Owner/Vehicle Profile Help Pages

• Registering for an account
• Logging in to the system
• About the AutoLogin Feature
• Adding your profile
• Modifying your profile
• Deleting your profile
• Browsing the profiles
• Searching the profiles
• Getting more help
• Submitting bug reports and suggestions

You will need to register for a username and password if you want to add your profile to Grand Prix Net. To apply for an account:

1. Click on "Login" button at the bottom of this page. You will now see the main login page with blanks for your username and password. Do not fill out these blanks yet.
2. Click on the "Register for an Account" button. You will now see the account registration page. You will need to fill out the form which includes your first and last names as well as your email address.
3. Click on the "Submit Information" button. In order to verify that your e-mail address is valid, your password will be automatically generated and sent to you at the e-mail address you enter, so make sure you enter it correctly. Please note that you will NOT be able to change your basic information, so please take care to enter everything correctly and make sure you keep your password, which cannot be changed either.

Once you have registered for an account and received your password via email, you may login to the system. Note: you do not need to log in to search the database. You will only need to log in to add, change, or delete your address.

1. Click on "Login" at the bottom of this page. You will now see the main login page with blanks for your username and password.
2. Enter your username and password in the blanks. Note that both of the entries are case sensitive!
3. If you would like to activate AutoLogin, check the box. Autologin will remember your usename and password so you do not need to enter them at login.
4. Click on the "Logon to the System" button. If successful, you will see the account management screen.

On the login screen you will see a checkbox with "Enable AutoLogin" written next to it. This is a nice feature to be able to use, because it only forces you to log in the first time. Thereafter, your username, password, and real name will be sent by your browser to Grand Prix Net (using cookies, which are harmless) and will automatically log you in without you having to remember your password.
NOTE: This does not mean you should discard the e-mail containing your password, you may need it again.
If you log in from different locations, you will need to enable AutoLogin for each location you normally use. This is because the cookies file is stored locally on each computer you use and needs to be written for each location individually. Grand Prix Net only has access to the part of the cookie file that it writes and thus no safety issues are involved. If you feel uncomfortable with using cookies, you will simply have to log in each time you want to search, browse, or modify an entry.

Only use this button the first time you add your profile. Thereafter, use the "Modify" button.

1. Login to your account. Follow the instructions above.
2. Click on the "Add" button. You will see the add form. Enter all of your information:
   • First name: Your first name
   • Last name: Your last name
   • E-mail: Your e-mail address
   • City: The city where you currently live
   • State/Province: The state or province where you currently live
   • Country: The country where you reside. If not in the list, e-mail www@grandprix.net
   • Model: The model of car you have (e.g. GTP, GT, or SE)
   • Color: The exterior color, interior color, and interior material of your car
   • Year: The model year of your vehicle
   • Body Style: The body style of your GP (e.g. coupe or sedan)
   • Current Mileage: Number of miles (or km) on your car as of now
   • Total Price Paid: How much you paid for your car (include tax, tag, title, and any other applicable fees) in dollars
   • Waiting Time: The period of time you waited from when you ordered your vehicle (or signed the deal for it) until you took delivery of the vehicle
   • Options: Factory- or dealer-installed options on your vehicle (do not include modifications you made)
   • Problems so far: Any problems you've experienced with your vehicle so far
   • What You Like About Your Car: Self-explanatory
   • Modifications You've Made: Explain any changes you made to the car and what improvements they yielded for you (e.g. power, safety, etc.)
   • Interesting Stories: Anything that others may find enjoyable to read relating to your GP
   • Miscellaneous: Anything that doesn't fit into any of the above categories goes here

   Follow standard formats for each of the fields. PLEASE DO NOT USE ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. You may also want to browse the profiles that others have entered to examine convention. The closer your entry is to the standard format, the more likely it is to be found in a search. Leave any fields which do not apply or which you do not want listed blank.

3. Click on the "Submit Addition" button. You will be returned to the Profile Management screen and see a successful completion message at the top.

After your profile is listed on Grand Prix Net, you should always use this button to modify it.

1. Login to your account. Follow the instructions above.
2. Click on the "Modify" button. You will see a search form.
3. Fill out the search form with information to search for your address. A future enhancement will automatically display your record. An explanation of the search form is provided below.
4. Click on the "Search for Item to Modify" button. Grand Prix Net will return all records that match your search criteria.
5. Click the radio box next to your profile. Grand Prix Net will only allow allow you to modify a profile that you submitted, so make sure you have selected the correct record.
6. Scroll down to the modification form, lower on the page. Fill out any items which have changed. Any boxes in the change form which you leave blank will remain unchanged.
7. Click on the "Submit modification(s)" button. Grand Prix Net will return you to the Profile Management screen and include a successful completion message if the change was made. If there was an error, Grand Prix Net will provide details.

1. Login to your account. Follow the instructions above.
2. Click on the "Delete" button. You will see a search form.
3. Fill out the search form with information to search for your address. A future enhancement will automatically display your record. An explanation of the search form is provided below.
4. Click on the "Search for Item to Delete" button. Grand Prix Net will return all records that match your search criteria.
5. Check the checkbox next to your address. Grand Prix Net will only allow you to delete a profile that you submitted, so make sure you have selected the correct record.
6. Click on the "Submit deletion(s)" button. Grand Prix Net will return you to the Profile Management screen and include a successful completion message if the record was deleted. If there was an error, Grand Prix Net will provide details.

Profiles can be browsed from beginning to end very simply by doing a search on the profiles and leaving all fields blank. By default, the profiles will be sorted by model. If you wish to sort by some other field, select the field which you would like to sort by in the selection list at the bottom of the search form.

You will need to log into Grand Prix Net in order to search the database.

1. Once logged in, click "Search the Profiles"
2. Enter the criteria you are looking for and press enter. If you wish to view all profiles, do not fill in any fields. Case does not matter unless you click the checkbox next to "Case Sensitive Match".

Grand Prix Net will return a list of all matched records. No wildcards are necessary to get partial matches.

If you want to see all of the entries, simply leave all of the fields in the search form empty and run the search. The search form is essentially a filter. The search engine assembles a list of all records, then filters out records according to what you specify in the search form, and finally sorts the remaining records according to your selection. If you leave an entry blank, the system will ignore it when filtering. If you specify part of a name, for example "Go," all names with "go" anywhere in them will be returned. If you want to see all names that start with "S," just type a capital "S" in the field and make sure to click on the "Case Sensitive?" checkbox; otherwise you will get all names that have an "s" anywhere in them.

If you have questions which are not covered in this document, please e-mail www@grandprix.net. If you have a question or a problem, it is likely that someone else has the same issue. If I feel a question is of mass appeal, I will add it to this document.

Help us make Grand Prix Net even better! This new interface was installed to reduce our own workload. The dynamic nature of the interface allows us to customize Grand Prix Net even further with a minimum of effort. Future upgrades include:

• Better search tools
• Automatic selection of your address in modify/delete screens
• Free-form comments/personal info section

Have any ideas which you would like to see? Feature not working like you think it should? Blantant bug/spelling/grammatical error? Just like what you see and want to give us some encouragement? Please let us know.

Special thanks to my friend Matt P. Goff who wrote a lot of interesting features into these scripts and to Selena Sol who wrote the scripts that Matt modified into almost what you see here.