Beaddictive

Welcome to the site, Here's a few tips on how to get started.  Updating your profile: Hover over 'Profile' at the top of the page and select the 'Update Profile' section. This will allow you to update all your interest profiles by selecting and clicking on the tabs you wish to update. Once you are happy with the profile you have created then click the 'Update Profile' button and your interest profiles will be saved. To access any of your profile content simply navigate back to 'Profile' and then 'View Content'.  Earn loyalty points: Earn loyalty points for everything that you do! From sending messages, logging in, inviting friends, adding status updates, photos, videos, reviews, polls and chatter topics. You also earn extra points for publishing your interaction and content to your Facebook and Twitter pages. You can then spend your points on some fantastic loyalty products. Take a look at some of the great offers currently available. Paradise Wildlife Park Ticket worth £17.00 500 available 5,000 points  Connect to your Facebook and Twitter profiles: Hover over 'Profile' at the top of the page then the 'Connect With' section and select the site you wish to connect with. This will then allow you to publish your photos, videos, or status updates directly to Facebook or Twitter without a login to them being required.  Invite friends from Facebook, Hotmail etc: Hover over 'Profile' at the top of the page and then the 'Find and Invite' section and select the source you wish to invite your friends from. This will then prompt you to provide your log in details for the source you selected and all your friends will be invited automatically from your email accounts. Facebook restrictions will limit your friend invites per day, so prioritize your friends wisely. It will firstly identify any of your current Facebook friends that are already members on BeAddictive on the 'Already Registered' section and give you the option of adding them from there. You will then need to click the 'Invite Friends' tab next to the 'Already Registered' tab to invite additional friends from Facebook.  Add friends to your friends list and respond to friend requests: Once you have successfully invited friends using the above section, you will then need to request them to be your friend. You can do this from their profile by clicking 'Add to Friends' from their profile sidebar, easily situated below their profile picture. If your friends have already requested you to be their friend then you will need to respond to their request. Your friend requests can be found on your homepage by clicking the BeAddictive Logo in the top left hand corner of the page. This will redirect you back to your homepage where your friend requests will be displayed under 'Requests' on the right hand side of the page under the 'Profile Interaction' section. The number of pending requests will be displayed in brackets.  How to upload the following content: Photos - To make the community as fun as possible it is important that our members upload photos of themselves that they wish to share. To do this Hover over 'Add' at the top right hand side of the page and select 'Photo(s)'. This will redirect you to the 'Upload Photo' section allowing you to upload a maximum of 50 photos at once. From here you can create your albums and also publish your photos to Facebook. Videos - Once again hover over 'Add' at the top right hand side of the page and select 'Video'. This will redirect you to the 'Upload Video' section allowing you to upload videos directly from your PC or alternatively from YouTube.  How to change your interest channel: Finding people and content by certain interests is now easy. Simply select the 'All Channels' button underneath the BeAddictive logo to open up your channels selection box. You will now have the freedom to switch into 18 different social networks. Switching channels allows you to see people and content from many different interests from Friends to Fashion, Fitness, Music, Movies, Gaming, Styling and more. Once you have selected the channel of choice the site background will change colours in sync to your selection. You will then need to save your request by clicking the 'Save' button located in the top right of your channel request box.  How to update your status: Keep your friends up-to-date with what you are up to. Updating your status is easy and can be found at the top of your profile feed. Simply click on your name at the top left of the screen to go to your profile feed where your current status will be situated at the top of the page. Click on the "Edit" button and input your thoughts in the box provided and then click the "Update" button to save your changes. Why not update Facebook and Twitter at the same time by selecting the Facebook and Twitter icons located next to the update button. This will conveniently and automatically update both and save you changing your status on each site separately.  How to add polls, chatter and reviews: By hovering over 'Add content' on the top right of any page you are given a drop down for all content types including: - Poll - Review - Chatter - Holiday - Classified Ad If you have an iPhone you NEED to get our BeAddictive App DOWNLOAD HERE For more information on how to use the site, please check the Help section.

Frequently Asked Questions

We've listed a few of the most commonly asked questions below. However, if you have a question that is not answered here please email support@addictiveinteractive.com and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

• When I try to log in it keeps saying "Login Failed"
• I've forgotten my password?
• How do I change my password?
  
• What is a "Naughty Photo"?
• How do I upload photos?
• My photo failed to upload - file is too large?
• I keep being told to "Log in" even though I have already done so
• Will my profile and content be indexed by search engines?

When I try to log in it keeps saying "Login Failed"

If you are an existing community member and it is not the first time you have logged in, make sure that you are typing your email and password correctly.

Also make sure that you enter your password ensuring that the 'caps lock' is off.


I've forgotten my password

If you forget your password click on the "Forgot Password" link at the bottom of the login box. You will then be asked to enter the email address you registered with and your password will then be sent to that address.


How do I change my password?

Once you are logged in, click on "Account" then "Settings" and click on "Change My Password".


What is a "Naughty Photo"?

Before photos can be viewed on the community a member of the Addictive Interactive team must first approve them. A "Naughty Photo" is a photo of an adult or suggestive nature, possibly depicting scenes of nudity that may offend some of our community members.


How do I upload photos?

To make the community as fun as possible it is important that our members upload photos of themselves that they wish to share. To do this simply log in, click on the "my profile" -> "add content" -> "photo"

Clicking 'browse' will then allow you to browse the files on your computer and select the files that you wish to upload. Once you have selected a photo you can then select an album to place it in if you wish or simply click "Upload" to add it to your photo album. Prior to being approved an icon will be displayed in your photo album indicating that the photo is "Awaiting Approval".


My photo failed to upload - file is too large?

If this message is displayed you need to reduce the size of your photo. The maximum file size you can upload is 10mb, which is ample for most pictures. To view the file size before you upload your photo, right click on it with the mouse and select "Properties" from the menu. If the file size does exceed this limit you can reduce it as follows:

1. Open your photo in a photo-editing application and re-size the image using the options available (for example, reduce it to 50% of its original size).
2. Save you photo as a "JPEG" file. To do this go to "Save As" and select the JPEG file type in the file type menu.

I keep being told to "Log in" even though I have already done so

Firstly, this may be because you have not used the community for a while despite leaving your browser window open. If your account is inactive for an hour the system will require you to log back in. However, if you are repeatedly told to login despite having done so already during the session, the problem may be because you have cookies disabled on your system. To adjust Internet Explorer's privacy settings, click on the "Tools" menu at the top of the screen and select "Internet Options". Next, click on the "Privacy" tab and adjust your privacy settings accordingly to enable cookies.

For further advice please email support@addictiveinteractive.com

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Will my profile and content be indexed by search engines?

When uploading content you will be given the option to make the content available to Everyone (Public) or Friends Only (Private). Public content will be viewable by all visitors to the site and is also indexable via search engines.

You are able to apply specific privacy settings to all of the different types of content, for example blogs may be set as public, whereas photos set to private.

Opting for private settings mean that your content will not be indexed by search engines however any community content that was public previously and already indexed by Google may take a little time to disappear completely from search. Changing your settings on this content to private will ensure that it cannot be viewed by anyone other than your community friends.

Posting comments can also be set to either public or private within all areas of the community.

As with all other social websites of this type, public content will appear via search engines (unless you specifically set the content to private) however people cannot interact or comment without registering as a community member first. Any content deemed inappropriate will be moderated and these members will be removed at our discretion.

Newly registering members automatically have their profile and photos set to private and will need to alter these settings to public if they want to be visible to all.

You also have the option of completely removing your profile from the Friends & Members section of the site.

All of these privacy controls can be found on the Settings page.