How to Register an Account

This is a guide on how to create a user acount on our website.

Having a user account gives you access to exclusive information and content such as our weekly specials.

First of all, user accounts are NOT associated with our mailing list. Therefore, if you receive our mailing list and haven't gone through these steps, you do not have a user account.

Registration only takes a couple minutes to do, and you only have to do it once. It creates a user name and password that you can use on our website. After you register once, you can log in immediately using your user name and password.

Step 1:

Go to our website. In the lower left hand corner, there is a login box that looks like this:

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Click "Create an Account"

Step 2:

This will bring up the registration form.

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Enter your name, a user name, and a password. Your information will be entered into our secure database, and will not be given out to anyone. Click the "Register" button to send your information to our database.

Step 3:

After you click Register, you will return to the main page. Before you can log in, you have to activate your account. Shortly after registering an account (a couple minutes or so) you will receive an email at the email address you provided that looks like the following:

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This email will contain your username and password information, so don't delete it! In order to activate your account, you must click on the link provided in the email. If clicking on the link doesn't work, copy and paste the url into your browser.

After clicking the link, you will be directed back to our website in a new window. You will see an activation success message. This means your account has been successfully registered and you can log on to our website. The message will look like this:

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Step 4:

Return to the log in box in the bottom left hand corner to log into your account. Enter your account information and click "login"

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After your registration is complete, you can login immediately using your username and password. If you ever forget either your username or password, you can click on "Forgot your password?" or "Forgot your username?" and our system will automatically email your information to the email address associated with the account.

Step 5:

After sucessfully logging in, you will see that the left hand menu has changed slightly. You can tell you are logged into our website when it says "Hi, (your name)" under "Login Form."

You will also be able to see a new "User Menu" that can only be accessed when logged in. This menu includes special items like our weekly specials that require a registered account in order to view.

After you are finished If you would like to log out, click the "log out" button.

This is an example of how the left hand menu might look:

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Enjoy all the advantages of having a user account!