I've been asked offlist how to do this, but thought I might as well respond on the list. As I presume most of you are aware, we can now open "Family Finder" projects at FTDNA. Obviously, existing clients cannot use the usual route to "Join Projects," because FF projects are not listed among those offered via their member page. What you have to do is get the project's join link to them some other way, and I can see two ways to do this. One is to give them the link to the project's FTDNA web page and have them click the "Join Request" item from the menubar. If they are not logged in to their account, they will be faced with a login dialog. When completed, they will be offered a page with a textbox requesting information and a "Request" button. If they are already logged in to their account and they click the above mentioned "Join Request" menu item, they will be taken directly to the page with the textbox and Request button. The other is for you to login as admin to the project, then copy the link from the Profile. It's the one labeled "Returning Join Link." Then email it to them. If they are new clients, you again have two options: one is to direct them to the "Join Request" item from the menubar on the project's web page; the other is to email them the "Join Link" (as opposed to the "Returning Join Link") from the Profile page of your web site. Obviously, you then need to go to the "Join Authorization" page of your GAP to let them in. Diana

Thank you, Diana :) On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been asked offlist how to do this, but thought I might as well > respond on the list. > > As I presume most of you are aware, we can now open "Family Finder" > projects at FTDNA.  Obviously, existing clients cannot use the usual > route to "Join Projects," because FF projects are not listed among > those offered via their member page.  What you have to do is get the > project's join link to them some other way, and I can see two ways to > do this. > > One is to give them the link to the project's FTDNA web page and have > them click the "Join Request" item from the menubar.  If they are not > logged in to their account, they will be faced with a login dialog. > When completed, they will be offered a page with a textbox requesting > information and a "Request" button.  If they are already logged in to > their account and they click the above mentioned "Join Request" menu > item, they will be taken directly to the page with the textbox and > Request button. > > The other is for you to login as admin to the project, then copy the > link from the Profile.  It's the one labeled "Returning Join Link." > Then email it to them. > > If they are new clients, you again have two options:  one is to direct > them to the "Join Request" item from the menubar on the project's web > page; the other is to email them the "Join Link" (as opposed to the > "Returning Join Link") from the Profile page of your web site. > > Obviously, you then need to go to the "Join Authorization" page of > your GAP to let them in. > > Diana

Hi Diana, I am new to the group and I did not know FF projects could be opened at FTDNA. How do we find out what projects are available? How and why would we start one? I administer a surname project (McElrea) and I've been wondering how to organize the FF tests along with the y- and mt-DNA. Is it better to have a separate project, or perhaps I'm just missing something? Ours is a small project and I admit I am still finding my way around the admin job! Thanks, Kathleen On 6/16/2012 1:38 PM, Diana Gale Matthiesen wrote: > I've been asked offlist how to do this, but thought I might as well > respond on the list. > > As I presume most of you are aware, we can now open "Family Finder" > projects at FTDNA. Obviously, existing clients cannot use the usual > route to "Join Projects," because FF projects are not listed among > those offered via their member page. What you have to do is get the > project's join link to them some other way, and I can see two ways to > do this. > > One is to give them the link to the project's FTDNA web page and have > them click the "Join Request" item from the menubar. If they are not > logged in to their account, they will be faced with a login dialog. > When completed, they will be offered a page with a textbox requesting > information and a "Request" button. If they are already logged in to > their account and they click the above mentioned "Join Request" menu > item, they will be taken directly to the page with the textbox and > Request button. > > The other is for you to login as admin to the project, then copy the > link from the Profile. It's the one labeled "Returning Join Link." > Then email it to them. > > If they are new clients, you again have two options: one is to direct > them to the "Join Request" item from the menubar on the project's web > page; the other is to email them the "Join Link" (as opposed to the > "Returning Join Link") from the Profile page of your web site. > > Obviously, you then need to go to the "Join Authorization" page of > your GAP to let them in. > > Diana > > > > ______________________________ > For answers to Frequently Asked Questions about mailing lists, please see: > http://dgmweb.net/MailingListFAQs.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message