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Getting a new Maiana account is straight forward. Naturally, you can use Maiana without any account. In this case you can explore all public maps and parts of the users profiles.

Why do I need a Maiana account?

Whit an account Maiana becomes much more powerful. First of all you can upload new maps.The most important feature is privacy: each new map you create in Maiana is private and only you can explore this map. You as owner can invite other users to this map, or you can set it public. Following users, watching maps or commenting pages – all these and much more features require a Maiana account. With an account Maiana changes from a simple topic maps explorer to a powerful tool for collaborative sharing, exploration and usage of maps.

Getting the Maiana account

If you are not logged the link “Sign up” is always provided to you in the header. Following this link you enter the registration page of Maiana.

• In the first step you have to decide about your username (login). This username will become part of the URLs of all maps you manage in Maiana. In example the map http://maiana.topicmapslab.de/u/marie/tm/memap is from the user marie.
• In the second field you have to enter a valid email address. Generally, please use a valid address because Maiana will send an activation link to this account. (See below the benefits of an address which is registered at Gravatar.)
• In the last two fields you have to enter and confirm your password.
• To avoid spam registrations Maiana ask the users to pass a captcha.

When you press “register” the information you provided are validated. In the case you chose a already existing account name, a already used email address or your password was not confirmed correctly you will get a request to fix it.

Immediately after your data has passed the validation you will receive an email with an activation link. Please click on this link to complete the registration. Welcome in Maiana!

You profile image from Gravatar

In Maiana each user profile have a small image from the users (a so called avatar). Maiana do not handle these images themselves but uses gravatar as provider. Gravatar is a free service which helps you to publish one unique avatar at any place in the web. You simply have to upload your image and register it with the email you already use for your Maiana account.