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Instructions for Signing In to the Butte-Silver Bow Website If you have any questions or problems, contact Online Admin Justin Ringsak at [EMAIL REDACTED] or 406-497- 6452, MIS Room 206, Courthouse. Published 3/11/2014 Introduction: This document is for reference use for any Butte-Silver Bow staff working with the website. This document covers the basics of signing in to the site with your user account, changing your password, and signing out. Other instruction documents provide reference for specific tasks, such as adding agendas or events or editing pages. Contact the Online Admin (Justin Ringsak, [EMAIL REDACTED]) for a digital or hard copy of other instruction documents. For more information and additional support, refer to the Civic Plus University website at web address: You can sign-in to the Civic Plus University using the same username and password you would use to sign-in to the Butte-Silver Bow website (described below). After signing in, navigate to the ‘Training’ tab. Table of Contents Section 1: Signing-In to the Website – page 2 Section 2: Signing Out – page 7 Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 1 ---PAGE BREAK--- Section 1: Signing-In to the Website Step 1 – Go to the Butte-Silver Bow Website: Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc) and navigate to the Butte-Silver Bow official website. You can do this by directly entering the web address in the very top bar of the browser: co.silverbow.mt.us, bsb-mt.us, or bsb.mt.gov are all valid web addresses for the BSB site. Note: It is recommended that you use a recent version of Chrome or Firefox when editing or uploading files to the website. The site has displayed some problems with Internet Explorer – you likely can edit with Internet Explorer, but may experience significant slowdowns, load times, or other issues. If you do not currently have Chrome or Firefox, the latest versions can be downloaded at the links below: • http://www.google.com/chrome • http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/ If installing Chrome or Firefox on your computer, make sure that you DO NOT set Chrome or Firefox as your default browser. Some Butte-Silver Bow employees use applications that only run through Internet Explorer, and setting Chrome or Firefox as your default browser may create problems with other applications. If you experience any such issues, or for assistance installing Chrome or Firefox on your computer, please contact the MIS Department. Step 2 – Sign-in: To add content or files or modify or edit parts of the website, we first need to sign-in to the site. To do this, click the ‘Sign-in’ button at the top right of the screen, as shown below. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 2 ---PAGE BREAK--- You will be prompted for a username and password. The login info you should use is: Username: first initial + last name (example: jringsak) Password: password (unless you previously changed your password!) For future reference, the email address associated with your user account is your BSB email address (example: [EMAIL REDACTED]). If you are having problems in later steps, it may also help to check the ‘Keep me signed in’ box beneath the username and password fields, as shown below. Step 3 – Accept Privacy Policy/Terms and Conditions: If this is your first time signing on to the website, and on some other occasions when the site structure has been updated, you will be prompted to accept the site’s Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions immediately after signing in. The prompt displays automatically in the sign-in pop-up window, as shown on the next page. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- To proceed, simply scroll to the bottom of the pop-up window and click the ‘I agree’ button, as shown below. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 4 ---PAGE BREAK--- The pop-up window will automatically close, and the website will reload. To confirm that you are signed in, after the site reloads, look at the top blue bar, and you will see some new menu options, and your username and a ‘Help’ menu at the far right, as shown on the next page. Step 4 – Change Your Password: If your password is still set to the default ‘password’, you should change it after signing in to ensure site security. To change your password, begin by clicking on your username at the top right. This will open a short dropdown menu. Click ‘Settings’ in this menu, as shown below. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 5 ---PAGE BREAK--- You should now see the Profile Settings page, as shown below. To change your password, type a new password in both the ‘Password’ and ‘Confirm Password’ fields, then scroll down and click on the ‘Save’ button, as shown below. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 6 ---PAGE BREAK--- Section 2: Signing Out When finished, you should always sign out of the website to maintain security best practices. You can sign out from any screen – simply click on your name in the top right corner to open a short dropdown menu, then select ‘Sign Out’, as shown below. Instructions for Signing In to the BSB Website 7