Club Sign-Up Info

It's easy & it's FREE! Sign up your club in the directory today!

The club directory shares space in the business directory with some of the same options available:

* If you haven't already, register as a user by clicking on the "Register" button in the top right corner. Once your registration has been completed you will receive a confirmation email. Got a question? There is a help guide that will appear on the right side of your User Control Panel screen. And you can send me an email using the "Contact Us" link appearing in the top & left menus.  *The site sub-menu will not appear while viewing your User Control Panel page.  You can always return to the full-functioning site by clicking on the "Home" link or any of the other links in the top and navigation menu.

Why do you have to register?? This process helps me keep the website clean of spammers and inappropriate adult content.

* To add your club to the directory, click on the "User Login" button in the top right corner.  A graphical menu will appear with the different services available to you.  Select "Business Directory" to start adding your club listing. If you have registered any other businesses with your user name, a list will appear here for editing purposes.  To add your listing, click on one of the "Add a New Business" buttons. A list of package options will appear.  Scroll down to the "Non profit/school/government pricing" option and select it and press the "Continue" button. The next screen you will see is the business details.  Fill out the appropriate fields, replacing the business fields with your club details, selecting categories, photos and additional options. Don't have a club website?  Contact me about advice on setting up a web page.
When you have finished your details, select in the payment option "Free service only" and click on the "Submit Business" button.  You submission will be sent to me, the site administer for final approval before appearing in the directory.
     - Categories: Your club is allowed to post in up to 3 categories.  The most common community service clubs have been listed in capital letters. However, if you can't find a category to match, drop me an email (using the Contact Us link in the top & side menus) after you submit your listing and I will create the category to match.
     - Photos: You are also allowed up to 5 photos/logos for introducing your club.
     - Additional options: these items are available to enhance your listing.  The price list/menu options are selectable, but the menu is not an available club service.  The price list can be used to display membership dues.

* To add your club events/meetings to the calendar, click on the "Events Calendar" link in the top menu or in the site menu under the Events Planner heading. The current calendar will appear.  Use the left/right arrows in the month heading to scroll forward a month. To add an event, select the appropriate date. A form will appear asking for your event information.
     - Repeat options: If your event runs several consecutive days, select "On a daily basis". The how often option lets you select every day (1) or every other day (2), or every third day (3), etc. Select "On a weekly basis" for meetings/events that happen once a week (or every 2 or 3 weeks) on a specific day. Select "On a monthly basis" for meetings that occur once a month on a specific day. And for events that happen once a year, select "On a yearly basis".  When you are done your listing, press the submit button.  The next screen to appear is the option to add a graphic to your event listing.  When you are done with this screen, press the submit button again and your listing will be sent to me for approval.  I will send you an email when your listing has been approved.

* Banner ads are available for advertising you club listing and/or events. With your listing you are allowed 12 banner credits to be used in a year, quarter or month.  To set up your banner, click on "User Login" if you haven't already done so. In the User Control Panel there appears a "Banners" button. Selecting this will bring up an edit screen displaying all banners previously built on your account as well as the number of times a banner has displayed (impressions) or been clicked on (clicks). 
To start a new banner, scroll down to the bottom where there is two options: Top Banners and Bottom Banners. The number of banners available to use will be displayed here.  Follow the "click here" link in the appropriate section to build a new banner.
You may upload a banner graphic that has already been created, or use the banner creator button near the top of the page to create one from a template, or contact me about creating a banner.  The display dimensions of the banner are 468x60 so if you upload an image bigger than this, the site will automatically reduce it. 
The banners are designed to point to a website, so if you do not have one, you can chose to point it to your business listing (http://www.northcoastbconline.com/pages/Businesses/view/fill in your business id here) or your event (http://www.northcoastbconline.com/pages/EventsCalendar/...) on the event calendar.  Contact me if you require help on this. When your are done creating your banner, press the submit button.  Your submission will be sent to me for approval.  I will send you an email when everything has been approved.
     - Banner Creator: from this screen you may choose one of several background templates to create a simple banner.  Once your are done creating your graphic the software will prompt you to download/save your graphic to your home computer.  You will then have to return to the banner setup to upload this graphic to your account.