User Help Document for
use with the Lifetouch Free Online Directory
(Click on the appropriate hyperlink below to go to
that section of the document)
I. Login Help: (Return to Top)
Every Church family unit will be issued
a Login account with a unique User Name and Password.
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If
you have never logged into the Online directory before and do not know what
your user name and password are there are 2 ways to get this
information: 1.) If you provided the church with a home
email address, then click on the link labeled “Forgot your username or
password? Click here”.
You will be redirected to the” Recover Member Login” page which
will prompt you for your email address.
If you want to receive both user name and password, enter your email
address in the field “Forgot Your Password?” Press the “Send New Password”
button. The system will verify your
email address in the online directory and will send an email to you with your
user name and a new password (for security purposes a new password will be
created by the system every time you request a password to be sent to
you. You may change the password in
the Edit Profile screen. 2.) If you have not provided the church with a
home email address, or the email address that you provided in the “Request
Password” screen was unable to be verified, you’ll need to contact your church
office. Once they have confirmed your
identity, they’ll be able to assist you in gaining access to the Online Member
directory If
you have accessed the online directory before and just forgot your user name
and/or password the same two ways exist to get this information: 1.) If you have a home email address in your
member profile, then click the link labeled “Forgot your username or
password? Click here”. If you just need your user name, enter your
email address in the field “Forgot your username?” and press
the “Send Username” button.
Your username will be sent to you in an email and your password will
remain unchanged. To receive both
username and password, enter your email address in the field “Forgot
your password?” Press the “Send
New Password” button. The
system will verify your email address in the online directory and will send
an email to you with your user name and a new password (for security purposes
a new password will be created by the system every time you request a
password to be sent to you. You may
change the password in the “Edit Profile” screen. 2.) If you do not have your home email address
in your member profile, or the email address that you provided in the “Request
Information” screen was unable to be verified, you’ll need to contact
your church office. Once they have confirmed your identity, they’ll assist
you in gaining access to the Online Member directory. Other
Function(s) on this page: A Return
to your church web site. If you church has established a link to its
own website, you will see your church’s name here. Click on this link to exit the directory
and return to your church website. |
II. Member Directory
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The
Member Directory is the Pictorial Listing of all members who have requested
to be displayed in the Online Directory.
The listing is sorted alphabetically by last name. There are 8 family unit profiles displayed
per page. Each family unit has the
ability to control what will be displayed or visible to other families
accessing the Online directory.
Personalizing your individual family profile allows you to choose
whether or not you wish the following to be displayed: Your Family Portrait Your Children’s Name(s) Your Address Your Phone Number Your Email Address Your Entire Profile NOTE: You will only be able to view information
families have chosen to show in the directory. Your family can edit the information they
wish to show in the directory by going to “Edit Profile”. Other
Functions on this page: A Return to your church web site. If you
church has established a link to its own website, you will see your church’s
name here. Click on this link to exit
the Online directory and return to your church website. B Go to the Member Pictorial Directory. This link
takes you to the beginning of the Online Member Pictorial Directory. C Go to the Member
Roster. This link takes you to the beginning of the
Member Roster (an alphabetized listing of member address, phone and email
information). D Go to the Staff Directory. This link
takes you to the beginning of the Staff Directory. If your church administration has elected
to display staff portraits in the directory you will be able to view them
through this link. E Edit your directory profile. This link
takes you to the Edit profile page where you can update family information;
change your login password; or choose which information to display in the
directory. F Logout of the Online Directory. This link
logs you out of the online directory and returns you to the Login page for
the Online directory. G Go to specific pages in the directory. Click on a
letter from this indexed link and bring up the families with last names starting
with that letter only. Or click on a
page number below the Alphabetical index to
go directly to that page of the directory. H View larger portrait. Click on any
family name in the directory to view the family image and profile information
in full page mode. I Request a new family portrait for the directory. Whether you
are new to the church or just want to update your family portrait, just press
this button. Lifetouch will work with
your church to schedule a new professional photography session for your
directory at no charge to you or your church.
When you have requested a new portrait session this button will be
replaced with a message reading “Requested a new portrait session”. You will only see this message for your own
profile. You will not see it for other
members who have requested a new portrait session. However, your church administrators will be
able to see every member who has requested a new portrait session. |
III.
Edit Profile
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This
screen can only be accessed by your family login or the church site
administrator. This is your family
profile for the Online Directory ONLY.
Changes
here will not automatically update any other church records regarding your
family. Your church may have separate databases for member
information which will not be automatically updated with information entered
on this screen. Therefore, you should
always make sure to contact your church office with any changes to your
family information. Other
Functions on this page: A Go to
other pages in the online directory. These are
standard links on every page. These
links take you to the Member Pictorial Directory, the Member Roster or the
Staff Pictorial Directory. See “II.
Member Directory Help:” for details regarding each specific link. B Spouse
Name. If the husband and wife share the same last
name you most likely will see both first names in the “First Name” field,
separated by “&” (i.e. Tom & Jamie).
However, should one spouse use a different last name, you may remove
that spouse’s first name from the “First Name” field and enter the complete
first and last name here for that spouse (i.e. Jamie Smith-Olson). C Change
Login Password. For security purposes the login passwords
are fully encrypted. Therefore, they
cannot be displayed once they are set so the password field will appear to be
blank on this screen. You should only
enter information in this field if you would like to change your current
password. The “Password Again” field
is to verify that you have entered the password correctly the first
time. NOTE: Should you contact the church for help with
your password, the church administrator will come to this screen and enter a
new password for you. D Show or
Hide directory information. The default for the directory will be to
display the photo and family first and last name. If you check the box next to “Hide
entire profile from view in this directory” your complete profile
will be hidden from view in the pictorial directory, as well as, the Member
Roster. E Edit
Profile or Logout. The Edit Profile link is this current
screen. See “II. Member Directory
Help:” for details regarding each specific link. F* Submit
Changes. This button MUST
be pressed before you exit the Edit profile screen if you want
the Online directory to accept and keep your changes. Note:
This button appears at the top and bottom of the Submit Changes
screen. Clicking either button will
direct the system to save your changes. G Interested
in updating my portrait. A check in the box indicates that you
requested a new portrait session. If
you wish to change this request just clear the check from the box. |
IV. Roster Help:
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The
Member Roster is sorted alphabetically by last name. NOTE:
you will only be able to view information that a particular family has
chosen to show in the directory. Other
Functions on this page: A Go to other pages in the online directory. These are standard links on every
page. These links take you to the
Member Pictorial Directory, the Member Roster or the Staff Pictorial
Directory. See “II. Member
Directory Help:” for details regarding each specific link. B Edit Profile or Logout. The Edit
Profile link is this current screen.
See “II. Member Directory Help:” for details regarding each
specific link. C Go to specific pages in the directory. Click on a
letter from this indexed link and bring up the families with last names
starting with that letter only. Or
click on a page number below the Alphabetical index to go directly to that
page of the directory. D View only the information that members want to
display in the directory. This is the same data that is displayed in
the pictorial directory. |