Manhattan Psychological Association

Database Help/FAQ

[ Register / Sign Up | Login | Add A Record | Modify a Record | Text Formatting ]

If you are working with our databases this page will help answer your questions about logging into the databases and adding and modifying your records. You will also find some formatting tips.

Register / Signup:

Registration is only necessary for our membership roster.

MPA members can choose their own User name and Password in which to access the database. Please note that it is necessary to use the "Member Password" provided by MPA to signup.

Enter the database and from the side menu choose "Signup"

You will be presented with the following form (example only):

User ID:
(one word only, using 4-10 characters, with no spaces, using only a-z; case-sensitive)
Password:
(must be one word that contains 4-8 characters)
Member Password:
(Password provided to MPA members)

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It is highly suggested that if you will be entering the usernames for others that you use the format of: First Initial Last Name (i.e. John Smith would be: JSmith - for a total of 10 characters).

Once you have registered for a username and password, you can then login.

To Login:

A login form has been provided in the side menu of the MPA Therapist Directory (membership roster) to make it easy to login at any time.

Once you are logged in to the database you will find the options to ADD and MODIFY within the menu at the bottom of the database pages.

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To Add a Record:

Adding a Record is very easy using our database.

Register as a new user by choosing "Log On" from the menu.
Choose a username (8 to 10 characters) and password (4-8 characters).
Login again using your user name and password.
Choose "Add Record" from the menu. Complete the form presented to you.
Click "Add" button.

The description field(s) provide a means of inserting a large amount of text. The amount of data allowed within each field will be specified for each database. It's very easy in most word processing programs to count the number of characters in your file.

If you are copying your text from your word processor, be sure to save the file as ASCII text prior to copying this text into the description area. Failing to do so will result in extra formatting codes and spaces being added to your record. This could cause problems for your record and the database.

For line breaks and paragraph breaks, simply leave the space within your text and the script will automatically add these breaks in the display of the textarea fields. See Text Formatting for tips on creating lists.

Please note that our databases may be using validation. If the database is using validation then your record will not appear to visitors until the record is approved by the administrator of the database. A notification is sent once your record is added and it should be available for display within 24 hours. You will receive an email to confirm your record has been validated.

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To Modify a Record:

"Login" using your username and password.
Choose "Modify" from the menu at the bottom of each page.
Search for the record by typing in your userid in the keyword field or "List All".
A form will open will all the infomation contained within your record, simply change the current information to your new information.
Click "Modify" button.

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Text Formatting:

With large text areas you can use some of the formatting methods below when working with a list of items.

An ordered list of items use:	Display
<OL> <LI> Item 1 <LI> Item 2 </OL>	Item 1 Item 2
An unordered list of items use:	Display
<UL> <LI> Item 1 <LI> Item 2 </UL>	Item 1 Item 2

You can also use Bold to highlight specific words. The bold tag required an opening and closing tag. Example: <B> text here </B>

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