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Here is the how to steps for getting set up in the ranking and ratings. Please post any comments or questions below, so this document can be tweaked properly. In the case you came from the page where you synch your partner site account(s) with your IAGO account (to read these directions), PLEASE hit the back arrow on the browser to return.
When things are done, the proper synching of user IDs on partner sites and the IAGO site, should look something like this profile (your data per field will be different):
http://iagoweb.com/records/users/6
Example of user IDs for various partner sites:
Note: On your user page, you can click on the ID to the right of the name of the site, to bring up the profile associated with this user ID, to be able to confirm if you entered in the right user ID for the site. If you did, your profile page for the partner site should be displayed. You are also NOT required to sign up and synch all these partner websites, just the ones you want to play at and wish to generate your own stats and be rated.
The process for getting game results tracked by IAGO involves two different parts. The first is signing up for an IAGO account. After you have a IAGO account, then you do the second part. To do this second part, you go to your profile page and then tell IAGO who you are on the various game sites.
Once all this is done, when the rating module runs, the system will associate the reports with the IAGO user profile, and generate the appropriate ratings and statistics.
Here are the steps used for signing up for the IAGO website and getting user IDs from partner website(s) and synching them with the IAGO website:
1. Sign up on IAGO's website here:
http://iagoweb.com/auth
Use either your open ID or an id and password pair. This is done by either clicking on “Register with a username/password pair”, enter a username and password, and click the submit button, or by using OpenID (Do this if OpenID ID is known, otherwise use the user ID and password pair).
2. Then sign up for an account at one or more of the following sites (and write down your site specific IDs):
A. SuperDuperGames.org (http://www.superdupergames.org)
Signing up:
Click the Register New Account button on the top left part of the screen. A registration form should pop up. Fill it out and respond to the registration email that is sent out (if needed).
Finding your user ID for Site:
Your user ID is the ID you use to sign in with. If, for example, you sign in with the site ID: johnsmith, then johnsmith would be your user ID you associate with the IAGOWeb records system for SuperDuperGames.
B. IGGameCenter (http://www.iggamecenter.com):
Signing up:
To sign up, click on “Manual” on the top of the page, and follow directions for signing up. You can also click on the “Login/Register” button on the page above the list of games being played or recently finished towards the left hand part of the screen. Once you sign up, then click on the “My Profile” button on the top left part of the screen, above the list of games in play or have finished. Also note, you with need to be certified on the IGGameCenter site for your play there to be tracked by IAGO.
Finding your user ID for site (on your My Profile page):
To get your user ID for IGGameCenter, check the Affiliation URL, which should be the last field. The URL will read something like:
www.iggamecenter.com/?aid=XXXXX
XXXXX is your user ID. in this case. XXXXX should be a number, which should be a 5 digit number at this point in time.
You may find a similar URL with your profile that looks like:
www.iggamecenter.com/profile.php?uid=XXXXX?=en
The XXXXX is the number where your User ID is. Also, in order to get your game results on IG Game Center recorded by IAGO, you need to be a certified member on there.
C. games.wtanaka.com
Signing up:
To sign up, click on the login link on the top right hand side, and follow directions. If you have an OpenID, it is fairly simple. The URL is: http://games.wtanaka.com/login
Finding your user ID for site:
Once you are signed up, then click on your displayed user nickname in the top right hand side of the screen.
On top of the page, will then have something like this in the web browser on top:
games.wtanaka.com/user/QTysidsa9iuUSAHUs989SAYHsa980y98AS098
The user ID for the site, if that was it, would be: QTysidsa9iuUSAHUs989SAYHsa980y98AS098
D. Arimaa.com (http://www.arimaa.com):
Signing up:
Go to this web page: http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/
And then fill in your email address to have your password emailed to you. Then return, and log in to set up your profile. Then you will be able to find your user ID on Arimaa.com
Finding your user ID for site:
Log onto arimaa.com site, and then scroll through the list of users on the right hand side of the screen on this page:
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/
Then click on your username (this is different from user ID) on the site. This will then bring up your profile page, which will have a URL like this on top:
http://arimaa.com/arimaa/gameroom/playerpage.cgi?id=XXXXX
XXXXX is your user ID. in this case. XXXXX should be a number, which should be a 5 digit number at this point in time.
3. Go into IAGO Web site and map the site IDs to the IAGO profile. Go to this page and find your user ID:
http://iagoweb.com/records/users
Click on your user ID to bring up your profile page.
On top of page, pick the Site you want to create association for, and put in the user ID for site you copied down before (You could also do this page simultaneously as you get the ID off the other page, switching between the IAGO site, and the partner site). After you create association, it will appear at the top of the page. Be careful with this. You may end up with more than entry for a site, with different usernames. If you attempt to do change your username for a site (that is associated), you will end up with more than one entry. Delete the old entry, or the wrong duplicate entry, and you should be set to go.
You may also go to this URL again and end up clicking view/edit profile to bring your profile page up.