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All you need to register for DostPost is a valid email address (having a few dreams doesn't hurt either).

Please tell us that you'd like DostPost to be available at your university here.

We sent the email containing the confirmation link but it probably got snagged in your spam filter or was added to your junk folder. If you are still having trouble, try to login here. You will receive an error message but this will trigger the sending of another confirmation link to your email inbox. Use the most recent confirmation email from DostPost and follow the link inside. If you are still having trouble, then don't hesitate to contact us.

Use our Forgotten Password form.

While logged in, click on “Account Settings” in the navigation area the Password tab will be open. Enter your current password and then set your new desired password. If you tried to change your password and it did not work, please contact us from the email address in which your account is registered.

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The only day your university email address needs to be valid is the day you register (to retrieve your confirmation link). After that, your email address is simply your login name and its functionality becomes irrelevant. However, if you still want to get DostPost email updates and notifications, you need to declare a secondary contact email by going to the "Account Settings" in the Navigation area, selecting the "Contact E-mail" tab, then enter your password and provide a valid "Contact E-mail."

Doing this will also enable you to use your contact e-mail as your login email.

Yes and No. You must login with the email address you successfully registered with or with the contact email address you have provided as your secondary email. However, if you do not provide a secondary contact email, then you must login with the email address you registered with. It does not matter if the email account is functional or expired.

Sorry, you can't. There is not one "owner" of a dream, rather it's shared by everyone so it would be chaos if everyone could edit the title. If there are other people n the dream, then you are stuck with it (or you can quit). But there is some hidden magic we'd like you to know about. If you are the only person in your dream and you quit that dream, it will disappear from the dream database entirely. Then you can go back and declare the dream again with proper wording and spelling.

That's great. We love big dreamers, but declare one dream at a time. If you dream to graduate from university, go to graduate school, marry the love of your life, have a great family, become rich, and then travel the world-- break that sequence up into individual dreams rather than trying to string related things together into one dream.

Go to the "Dreams" link at the top of the page. Enter your dream into the search box. You'll get a list of related dreams and possibly an exact match. If none of those look good to you, you can create the dream with the hope to attract others to join you in the dream at the bottom of the search results list.

We believe that by sharing dreams we all become more committed to making them happen. Also, you are likely to meet people who share an interest on your dream and they may be able to help you out.

Dream updates let you share your dream experiences with the rest of the world. First, you may want to write an update telling everyone why your dream is important to you. After that, keep everyone updated on your progress. You'll never know when someone reading about your experiences will be able to give you some timely advice.

Click on the "Invite" link in the upper-right hand corner of every page on DostPost. You can invite your Dosts by manually entering their email address separated by commas or you can import your address books from your orkut, yahoo, gmail or hotmail accounts using our contact importer.

Anytime you see "Add to Dosts" next to a member's name you can send them a request to be Dosts. Once they confirm your invitation you'll be Dosts. To find your Dosts you can search for them or browse a list of all members at your university (a link for this is provided on the search page). If you don't see your Dosts, invite them to join DostPost.

If you don't understand what "Search" and "Browse" are then you will find the "Search and Browse" section helpful. If you have other problems keep reading for your solution.

You'll see this link in several places on the site which will allow you to send requests to become Dosts. You'll see this link next to member names on search results, when someone Scribbles on a profile, when someone posts a comment on a discussion board, when someone posts a comment on a project abstract, as well as on profile pages below the member photo. If you don't see this option next to a member's name it means that you are already Dosts with that person and you probably don't need to be reading this section.

If you tried a Search and a Browse and are still having trouble when looking for the "Add to Dosts" link on the site, you have a few options:

1. Send an invitation to some of your Dosts to join the site. If they accept by using the link enclosed in your invitation email you will automatically become Dosts when they register. Or, if they register by going directly to the site, they will likely do a search for you and send you an invitation to be Dosts.
2. Try surfing DostPost. Do a Search or a Browse and try going to a random profile of one of your batch mates and seeing who they are Dosts with -- maybe you will know someone.

No. If you reject someone's Dost invite they will not get a notification informing them that their invitation has been rejected.

No. Just look for their name to be added to your Dosts List (the link is in the navigation area). If their name is not appearing on your Dosts List it means they have not yet gotten around to confirming your request or else they have rejected your invitation. If you'd like to remind them, you can still send them a message by doing a Search for their name and clicking on the "Send Message" link on the right hand side of the Search Results page.

They won't receive a notification, but being Dosts with someone is mutual. So if you remove them from you Dost List you'll also be removed from the Dost List of your ex-Dost.

When you login, look for new "Notifications" in the right hand column of the home page under your profile photo. If you see "Dost Invites" in that area then click on the link. The number of new pending Dost Invites is in parenthesis after the words "Dost Invites." If you do not see any "Dost Invites" it means you don't have any new pending invites. If you don't see the "Notification" area at all it means you don't have new notifications of any type. You can also see if you have pending invitations by looking next to "Dost List" in the navigation area.

Scribbles is a public messaging system for your Dosts to post comments (Scribble) to you or about you that are visible to everyone.

If your Privacy Settings allow a member to see your profile, then they will be able to see your Scribbles.

If your Privacy Settings allow a member to see your profile, then they will be post a Scribble on your Scribbles. You can delete any scribbles you want.

Yes. When viewing your Scribbles, click the "Delete" link next to the posted Scribble.

You can post a Scribble on any of your Dosts Scribble areas.

If you are viewing one of your Dosts Scribbles you will see a link that says "Post Scribble." Follow the link to Scribble. If you are viewing a profile page and you don't see a "Post Scribble" link then you are not Dosts with that person and therefore cannot post a Scribble.

Yes. We believe in second chances. To remove a Scribble you posted go to your Dosts Scribbles section and click the "Delete" link under the misguided Scribble post.

Search for a specific person at a specific university by clicking on the "Search" link located in the upper right hand corner of every page. Or, if you'd prefer to search for a characteristic of members at your university then select the "Advanced Search" tab on the "Search" page.

Search is used to find someone at any university by searching for their name. Advanced search is used to find through their profile information but will only locate members at your university.

Just type something in the text box and hit 'enter.' This will perform a quick search of all names at your university.

Browse through lists of existing members at a specific university by going to the search page, selecting a university and leaving the name field blank. You can also click on the link at the bottom of the search page to browse all members at your university.

Anytime you see a member, a "Message" link won't be far away. This link is found next to a members names on Search Results, Browsing Results, Scribbles Posts, Project Abstract View Pages, and Profile Pages. Once you follow the link, fill in the subject, put your message in the body, "click" send and the recipient will be notified when they next login.

Yes. Enter your messages center by clicking on the "Messages" link in the navigation area. Look for the "Message all your Dosts!" button above your in-box. When you click button you'll be taken to a new send message template that will automatically have the "To" field filled in as "All Dosts."

Go to the Navigation area and click on "Account Settings," selecting the "Name" tab, then enter your password and provide a new value for your member name.

The project vault is an interactive repository of Indian academic work.

A project is any academic work. It can be anything from class notes to a published research.

1. Go to a members profile page and click on the "Project Vault" tab in their profile.
2. You can go to the Project Vault main page (click the link in the Navigation area or the icon on the Home page) and perform a search for projects. Click the title of a displayed in the search results and you can view that project.

On the project vault main page, click one of the popular tags. The larger the font size, the more popular the tag.

Alternatively, you can click on one of the project titles on the right-hand column which list the Most Recent and the Most Popular projects

Tags are keywords that are assigned to projects by authors and readers that help to make searches more specific.

On a project view page, you can find the list of tags associated with the project you are viewing on the right hand column of the page. Go to "Add a Tag," enter your tag, and press "submit."

Yes. Tags can be deleted by the author who posted the project. When viewing one of your own projects you will see a "(delete)" option after each tag. Press the delete link to delete your tag.

While on the project view page, below the project abstract body you'll see a few icons with corresponding text. Click on "post message," fill out your comments, and press "post."

While on the project view page, use the stars on the righ-hand sidebar to give the project a rating. Your vote is anonymous and you can only vote once on each project.

While on the project view page, below the project abstract body you'll see a few icons with corresponding text. Click on the "Send to Dost" next to the yellow mail envelope, type your Dost's name and select the match using the auto-fill feature, enter a personal message (optional) and press "send." Your Dost will receive your message in their DostPost message box.

You will only be able to e-mail projects to non-DostPost users if the project's author sets their privacy settings to allow outside users to view their project. Outside users will only be able to see the abstract. Ratings, project comments, and links are not visible to non-DostPost users.

To email an abstract, while on the project view page, below the project abstract body you'll see a few icons with corresponding text. Click on the "E-mail project" next to the green mail envelope, type in your email address (separating multiple addresses with commas), enter a personal message (optional) and press "send."

Through the navigation area, select the "Project Vault" link. On the Project Vault main page look for the "Post My Project" link. This will take you to a form where you can post a project. You can also select the "edit" link next to the "Profile" link in the navigation area and select the "Upload Projects" tab so reach the same form. Or, you can go to your profile page, click the "Project Vault" tab and click "Post Project" link.

We require a title, a minimum of 3 tags, academic field, and an abstract to keep the Project Vault organized and searchable.

The Project Vault tab on your profile is your personal intersection with the entire Project Vault. Through this tab you can view a list and details associated with the projects you have posted, can view your Like Minds, keep track of the list of your Favorite Authors, and keep track of the list of your Favorite Projects. If you do not know what Like Minds, Favourite Authors, or Favourite projects are please read the sections below.

The Projects tab is a list of every project abstract you have posted to the Project Vault.

Depending on your privacy settings, anyone who is able to view your profile will be able to view your Project list. We do this so that your Dosts can discover your projects.

Like Minds are a population of ever-changing people that the DostPost Super Brain thinks you will have common interests with. To get a new sampling of Like Minds, just refresh the page.

Depending on your privacy settings, anyone who is able to view your profile will be able to view your Like Minds. We do this to help your Dosts discover people who may be interested in similar things to you, and in return, you will be able to discover people who may be interested in similar things to them.

Favourite Authors are DostPost members who have written project abstracts that you really like. It's also an easy way to keep track of your professors or colleagues.

Depending on your privacy settings, anyone who is able to view your profile will be able to view your Favourite Authors. We do this to help your Dosts discover the things that you like, and in return, you will be able to discover what they like.

Favourite Projects are a list of your favourite DostPost projects. When you are reading a project that you really like, and want to save it in your Favourite Projects folder simply click the "Add to Favourites" link below the Project Abstract.

Depending on your privacy settings, anyone who is able to view your profile will be able to view your Favourite Projects. We do this to help your Dosts discover the things that you like, and in return, you will be able to discover what they like.

If you are a student, ask your professor to post their lecture notes so you can read through them and message them with doubts and questions. On the page listing the lecture notes, you can also have a discussion with all of your classmates based on the lecture.

Web Noyz is an aggregate of the most interesting content on the Internet as submitted and voted on by DostPost members. Click on the "Web Noyz" link in the Navigation area to find out what on the internet is making Noyz as decided by DostPost members. We all want to be up to date on all of the most important content on the web, but it takes a lot of time to surf. We thought it would be nice to be able to find all of the best content in one place. And who better to decide what's best than the DostPost members?

The recently popular tab displays the items that have been voted on recently and have the most votes.

The top today tab displays the items with the most votes that have been submitted today.

The recently submitted tab displays items that have been recently submitted. If you like them and want to built their momentum towards making the main pages make sure you vote for them.

To view an item, click on the title and it will open up in a new window.

Use the drop down box near the top of the page to limit by category.

Click on the "Post an item" near the upper right hand corner of the Web Noyz page. In the "Submit a URL" box, enter the URL (web address), a title for your item, your own short description, and select an appropriate category. If you want the item that you are submitting to be saved in your "Favorite Items" list then check the corresponding box. Click "Post" and your item will be posted on Web Noyz. Follow it's progress starting in the "New Noyz" filter to see if it makes it to the Popular Noyz Page. Alternatively, you can get our browser button.

The browser button is a link on your browser's bookmarks or favourites tab and can be found on our browser button page. To use it after you save it, just browse the internet like you normally would. When you want to submit content, click on the WebNoyz bookmark and it will automatically fill out the submit form on DostPost.com.

If you want, you can also highlight some text on the page you are viewing, and the highlighted text will be used to fill in the description!

Once you see the "Add to Favourites" text disappear, the story will be added to the "My Favourite Noyz" tab. If you are tired of an item just click "Delete."