From either My CYNF or from the top right hand menu you can invite a friend. Use My CYNF to when you want to quickly send an invite, and use the top right menu when you want to write a note along with the invite.

The invite process:

• You enter the e-mail address of the friend that you want to invite.
  [We will add this person to your direct friends as a close friend, you can change this from the friends tab]
  
  
• We send an invitation on your behalf to this friend, with a copy to you.
  [The e-mail will be date and IP address stamped for security. Please be aware that the e-mail sent will say it is from you. This is so that your invite is more personal and not be confused as SPAM]
  
  
• Your friend, if interested will click a link in the e-mail and be brought to the User Registration page, much like you did.
  
  
• Once registered, if the user has linked you as a friend their assets will appear on your network assets and likewise your assets will appear on his.

Besides your invited friends (or Direct Friends) your network will also become populated with Indirect Friends. These are friends of friends and friends of friends of friends. CYNF allows up to three levels of friends to connect to you.

These indirect friends add substantially to your network. Take the example of where you have invited 5 friends how have added 10 assets that is potentially 50 "Network Assets", but if those five friends invite five friends who invite five friends each with 10 assets then your "Network Assets" will have grown by 1,200 asssets.

Likewise the number of people who can see your "My Assets" has grown potentially 25 fold, but that is Ok, you have total control over this network and who can see what. CYNF naturally groups friends together so that while you have a large number of friends in your network it is not difficult to handle.

For more information regarding your control over how you share, see the section "Safe Sharing with CYNF"

From either My CYNF or from the top right hand menu you can add assets.

In the search box provided search the CYNF Catalog for your asset, tick the assets you want to add and then press the "Add Asset" button. They are then automatically added to "My Assets", where you add such information as the purchase details, warranty details, hyperlink and notes.

[You can add more than one item from a search, if you have 5 rolling stone albums, don't search for each one by title - rather search our catalog on artist and tick all 5 albums and press the "Add Asset" button. Its quicker.]

If you can not find an item you have in the catalog you can add it manually by clicking the link under the search box. Please take the time to enter all the information you can on this page, especially the rating as we filter network assets for children using this field.

[Make sure you are searching in the right area, you will not find a CD under the "Movies" tab.]

Once you have added an asset, go to My Assets and:

• click on the title to add purchase, warranty, serial number, web link information and notes.
• change the distance on your asset so that you can restrict who can see it
• change the status to invisible to make it not visible by your friends
• change the status to reserved to make it not borrowable by your friends

Note: If for whatever reason the asset you added is incorrect, or you made a typo just delete the asset and add it again.

My account is where you are able to change your user details, settings and extend your membership.