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If you would like to place a Banner ad on DCTRA.ORG please use the form below for your submission.  You may also email the Banner ad to dave@microworks.net

Banner Ads need to be 140 x 300 pixels in size

Costs for placing a Banner ad are currently being reviewed.

Place a Banner Ad

1. Your Name(required)
2. Email(valid email required)
3. Contact Phone #
4. Website that Banner should open
5. Submit Artwork
6. Ad artwork needs to be in JPG format and must measure 140 x 300 pixels
7. Questions/Comments
8. .cc your submission form

 

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Q: I see that there is an eCommerce Shopping Cart system on the site.  Where is the transaction processed?

A: Paypal

Q: I don’t have a Papal account can I still use this Shopping Cart system?

A: Yes,  When you select to checkout after completing your shopping you will be taking to a page at Paypal.  If you look on that page you will see a section like this:

Don’t have a PayPal account? Use your credit card or bank account (where available).

Just select the “Continue” link next to it and you can use your Credit Card to complete the transaction.

Since people change their Internet access provider from time to time and don’t want to be trapped at a qwest.net, cox.net, etc.. email address the club has made available to club members the ability to obtain and use a yourname@dctra.org email address!

Email sent to this address is accessable via either a web browser by going to the address of http://www.dctra.org:8383 which functions like just about any other web based email program (yahoo, gmail, etc…) or you can use a standard email client program like Outlook/Outlook Express, Eudora, etc…

The POP3/SMTP setting to access the mail server via a client like Outlook is ”dctra.org”.  Some providers like Cox (smtp.west.cox.net) and Qwest (smtp.phnx.qwest.net) require you to use their SMTP server rather than ours.

If you would like to obtain a DCTRA email address just drop our webmaster a line he he will hook you up.

Note: we do extensive spam filtering on these accounts.

The Club has a ListServ for the use of members only.  If your email address is not on the list your message will be rejected.  If you are a member and are not getting emails on the Listserv (a handful per week on average) or your emails are being rejected please contact our webmaster and he will check on the issue.

Emails sent to members@dctra.org are distributed to all the other members on the list.  By “default” if you reply to one of those emails it will only go to the original sender.  If you feel your reply would be beneficial to ALL the other members on the list use the “Reply to All” feature of your email client to send the reply back to the list.

The Forums are for the use of DCTRA Members, Prospective Members and those with Questions about Triumph automobiles. They are NOT to be used for Advertising your services or products – Except for within the Specific Forum Group maintained expressly for this purpose.

If you already have an account on the site you do not need to create a seperate account for the Forum. Just login to the site and you will find that you are also logged intot he Forum. Visitors who do not create a Site account can create a Forum only account for asking questions and posting comments on the Forum.

Also, refrain from the use of profanity and other postings that would not be considered appropriate within mixed company or where children might be present.

Please enjoy your visit to the DCTRA website. We hope that we can be of assistance to you or that you might be of assistance to use so that we can keep our wonderful Little British Cars (LBC) on the road for many decades to come!

Every month the system will organize and keep sorted all the posts that where made. Newest at the top and oldest at the bottom.

BTW, this is also how the postings are done so don’t be confused if you click on Events under the Catergories section and the events are not in “Date Order”. They ar in posting order. However, the Calendar and the Upcoming Events lists on the right-hand side is in Date Order

Our Webmaster would be happy to post your info for you if the following sems to complicated.  Just email him the text you want and a picture if you have one.

Or…

You can follow the instructions below or Click HERE to open/download a PDF document that takes you through the process step-by-step with illustrations. 

1. Login
2. Select “Write” from the menu at the top (your account must be upgraded from the initial level when the account was created – if you do not see the “Write” option send an email to Dave to have your account upgraded)
3. Fill in the Title box. For example enter your name: John Q. Public
4. In the Post box fill in a little bit about yourself, your car and how the two of you got together.
5. DO NOT CHECK the “Notify everyone (regardless of subsription).

Now to upload your picture(s) to accompany your post.

6. Select the “Browse” button on the right hand side of the field called “File” See below for some advice on photos.
7. This opens the normal Choose File dialog box. Find the file you want to upload. Click on it and then select the “Open” button. If you want give the file a Title and a description.
8. Press the “Upload” button.
9. Leave the settings “Show Thumbnail” and “Link File” just like they are.
10. Now backup in the box where you typed your “Post” place the cursor where you want the picture to be located.
11. Press the button “Send to editor”
12. Over on the right hand side in the Categories menu place a check in the “Members Cars” box.
13. If you want people to be able to comment about your post leave the Comments and Ping boxes checked. Otherwise uncheck them.
14. Press the “Publish” button

Now you can “View site” and see your post in the “Members Cars” category!

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A Note about posting and uploading your picture in your Member Posting. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pay attention to the size of the picture you want to upload. Resize the image so that it is no more than 600 pixels wide.
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This part is real simple.

1. Click on the link in the left-hand side menu called “Register”.
2. Decide on a User name, enter your email address and the system will send you your password.

From now on when you return to the site you can click on “Login”.
The first time you login take a moment to change your password and maybe fill in the rest of your Profile information.

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The site has a couple of Security access levels (Subscriber, Contributor, Author, Editor and Administrator).Subscriber is the base level that is assigned to anyone that Registers with the site.  This level does not give you access to do anything on the site other then create an account.  When you login to the site you can only see the basic “Dashboard” and your own “Profile” settings”Contributor status allows you to additionally Write a message (like post your profile in Members Cars).  You can also View the other Messages and Comments that have been posted.  You can also view the site visitor statistics

Author status increases your access by letting you upload things like pictures to accompany your messages (this additional action is found under both Manage and when you are creating a message.

Other than that the menus are the same for Contributor and Author

Editor and Admin status allow for varying degrees of access to Edit other’s messages, configure how the site looks and add additional features.