ABOUT COOKEN KEEPandSHARE
COOKEN is experimenting with a versatile and powerful middleware service to facilitate an online database share for sharing of photos, calendars, as well as a threaded discussion thread. It is a KeepandShare account called COOKEN. Read access is linked to the main site.
All "public" information is available without log in via the links on home page navigation frame.
In order to post items, you must be logged in with a user ID and Password that has share rights granted by the group share administrator. We have found that things work smoother if you log in before you click on a link from home page.
Although, the share itself is called Cooken. A group login to that share is available. It is called "cookenmember" and it's password has been shared with all COOKEN members. New members should contact the President for the general member access PW. This is the simplest way to be able to post pictures and calendar items since share rights have been granted to that user name provided they enter the correct password.
One confusing thing about the KeepandShare when using a group user name and password is that the sign-in ID also allows private items to be posted into that account. So remember.....Cooken is the Share and cookenmember is the User ID you use items shared by the administrator of Cooken.
Another method is to sign up for your own free keepandshare account. We can then share items on the COOKEN share with that user name. Once you have a user ID, contact the webmaster and you will be added for appropriate access level with that private name.
If you intend to post anything , you need to sign into some account that been granted share rights from COOKEN webmaster before you try to post.
As of now.....private accounts have been granted only to board members. Others are encouraged to apply for their user unique IDs as well. As said before, that is free but you have to carefully opt out of all the advertised offers as you navigate through the sign up process. There are also some private share items we do not wish to have on the www but available to officers of COOKEN. It is important for COOKEN cabinet members to get their own account names so appropriate access can be granted for your position.
One common mistake is posting items on your own share instead of cooken ( including the group cookenmember ) account and thinking that others looking at the cooken share will see it. The share rights are not bi-directional so just because cooken gives cookenmembers ( and other individuals ) access to it's share items......cooken does not see any shares on the cookenmember account unless a bi-lateral share agreement is in place.
Don't be afraid to ask questions regarding this new feature or any other comments on the website.
The blog is currently un-moderated and open to public. If this proves to be spam prone, we can always lock it down and make it available only to those signed in as cookenmembers. Notify webmaster immediately if you notice any inappropriate content on the blog.