1. How does GOstudentGO.com site work? www.GostudentGo.com provide you with an online method of communication with like minded people of your choice. Through searches, focused on institutions, subject search or just general characteristics you can network with a focused approach. A suite of other networking tool allow you to promote yourself, communicate and build new contacts through the site.
2. Membership Issues
2.1 What is the difference between an Active Member and a Networking Member? Everyone who sets up a profile is an Active Member. Our services are mostly accessible for Networking Members. This allows us to attract members who are focused users of our networking tools. Active Members - Members who have completed the registration stage only or; Networking Members - Members who have signed up for unlimited access to our services.
2.2 What are the Membership Costs and Procedure? Networking Membership costs through PayPal £10 (equivalent to €15/$20).
This gives six months membership from the point of payment for all our running services. Not even the price of most new DVD these days! Your profile will remain on the site after your subscription ends, ready for you to renew your subscription. If you wish to delete your entire profile please contact us via email. Your account will be registered as making a payment from GOstudentGO.
At no time should you ever enter your credit card details on www.GOstudentGO.com. All payments are through PayPal. PayPal’s industry-leading fraud prevention measures and their one-of-a-kind method of keeping your financial information private from sellers make them a safer way to pay online. (PayPal website: www.paypal.com). No financial details are passed, stored or distributed by our site. We just take the payment through Paypal – clear and simple. Please read Scam section to be aware of suspicious behaviour.
3. Logging onto www.GOstudentGO.com
3.1 Your Username – what is in a name? A Username is the name you create for yourself, that other members will identify you by on www.GOstudentGO.com. Choose a name that represents a characteristic of your personality, that is unique to you, or that is simply easy to remember, such as your name!
When creating your Username, it is very important that you adhere to the following guidelines.
1. No vulgarity, profanity or otherwise offensive words
2. No more then 7 characters long (you can be a number or word)
3. No Contact information (i.e. email address- you only have 7 characters anyway)
4. No Advertisements for other websites or businesses
3.2 Password Requirements / Forgotten / Changing – How do I change it? A password is required so that no one other than yourself can access your account. Your password should be no more than 8 characters long. Make it something unique to you, but easy to remember.
To receive a reminder of your password click on the Forgot? Icon next to the Login Box on the Homepage, complete the simple form and we'll mail them to you. If you still have a problem, please contact us by email. To change the password go to the Update Profile page of your profile and follow the edit instructions.
3.3 Do I need a Private Email? You need to have a valid email address to confirm your registration.
If you use an invalid or fake email address, we will be unable to answer any concerns you may have in the future with respect to your account functions, and status such as if you forget your Username and password, we can confirm your details to that email address. You must also register your date of birth for security confirmation checks when in contact with us. Your email address and date of birth will not be accessible through your profile to other members.
NOTE: If you do not emails sent from this site to your regular email account we suggest you set up a free Web-based mail account with a service such as Hotmail and use this email address in your profile. Note that there is a potential down side to using free email services. Some of them disable your account if you do not check it regularly. In that case the email other members send to you will be lost and, if we receive several consecutive bounces from your address, we may hide or remove your profile.
4. Changing my Profile Contents
4.1 Why must I set up a profile to use the site? You can search the site without setting up a profile (some minimal required information!). To gain the benefits of networking through this site, you have to be able not just to find others, but for others to find you too….the more information you input the more hits you will receive widening your potential networking pool. There is no charge to set up a profile. You will automatically become an Active Member free. You need to become a (paying) Networking Member when you want to access the facilities and exploit the potential possibilities.
4.2 How do I set up my Profile? If you are not yet a member, start by joining www.GOstudentGO.com for free. If you're already a member, just click on Update Profile.
4.3 How do I Change my Profile? Go to the Update Profile page of your profile and follow the edit instructions.
4.3 Can I hide my profile from public view? Go to the Update Profile page of your profile and change 'Active' to 'Suspend'. Note that you can switch this back to 'Active' at any time if you so wish.
5. Privacy
5.1 Is my privacy respected? Yes! We will never give your details to other members. For full details please review our privacy policy.
5.2 Is the content censored?
As a rule no. We're not here to police our members. However, we reserve the right to hide, delete or modify unacceptable profiles. Amongst other reasons we reserve the right to delete or modify profiles that:
• Contain contact information such as email addresses, ICQ numbers, Telephone numbers, addresses, etc.
• Are illegal, e.g. under 18 years of age or solicit contact from people under 18 years.
• Are racist, or attack other groups or religions
Please make use of the Gallery, and exploit the private photo area. Please refer to our terms of use for full details.
5.3 Will any of my details be exposed? The message sent to the other member will only contain your username, your message and brief instructions telling them how to reply. See our privacy policy for further details. But please remember, once it is on the world wide web it is always open for others to exploit.
6. Photos
6.1 How do I add a photo to my profile? Uploading pictures has become a popular aspect of the site. We all want to see who we talk to and the odd holiday snap these days. This feature has been added to ease the uploading of pictures quickly and simply. Please read Rules of Conduct. Photographs appear in two places on the site under your username: Your Profile & The Gallery.
Your Profile photos can be uploaded by clicking on the Member Panel’s Upload Photos. Simply follow the instructions to upload the photo.
Your photos can be uploaded by clicking on the Member Panel’s My Gallery. The Gallery has the function to allow you to upload 100s of photos, put them in categories…its all up to you. My Gallery has 20 Category headings, each with 20 Album heading, each allowed 20 Objects, photos, that can be uploaded.
6.2 How do I restrict access to just my photos: Photos? Photos on Profile have viewing access with two settings:
Access Public Access: This setting will allow all to see the photo
Private Access: This setting will block all from seeing your photo. Members will be prompted to put in a password to gain access to see the photo. Only you can grant them access by granting them access from a pre-designed email they will send you requesting the password. You choose, accept or decline. Your password is created under your Update Profile page….it should NOT be the same as your log in account password for obvious reasons.
Photos on The Gallery - Viewing access has three settings:
Access Public Access: This setting will allow all to see the photo
Private Access: This setting will block all from seeing your photo. Members will be prompted to put in a password to gain access to see the photo. Only you can grant them access by granting them access from a pre-designed email they will send you requesting the password. You choose, accept or decline. Your password is created under your Update Profile page….it should NOT be the same as your log in account password for obvious reasons.
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Friends Access: This setting will allow only members you have selected as Friends to see your photos
6.3 Additional Photo Information . Photo approval required - All newly uploaded photos must be checked and approved by our support staff before they become publicly visible. The same is true of existing photos if you change your primary picture. Photos are usually checked within 24 hours of upload, but this may be longer at times of high demand, and on weekends when we have fewer staff on duty. Removed photos from Profile - Your photo may be deleted if it does not comply with our technical requirements, or breaches any of our terms and conditions or rules of conduct
7. Videos and Sounds
7.1 How do I Upload Videos? Your Video files can be uploaded by clicking on the Member Panel’s Upload Video. Simply follow the instructions to upload the Video.
7.2 How do I upload Sound? Your Sound files can be uploaded by clicking on the Member Panel’s Upload Sound. Simply follow the instructions to upload the Sound.
8. Search Features
8.1 How to Search? Click on the “Search” function and choose the parameters you want to search via: Institution, location, subject are just a few headings. There are many characteristics to exploit.
8.2 How do I search for a specific member name? Enter the name of the User’s name in the search section’s “Find By Name” option. Click “Go”.
8.3 Why do I not get any results when I search? You are most probably making your search criteria too narrow. Try relaxing your requirements a bit, e.g. a wider age range, etc. If you are looking for a law student, focusing on European Conflict Law, blonde, blue eyed 27 year old, non-smoking female living in Outer Mongolia who wants children, chances are you will not get many results!
8.4 Who do I Travel Search? There are four easy steps for the Travel Search. Listed at the top of the Travel Search pages lists the steps and ways to narrow or widen your search.
9. Networking
9.1 What are Networking Matches? Matches are other members whose profiles meet the criteria you specified in your Networking Preference section on your Profile / Update Profile section when you set up your profile. Our matching engine performs two-way matches, so members will only appear in your match list if your profile also meets the criteria they specified for their matches.
9.2 How do I refine my matches? Make sure your profile is as complete as possible and that your Networking Preferences details. The trick is to find the right balance between too open a match and too narrow a match.
9.3 How can I contact Networking Members? There are two main ways to communicate directly to Members: Internal Email or Chat. You can email members by click email on the right admin panel on their profile. Chat can be started through the Chat Icon on the right or top of the page. There are many ways to communicated indirectly with members. Through the Forums, Searches leading to direct communication, Travel Searches etc. Replying to an email is a simple process. Follow the link provided in the email you received. That will take you to their profile, where you can use the 'Contact Him (or Her)' link to send a reply message. Sending emails without going to profile first can be done once the user is marked as a Friend on your Networking Budz Centre. Once they are friends just go directly to the Communication Budz Centre and click under My Friends and click the 'Contact Him (or Her)' link next to their username. Once you delete an email we cannot retrieve the content. The same for messages sent, once it has gone it is gone.
9.4 What are Forums? Post a question, open a topic of debate, get opinions on an problem within a structure layout of subject areas to get connected with like minded people of the course of time. The reason for a structured layout is so people can move around the Forum posting easier – not everyone thinks to file their issues the same way and can cause confusion – if you want to add new areas just drop and email to the GOstudentGO admin team (see Contact Us page).
10. Miscellaneous Issues
10.1 What is the Control Panel? This Page holds the members details and comments made when signing up. It is your starting page once you have logged in. The information is set out in a user friendly fashion so as to allow the user to see all the information on one page. Email, Networking Nudges, Articles and News will all be there.
10.2 What is the Networking Budz Centre? Create a list of networking friends who you wish to keep in touch with, know when they are online, block access from others etc. The Networking Budz Centre is subject to both parties agreement and the recipient to the request must agree before a Networking Budz can be created. Passwords for Private Photos are written in your Update Profile page, but within the Networking Budz Centre you can choose members the password will apply to.
10.3 What is My Blog? Members can create a mini-website with contents of their choosing available within the GOstudentGO site. The mini-website can be public viewable, for networking friends only, or private, each dependant on the members’ choice. Your mini-website is whatever you want it to be. There are thousands in existence on the net, in all shapes and sizes. A blog is a: personal diary (private or public); daily pulpit; soapbox; breaking-news etc and so on. Two specific features of the ‘My Blog’ are the Reflective Practices Log Book and Resume structure. A template has been structured within the GOstudentGO site to allow you to create two very popular study and Self-Publicity Tool.
10.4 What are the Terms of Use? This page holds information regarding rules of conduct and also the terms of use expected of all members, fee paying, corporate or otherwise.