How to » Kapiti Genealogy

Online “How to…?”

Monthly, members only, Zoom sessions to help with some of the basics that help with genealogy.

These short sessions, 40 mins max, are aimed at gaining practical experience of the topic in the comfort of your own home

Any difficulties encountered can be sorted using the screen sharing facility Zoom offers.

Pre-registration is required, so please register your interest using the Contact Form above, entering “How to” as the subject.

The topic for each session will be announced in the comments below.

First Sat of the month, 2pm , Feb thru Nov, unless advertised otherwise.

If you haven’t used Zoom before please mention this in your registration request so we can get you connected.

From Nov 2021 on these sessions are being re-focussed to “Why do (I/we/you/…?

Posted by kgadmin at 3:47 pm 11 Responses »

Sat 5 Sep 2020: “How to” pop up session

Sep 032020

Members only “How to” online session this Saturday – Using Zoom.
2pm for 45 mins max.
Registration required.

Please use the Contact Us above to register, and advise what device you intend using.

We will try to get you started by whatever means needed!

This is the first of an intended monthly set of online members only “how to…” sessions using Zoom.

3 September 2020 Posted by kgadmin at 8:31 pm Uncategorized How to, Zoom No Responses »

Logging in

Jul 182012

All financial members of Kapiti Genealogy are registered with this site.

Logging in allows you to:

update your membership contact details (see To update your profile, below)
select whether or not you wish our newsletter to be emailed to you as an attachment, or as a link to read it on the web
change your “nickname” from the allocated username to whatever you wish to be visible against any of your comments
add comments to pages and posts where that is invited
take advantage of any members only deals or content

The Login screen accepts either a username or an email address, the latter being that recorded in our membership database.
(Those members sharing an email address need to read this post first.)

To obtain your password:

go to the Log in screen
select Lost your password
enter your email address and
click on Get new password

When the password reset email arrives, follow the link provided and enter your desired password, twice.

You should now be able to log in using your email address and this password.

To update your profile

Do visit your profile to update your contact details, find your Username, and update your “nickname” or newsletter options as described above.

If you end up in a foreign looking page showing Dashboard top left

get back to the main website by hovering your mouse over the Kapiti Genealogy home link above and select Visit Site

If you have any trouble logging in, check that you only have one screen open for the site.

Close down any others that may have opened, and refresh your browser (instructions vary by browser, but will be something like Menu: View, then reload or refresh, or F5).

Any further problems, please use the “Contact Us” page for this to be investigated further.

18 July 2012 Posted by kgadmin at 7:35 am How to Email addresses, How to, Log in, Phone, Profile, Status Comments Off

Replace file

Jun 282012

This post explains how to change the file behind an existing link, if you have edit privileges.

Go to the page concerned and select Edit in the footer

Position your cursor at the beginning of the link/file to be updated

Scroll up and select the Upload/Insert button

Find, and select, the replacement file from your computer

Click Upload

Adjust the title to what you want the link to read

Click the “Insert into Post” button at the bottom of the screen.

Highlight the old link and delete it.

When satisfied with the result, click the Publish button on the right of the screen

28 June 2012 Posted by kgadmin at 3:37 pm How to FAQ, How to, Replace file No Responses »

Change password

Jun 282012

Your initial password will be advised once your registration is complete.

It should be changed at your first site log in by visiting your profile.

At the same time you may select a nickname that will be shown with any of your edits or posts, as opposed to your formal username.
NB login names are not case sensitive, but passwords are.

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Go to the head/shoulders icon top right of the page

Select Edit My Profile

To alter the name associated with your posts, change the nickname, and if necessary, select it in the “Display name publicly” pulldown box.

Scroll down to the bottom and input, and verify, your new chosen password.

When finished editing, click on

at the bottom of the screen.

28 June 2012 Posted by kgadmin at 3:34 pm How to Change password, FAQ, How to No Responses »

How to Post

Jun 282012

Only logged in, registered, users may post or comment, but all such content is visible on the internet.

All financial members of Kapiti Genealogy are/will be registered with default information and their passwords advised individually once registration is complete. (See separate post about changing your password etc.)

Clicking on the +New above (top left of your screen) will open a list of items you are able to add.

Alternately, hover your mouse over Kapiti Genealogy to activate the menu shown above.

Both will open the new post screen.

28 June 2012 Posted by kgadmin at 10:17 am How to FAQ, How to, Post No Responses »

Add a page

Jun 282012

How to add a page

Decide where it will go in the menu structure before adding the title
Change the parent menu item in the box in rhs from none to it’s parent
If you don’t do this before naming the page the link to the page misses a level
Add a short title suitable for a menu
Add the content
If a long page, provide a table of contents at the top linking to the headers by using anchors (find a link that explains this!)
Add appropriate categories and tags in the boxes on the rhs so others can find the content.
Category, the overall description of the type of content
Tag, keywords within the content.
The latter show up in the Tag list below the rhs sidebar for quick reference

28 June 2012 Posted by kgadmin at 9:56 am How to Add page, FAQ, How to No Responses »