not want to select the checkbox "I wish to control the line breaks using HTML tags". By not selecting the checkbox HPCNet will insert the appropriate HTML tags after you select post.



5. Before you click the Post button, you may want to review your message for spelling errors.
   Once you enter your information, click Post to post the message and you will return to your Portal page.
   



6. The following screens will walk you through the steps for viewing your messages.

Members Portal


Viewing the message


Deleting the message


Return to Portal Page

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Last Modified: 11/12/2002