- Log In: Enter your Username and Password exactly as you created these during registration. Please remember that Username and Password are case sensitive. If you have forgotten your User ID or Password, you may request a reminder via the "Reminder" link in the Login Box on the Login Page. If you still have difficulty, contact Admin at passwords@navy.togetherweserved.com
- Left Hand Home Page: The Left Hand Home Page, which is visible just as you log in, contains a wealth of information and links to special site features:
- List of Members Online
- Website Statistics
- Newsletters, present and past
- Member Listings by Country
- Address Book listing those on your Shipmates List
- Today's Members Birthdays
- List of Administrators and Advisory Group Members
- Membership Growth Graph
- Request your Military Records
- Article on NTWS published in the Stars and Stripes
- Upgrade to Full Membership Section
- Chat room with multiple chat rooms
- Marines.Togetherweserved.com Guest Access - (Full Members Only)
- NTWS Job Board - post new jobs or view complete job listings
- Remembrance Profiles - create a special profile for a fallen, deceased or MIA Sailor
- Navy Store and Book Store
- Preferred Navy Web links - browse hundreds of Navy specific websites from this page
- Member Assistance Section includes information on:
- Need help completing your Profile?
- Make a Website Suggestion/Comment
- Report a missing/inaccurate Unit or Battle
- Posting your Ribbons on your Profile
- Correct Procedure to Embed a Map in your Profile Page
- Posting your Units on your Profile
- Posting Battles/Operations on your Profile
- Posting a Photo/Weblink on the Forums
- How To Scan Your Photos
- Right Hand Home Page: The Right Hand Home Page, which is visible just as you log in, contains the following:
- Profile of the Day: The Profile of the Day is randomly selected from a pool of Members, of all ranks, male or female, who have a high profile completion score including posting of Service Photo, Current Photo, all main sections completed plus feature Photos, Shipmates and Invites. The POD serves to provide a guideline for newcomers as to how their profile could look as well as recognize those Members who have put a high degree of effort in completing their profile.
- Newest members on board
- Most recent forums posts
- Latest job board postings
- Most recent photo uploads
- Main Navigation Tabs: 8 Tabs are positioned along the top of the page:
- 'Home' - this contains all the features and links described above
- 'My Profile'- this is where you build your Personal and Service Profile
- 'My Shipmates'- this is where you create a handy list of friends you know on this website
- 'Invite' - this is where you send an invite to other Sailors you know
- 'Index'- this is a complete alphabetical listing of every Profile on the site
- 'Search'- this is where you can search for Members via dozens of different search parameters
- 'Forums'- the heartbeat of the website. Discussion boards for every subject
- 'Navy Store'- purchase apparel, medals, patches, art prints and thousands of other items
- How to Post Your Profile:(In all instances please remember to click on the 'SAVE' button)
Left Hand Page:
Please check this for accuracy. If you wish to add your maiden name or nickname in brackets or append Jr. or Sr., click on the 'Edit Name' button and amend accordingly. Personal Details: Here you can post your personal information including contact details. You have the option to "privacy protect" this section which will allow your information to be viewed only by those you select to join your "My Shipmates" list. Click on the "Edit" button of the "Personal Details" title bar. Enter your information as fully as you can on the RH Edit page and save. Click on the "Click to Upload" button to post a recent photo of yourself. Note: any information which is underlined such as 'Zip Code' or 'State' are "instant search" links. Clicking on this link presents all other Members who share the same information e.g. same Zip Code. Service Details: This is where you post your current or last service information. Click on the "Edit" button on the "Service Details" title bar. Enter your information as fully as you can on the RH Edit page and save. Click on the "Click to Upload" button to post a Service photo of yourself if you have one. If not leave it blank. The minimum required information is Name, Rank and Years of Service. Note: any information which is underlined such as 'NEC Code' or 'Rank' are "instant search" links. Clicking on this link presents all other Members who share the same information e.g. same NEC Code. Official Badges: This is where you post the badges that you would normally wear on your breast pocket. Click on the "Edit" button on the "Official Badges" title bar. Select your badges from the lists on the RH Edit page and save. Your Official Badges will now be displayed on your Profile Page. Additional Information: Here you may enter information on your post-service employment details; Navy Associations that you belong to and other information you would like to post. Click on the "Edit" button on the "Additional Information" title bar. Enter your information as fully as you can on the RH Edit page and save. Note: any information which is underlined such as 'Industry' is an "instant search" links. Clicking on this link presents all other Members who share the same information e.g. working in the same Industry. Right Hand Page:
Medals and Breast Badges: Here you can post all your medals and ribbons and have them presented in the correct order of wearing. In addition you can post your primary and secondary breast badges and any shooting medals which will be displayed in their proper location above or below the ribbon display. This section has the privacy protection option for additional information. Click on the "Add" button on the "Ribbon Bar" title bar. Select one at a time all the medals that you have been awarded and add any information you wish to share. Some medals/ribbons are located in dropdown lists categorized by Branch of Service. Please select accordingly. Once you have posted your information and returned to the Main Profile page by clicking on the "My Profile" tab, you may now go back and add as many photographs as you wish by clicking on a "Medal" to open the section for that medal and then click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH Edit page. To Add Breast Badges or Shooting Medal To add a Breast Badge or Shooting Medal, click on the Edit button in your Service Details section on the left hand page of your Profile. You can now select your Primary and Secondary badges and Shooting Medals from the lists shown on the right hand Edit page and save. To Add Stars and Other Ribbon Devices To add additional award stars, you need to "Add" your award multiple times. The stars are automatically presented on the displayed ribbons. To add authorized devices, after adding your ribbon, double click on the ribbon to open its Edit page and then on the Edit button which will open a special page where you can select the devices to go with your ribbon. Click on the "Add" button on the "Colleges" title bar. Select your College from the list provided and add any other information you wish to share. Once you have posted your information and returned to the main Profile Page by clicking on the "My Profile" tab, you may now go back and add as many photographs as you wish by clicking on the "College" entry associated with those photographs and then click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH Edit page. Military Colleges, Universities and Academies are not included in this section. They may be found in the Duty Assignments section as 'Formal Schools'. Recruit Training: This is where you post information on your Recruit Training or Officer Training School and associated memories. Click on the "Add" button on the "Recruit Training" title bar. Select your "Training School" and "Year of Graduation", click on "Next". Now enter all information you would like to share on the RH Edit page and save. Once you have posted your information and returned to the main Profile Page, you may now go back and add as many photographs as you wish by clicking on the "Training School" entry associated with those photographs and then click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH Edit page. Training School not listed If your Recruit Training Company is not shown, i.e. previously entered by another Member, you can add your Training Unit by selecting the location of your school and then entering the date of commencement of the school and then the Company. -
Click on the "Add" button on the "Assignments" title bar. Follow the directions below to choose the Unit in which you served. Remember if you served in multiple Units, after you have posted your first Unit, simply click on the "Add" button on the "Assignments" title bar each time you wish to add a new Unit. If you were a student, you need to select the Formal School you attended and not your Duty Station. If you were an instructor or support personnel at a Formal School, you need to select the Command or Duty Station of the School.
Select Your Unitfrom the Unit Library
1/ On the Unit Selection page, do a "Quicksearch" for your Unit by entering a key searchword in the window provided which will provide a shortlist of Units to choose from:
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| Ships and Submarines: |
| | • | if you served on the USS Enterprise (CV-6), enter Enterprise or CV-6 (Remember hyphen) |
| | • | if you served on the unnamed LST-371, enter LST-371 (Remember hyphen) |
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| Commands: |
| | • | if you served in Commander, Naval Surface Group Pacific (COMNAVSURFGRUPAC), enter NAVSURFGRUPAC |
| | • | if you served at NAVCOMSTA Washington DC, enter Washington. DO NOT enter "NAVCOMSTA" |
| | • | if you served in Commander Destroyer Squadron 20, enter DESRON |
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| Formal Schools: |
| | • | if you attended the Instructors Training School, enter Instructors |
| | • | if you attended the (AE) Aviation Electricians Mate A School, enter Electricians or A School or AE |
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| Shore Units: |
| | • | if you served at Naval Hospital Rota, enter location Rota. DO NOT enter "Naval Hospital". |
| | • | if you served at NSGA San Diego, enter San Diego. DO NOT enter "NSGA" |
| | • | if you served at Naval Support Force Antarctica, enter Antarctica |
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| Deployable Combatants: |
| | • | if you served in CBU-415, enter 415 or CBU for all CBU Units |
| | • | if you served in Assault Craft Unit 5, enter Assault or ACU |
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| Air Squadrons: |
| | • | if you served in VA-176, enter VA-176 (Remember hyphen) |
| | • | if you served in PATRON 6, enter VP-6 (Squadrons are in this form) |
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| Broken Service: |
| | • | if you have a period of time when you were not serving, enter "Broken Service". |
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| | • | If you served in one of the other Services during your career you can select that Service by entering Army, Air Force, Marines or Coast Guard. Note: Other Service Units are included in the Units Library only for those Sailors who served in joint billets. |
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2/ On the Unit Details Page check the dropdown box to see if your Unit is listed:
- If your Unit is listed, select it and click on "Next" to enter your Unit in your Profile.
- If your Unit is not present, follow the procedure below:
Now enter all information on your Assignment you would like to share. Once you have posted your information and returned to the main Profile Page by clicking on the "My Profile" tab, you may now go back and add as many photographs as you wish by clicking on the "Assignment" entry associated with those photographs and then click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH page. Unit Not Listed If your Unit is not listed, please send an e-mail to admin@navy.togetherweserved.com including the full name of your Unit and the command it reported to and we will add this to the Units Library within 24 hours ready for your selection. Unit without a Patch If your patch is not presented, it is because we have not yet located a high quality image to include in our Patch Library. If you happen to have an image of your unit patch, ideally in high resolution jpeg file format, please forward to Admin at admin@navy.togetherweserved.com We will add this to our Patch Library within 24 hours. Once added, your patch will automatically display on your Profile Page.
Combat Operations and Battles: This is where you post your memories and participation in specific Armed Conflicts, Operations, Engagements or Battles. This section also has the privacy protection option. Click on the "Add" button on the "Combat History" title bar. Now do a Quick search on your Battle Selection by entering the Year of your Battle. Select your Battle from the dropdown list on the Battle Details page and click on "Next". Your Battle will now be posted to your Profile page. Once you have posted your information and returned to the main Profile Page by clicking on the "My Profile" tab, you may now go back and add further information or as many photographs as you wish by clicking on your Combat History entry associated with those photographs which opens your Battle Edit page. To add information click on "Edit" on the title bar or to add photos click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH Edit page. Battle Not Listed If your Battle is not listed, please send an e-mail to admin@navy.togetherweserved.com and include your Battle's full name, location and start and finish Month-Year to Month-Year dates and we will add this to the Battles Library within 24 hours.
Family News and Other Events: This is where you post news and photos on significant Family and Other non Service events. This section also has the privacy protection option. Click on the "Add" button on the "Family News and Other Events" title bar. This will open the RH Edit page. Once you have posted your information and returned to the main Profile Page by clicking on the "My Profile" tab, you may now go back and add further information or as many photographs as you wish by clicking on your Family News entry associated with those photographs which opens your Family News Edit page. To add information to this event, click on "Edit" on the title bar or to add photos click on the "Add" photo button at the bottom of the RH Edit page.
- Additional Guidelines - Profile Related:
One quick way to find all Members who were assigned to the same Unit as you at the same time is to double click on your Unit entry in Assignments to open the detail page and you will see a box at the bottom of the detail page containing the link "Also There". Clicking on the link will then provide a list of all other Members who served in the same Unit at the same time. Alternatively you can use Advanced Search under the Search tab to search for Members who served in the same Unit during a specified timeframe. This information continuously self-updates so please check back regularly for new "Also Theres". Go to the section: "Search Members by Vessels/ Units Assigned" under the Search Tab and then "Search by Unit". You have to first click on the "Select Unit" link to pull up the Unit Manager. This then lets you locate the Unit you are interested in our database, by entering a search keyword eg '123' for 123rd Airlift Squadron, and then select it from the shortlist. Once selected the Unit populates the "Unit" window. You can then change the search time frame before clicking on the Search button.
Privacy Protection: Privacy Protection allows you to render certain sections of your Profile visible only to those whom you have added to your Shipmates List. Our Privacy Protect feature is installed in not only the Personal Details section of your Profile page but also in the Recruit Training, Colleges, Assignments, Combat History and Family News and Events sections. A click of a button renders any posted Detail page information e.g. personal memories, photographs etc invisible to the general Membership and may only be viewed by those you have selected to be on your Shipmates list under the "My Shipmates" tab. To enable Privacy Protect click on the Edit button on Personal Details or click on the Event entry in the RH page sections you wish to protect to open the Detail page. The Privacy Protect feature is located at the top of the page. Please note that Privacy Protect does not hide your Profile Page, only your Personal Details section, if selected, or the detailed information behind your Units, Combat History, Family Events and Photo Albums.
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You may receive an e-mail to say that a Member has left you a Message on your Profile. To reply: Log into NTWS and go to your Profile Page. Your messages are contained in your Message Center at the bottom of your RH Profile page. Click on the Messages Received to open your Incoming Messages. Click on each message to read and reply using the Reply button.
If you do not wish to receive Messages from a specific Member you can go to their Profile page and click on the "Block Member" link in their Message Center. You can also "Unblock" a Member.
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Log into NTWS and go to the Profile Page of the person you wish to leave a Message for. Click on the "Leave Message" link to open the Message window. If you do not wish to receive Messages from a specific Member click on the "Block Member" link in their Message Center.
Instant Messaging: A couple of options exist where Members can engage in instant messaging with each other. 1/ Click on a Member in the online Members list to open their Profile Page and leave a message in their Profile Inbox. They are immediately alerted they have a message via a text advisory at the top left hand page. They retrieve it and reply to the message alerting you in the process. You receive the message and reply also - both of you are now in the same message space and can conduct a conversation. The conversation is permanent in your message center until you wish to delete it. 2/ Go to the Chat room and set up a Room using the Roam facility with a password. Alert the person you wish to chat with the name of the room and the password to get in.
The Dispute and Verification mechanisms can be found on every Member Profile located in the Message Center box at the bottom of their right hand Profile Page. If you "Dispute" a Member's profile you are contesting the accuracy of their stated service record providing an opportunity for a Member to correct this. If you "Verify" a profile, you are providing a personal reference endorsing the accuracy of a posted profile. Please remember to Dispute in a respectful manner in the event an honest mistake has been made. Please also remember that the Dispute mechanism is not intended for personal messages and all Disputes are monitored by the Site Administrators.
Posting Photographs: Photographs you post in your individual sections will appear in your 'Photo Gallery' displayed in your LH Profile page. To add a photo, you have to have an event entered on your right hand profile page in order to post a photo that supports that event. This allows you to add Assignment photos, Combat photos or Family photos specifically for those different sections. If you have made no entries on your RH profile page, click on the Add button in Family News and Other Events and create an event called "Photo Album" or and save. Now click on the word "Photos" that you entered to open its detail page and at the bottom of the page you will see a box to "Add Photos".
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If you don't wish to receive certain e-mailed communications from NTWS you can switch these off selectively using the Edit Button in your Account Details section.
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Click on the Edit button on your Account Details Title Bar. On the RH Edit page you can view a selection of 4 color schemes. Select the one which appeals to you most and this will be the color scheme that will now be presented on all pages.
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Third Party Coding such as MySpace, Facebook and similar page customization themes may not be applied to your Profile Page. The TWS Profile Page is not designed to accomodate this and there is a high risk of corruption of your Page. Limited customization is permitted in the form of a third party song list, map, graphic or video which may be no wider than 400 pixels wide and placed in the "Additional Information" section of your Profile Page.
- Go to http://www.travelblog.org/VC/visited-countries.html
- Enter your Countries Visited and click on the "Generate Map" button
- Pick the larger map not the small map with popup
- Copy the entire Code for this map which should be in the following form :
<img src="http://maps.travelblog.net/VC/vc-asbxchidinjaksmynzsnthtwzazi.png" width=800 height=435 alt="Visited Countries">
<br><a href='http://www.travelblog.org/VC/visited-countries.html'>Visited Countries Map</a> from <a href='http://www.travelblog.org/'>TravelBlog</a>
- Click on the Edit button in the Post Service Employment Details Section. This will open the Detail Page on the RHS.
- In the Menu Bar in the Other Comments section, click on the "Source" button. This will allow you to paste the Map Code
- Paste this entire code in the Other Comments text box.
- Before you click on the Save button, for the map to neatly fit on your Profile Page change the 800 number in the code string to 400 (width=400) and 435 to 220 (height=220).
- To center the map enter the following at the beginning of the code string :
<div style='text-align:center;'><img src="http://maps.travelblog.net/VC/vc-asbxchidinjaksmynzsnthtwzazi.png" width=400 height=220 alt="Visited Countries">
<br><a href='http://www.travelblog.org/VC/visited-countries.html'>Visited Countries Map</a> from <a href='http://www.travelblog.org/'>TravelBlog</a> </div>
- Click on Save.
- If you wish to post a US State Map, go to http://www.travelblog.org/VC/visited-us-states.html. The same instructions above apply.
| Posting a Photo on the Forums |
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| 1. | Upload the photo you wish to post from your computer into your profile. If you have a particular photo for a duty assignment or school, click on that duty assignment and then "Add Photo". If not you will have to create a "topic Title" down in Family or Other Events. |
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| 2. | Once you have uploaded the photo, go to your gallery and find the correct photo. |
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| 3. | RIGHT CLICK on the photo and copy the properties. It should look like this |
| | http://navy.togetherweserved.com/usn/photos/XXXXXX.jpg |
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| | This will be the URL of the thumbnail photo you see in your gallery. |
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| 4. | Once you have the URL of your photo, go to your forum topic and in the menu bar you will see a mountain icon. Click on this icon. A popup will appear which will prompt you for the URL of your photo. You may alter the width of your photo by entering 600 as the Width for a smaller photo or 1000 as the Width of a larger photo (full screen)
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| Posting a Weblink on the Forums |
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| Example: The TWS Navy link can be inserted in a thread using the following: |
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| 1. | Identify the URL associated with that link : http://navy.togetherweserved.com |
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| 2. | Go to your forum topic and in the menu bar you will see a globe + chainlink icon. Click on this icon and a popup will prompt you for the URL of the link you wish to post. Enter your URL ( note http:// is already in place ), click on OK and your link should appear. |
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Scanning and Uploading Your Photos
Photos posted to Navy.TogetherWeServed.com must be in JPEG file format, ideally of resolution 300 dpi or more. If you have any photographs that you would like to post to the website, such as your old Boot Camp graduation photo, old combat photos or photos of your family members you will need to have these scanned and saved in JPEG file format on either a floppy disk, CD ROM or on your computer hard drive. When you click on the "Add" button in the photo sections contained within each Profile section, you will be prompted for the drive location of the photo you wish to post along with any comments you wish to make to support the photo.
If you have a photo that you wish to post and do not have a scanner, you may simply have a friend scan this for you and save it as a JPEG file on a floppy disk or CD ROM. Alternatively, stores such as Kinkos, Walmart or most photo processing shops will also be able to do this for you. You may then post your photo by selecting the file from its location on the floppy or CD ROM Drive.
We hope you will take advantage of your ability to post as many photos as you wish to your Profile as this provides a unique opportunity for every Member to contribute to a valuable and lasting resource which captures the profile of a Sailor of the US Navy in one of its most powerful forms - through the camera.
- Additional Guidelines - Membership Related:
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Log in to the website and go to the Home Page which is the first page you come to. There is an Upgrade to Full Membership link on the top left hand page. Click on the link "Click Here to Upgrade" and you will find complete information on Full Membership benefits and payment options: Credit Card; Paypal and Check or Money order Payment
Gift Membership: Give the gift of Full Membership to any other Member via the click of a button You can pay for another Member's Full Membership by visiting the other Member's profile as soon as their Full Membership reverts to Free Membership and you will see an "Upgrade to Full Membership" button appear on their Profile. You can click on that button and be taken to the Upgrade page where you are able to upgrade the other Member's account with your Credit Card or Paypal account.
- Additional Guidelines - Miscellaneous:
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Many Members have photos that they wish to add to their profile however some photo files, especially those taken directly from digital cameras may be larger than the 1 Mb maximum allowable. You can reduce the file size of a photo by reducing its size to 6" x 4" using a regular photo editor such as Microsoft Picture It or if you don't have one, an excellent photo editor called Picasa can be downloaded for free from http://picasa.google.comIn Picasa, by "Exporting" your picture file, under the "File" Menu to a new file folder which you can set up specifically for your NTWS photos, you have the option to change the picture size width to say 600 pixels (~6 inches) or reduce the resolution to minimum which is fine for web upload.
Invite Credits: You receive Full Membership Credits earned by inviting other Sailors to join NTWS The way the system works is that when you send an Invite from the Invite tab a special invitation containing a link to the registration form, which also includes your Member number for credit purposes, is sent to the Invitee. If the Invitee Member joins via the link in the invitation, you get the credit and once 5 credits are accumulated, your Full Membership is extended by 6 months. If the Invitee Member overlooks the link or encounters a problem with it, they are still able to register via the Join button on the Login page. However the link to you is then broken and that's when the "Invited By" you then doesn't appear on their profile and you do not receive the Invite Credit. You can correct this by contacting the Invited Member and ask he or she to go to your Profile and click on the "Invited By" button next to your name. This will then credit you with their Invite.
- Additional Guidelines - Troubleshooting:
Keep Getting Logged Out: If you keep getting logged out of any Page on the website please check out the following useful information Are you using Anti-virus software? If you are repeatedly sent back to the login page then your system is not receiving our session cookies. A session cookie is a temporary cookie that lives for the duration of your session only (no disk file, nothing remembered after you log out). It is the session cookie that remembers who you are once you have logged in - without that our server doesn't recognize you from page to page, which is why you are asked to login again. Norton/McAfee can block cookies and in its strongest security mode will block session cookies too (depending on the version you have). Could you try this please? - Right-click on the Norton/ McAfee icon, point to Norton/ McAfee Privacy Service, and then select Options.
- Click Accepted Cookies.
- Enter navy.togetherweserved.com in the http:// field, then click Add. The site should appear in the
Web Site list.
Clearing Your Browser Cache: If your page does not properly reflect an update an old page may be stored in your cache and needs to be deleted. The following instructions are for Internet Explorer - On the Internet Explorer Tools menu, click Internet Options. The Internet Options box should open to the General tab.
- On the General tab, in the Temporary Internet Files section, click the Delete Files button. This will delete all the files that are currently stored in your cache.
- Additional Guidelines Website Related
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