What's Your Story?

WELCOME...

...to the “What’s Your Story?” Help page, where you’ll find the answers to basic questions about how to use and enjoy the features found on this site. Additional questions? Tips? Suggestions? Contact Us.

HOW DO I (Click on the feature you need help with):

Forgotten Username?
Forgotten Password

Create My Profile?
Edit My Profile?
Change My Password?
Delete My Profile?
Upload My Videos?

Play my Videos?
Edit My Videos?
Delete My Videos?
View another Member's Videos?

Upload My Profile Photo?
Upload My Images?

Edit My Images?
Delete My Images?

Blog My Story?

Edit My Blog Entries?
Delete My Blog Entries?
Read another Member's Blog?

Write a Story?

Edit a Story?
Delete a Story?
Read another Member's Story?

Invite other ODs or Students and Join?

Search for other Member Profiles?

Make another Members a Friend?
Approve or Remove a Friend?

Contact “What's Your Story?”

SIGN UP: To sign up as a member of “What’s Your Story?” find either of the Sign Up buttons at the bottom of the home page and click on one. You’ll be taken to a page where you’ll verify your status as either a:

California-licensed Optometric Doctor (OD): Enter your last name and your California State Board of Optometry license number (including the two-character prefix, if you have one); or
California Optometry Student: Enter your last name and your California Optometric Association Student (COA) Member number, issued to you by COA when you joined. (Be certain to include the two-character prefix – SM or PG – and the number, with no spaces. If you’re not yet a COA Student Member, note that there’s a link to COA’s Student Membership page where you can apply and join; it’s free and there’s no obligation.)

If you experience any problems with this process, please Contact Us immediately. Enter “SIGN-UP PROBLEM” in the “Subject” line and please include your First Name, Middle Name/Initial, and Last Name in the body of the text message.

You’ll be taken to a page where you must complete four required fields:

Create a Username for yourself, which you’ll need to log in each time. Any combination of alphabetic/numeric characters may be used; it’s a good idea to record it and keep it in a safe place.
Create and verify a Password, which you’ll also need to log in each time. It’s a good idea to mix alphabetic and numeric characters and cases for extra security. Use at least eight characters and numbers and avoid using obvious character-number sequences or familiar and easily discovered numbers, such as birthdays or street or phone numbers. Record and store your Password in a safe place.
Enter a valid e-mail address – the one that you’ll want us to use to communicate with you when necessary.
Read carefully the “Terms & Conditions of Use/Privacy Policy” which specify your rights and responsibilities and ours. If you agree with them – and you must to become a member – click on the box next to the sentence below the scroll box.

When you’ve completed these steps, click on the “Submit” button at the bottom of the page and you’ll be taken to your Profile Page.

CREATE YOUR PROFILE: On the Profile Page, you’ll create your Member Profile (which can be edited by you at any time later, using the same process) by clicking on the “Edit Profile” command in the Profile Center in the upper left corner of your Profile Page. You’re asked to fill in the following profile fields:

First Name: Please use the same First Name that appears on your California license or that you used to sign up as a COA Student Member.
MI (Middle Initial): Please use the same Middle Initial that appears on your California license or that you used to sign up as a COA Student Member. (You may leave it blank if you didn’t use one; it won’t appear in your viewable Profile.)
Last Name: Please use the same Last Name that appears on your California license or that you used to sign up as a COA Student Member.
You are a: Select either “California-licensed OD” or “Student.”
School of Optometry: Please enter the name of the school of optometry from which you graduated or at which you’re currently studying. (“SCCO” and “UCBSO” are familiar to in-staters, you may want to provide more than an acronym; use your own, best judgment.)
Year of Graduation: Please enter the year you graduated or, if a Student, the year you expect to graduate.
Degrees/Designations Awarded: Using the “Please Select” checkbox menu, select as many degrees or professional designations you’ve been awarded – note that you can add to the list by selecting and completing the “Other (Please specify)” line at the bottom.
Years in Practice: Please enter the number of years you’ve been practicing optometry since graduation.
City of Practice/Study: Please enter the name of the city in which your principal practice is located or in which your school of optometry is located.
ZIP Code “+4” of City of Practice/Study: Please enter the ZIP Code (plus the four-digit extension, if you know it) for the address of your principal place of practice or your address at your school of optometry.
City of Residence: Please enter the name of the city where you live; if you’re a Student, please use the city you gave as your permanent residence address.
ZIP Code “+4” of City of Residence: Please enter the ZIP Code (plus the four-digit extension, if you know it) for the address of your principal place of practice or your address at your school of optometry. (We’re asking you for this in case you’re interested in learning who your California and federal elected representatives are and how to communicate with them.)
Personal Image: If you desire you can upload an image here when you first create your profile that will serve as your viewable Profile Photo for other Members and Friends. Just click on the “Browse” button and find and open the image on your computer you’d like to use; once the path to that image appears in the window, click on “Upload.” The progress bar will appear and tell you when the image is uploaded.

NOTE:

You can edit or delete your Profile Photo at any time later by using the “Edit Profile” command on your home Profile Page.

An image will display in its entirety on the My Images page. What appears on your home Profile Page or viewable Profile Page is a “thumbnail” and how it loads and looks there depends on the original image’s aspect ratio. The upload program will display the thumbnail from the original image’s center axis outward. If you want the entire image to display as a thumbnail the recommended aspect ratio is 3:2, width to height. In other words, at a resolution of 72 pixels per inch, an image that’s 3 inches wide by 2 inches high in printable format (216 pixels wide by 144 pixels high) will display in its entirety as a thumbnail. NOTE: click on “Edit Image” and you’ll be able to resize the image after you upload it using a cropping tool that’s set to that ratio.)

Change Password: This is the utility that allows you to change either the Password you created when you signed up or to replace the Temporary Password you received from us via e-mail to allow you to log in and replace it with a permanent Password of your choice. (You can do it anytime and you don’t need to do anything here to successfully create a Profile page. To read how to do this, go to Change Password under EDIT YOUR PROFILE.

When you’ve completed these steps, click on the “Submit” button. Once your data has been loaded, you’ll be taken automatically to your Profile Page, which will be your home page while you’re logged on; clicking on “Home” in the top or footer menu bars at any time will return you to your Profile Page until you Sign Out.

LOG IN: Go to the Log in window at the bottom of the site’s home page, enter the Username and Password you created at sign-up, and click on the Submit button. You’ll be taken to your Profile page.

If you forget your Username, click on “Forgot Username?” in the login window on the site home page and your Username will be mailed to the e-mail address you give us at sign-up.
If you forget your Password, click on “Forgot Password?” in the login window on the site’s home page and a temporary Password will be mailed to the e-mail address you give us at sign-up. Use that temporary Password at log-in and create a new one from your Profile page by clicking on “Edit Profile”.)

Once you’re logged in, you’ll be taken automatically to your Profile Page, which will be your “home page” while you’re logged on; clicking on “Home” in the top or footer menu bars at any time will return you to your Profile Page until you Sign Out.

EDIT YOUR PROFILE: Your Profile Page, where you’re taken when you log in after creating your profile the first time, is your personal home page and “command central” – you can perform almost every site function from here, except retrieve a forgotten Username or replace a forgotten Password. You can use the top or footer menu bars to upload or manage your videos; blog entries; stories; and images. You’ll probably like using the Profile Center, which is in the upper left tab on your Profile Page; it contains all your key management commands:

Upload Video takes you to your video upload and management page.
Blog Your Story takes you to your blog creation, editing, and updating page.
Write Your Story takes you to your story creation; description; editing; and updating page.
Upload a Image takes you to the page where you can upload and manage all images other than your Profile Photo.
Edit Profile allows you to change any of the data that appears in your viewable Profile, including your Profile Photo.
View Profile allows you to see what other Members will see: your Profile Photo, your Profile Summary, and “My Profile.” (If you invite any of them to become and approve them as your Friends, they’ll be able to see your Profile Page, minus your page commands and controls.)
Invites takes you to a page that allows you to send e-mails to other friends in optometry who qualify, inviting them to join “What’s Your Story?” and to join your circle of Friends. You can view or remove Friends by clicking on and find new ones by clicking on ”Find New Friends.”
Find New Friends will take you to the “Search” function on the Invites Page. (NOTE: You’ll find the same command under the My Friends tab, which is down the page from the Profile Center.)
Sign Out takes you from your “home” Profile Page to the site’s main home page, from which you can either leave or log in again.
NOTE:

• The Profile Center also appears in the upper left corner of each of the individual video, blog. story, and image management pages for your navigating convenience.

CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD: Should you wish to change the Password you created when you signed up – or to replace the Temporary Password you received via e-mail after you clicked on “Forgot Password?” on the site’s main page – select Edit Profile and go to the Change Password utility at the bottom of the page and follow these steps:

Enter the permanent Password you’re currently using or the Temporary Password you received to replace a forgotten one in the blank under “Current Password:”. (Remember: Any Password you create and the Temporary Password you receive are case-sensitive, so enter them exactly as they are written.)
Make up a new, permanent Password and enter it in the blank below “New Password:”.
Confirm your new, permanent Password by entering it in the blank under “Confirm Password:” exactly as you entered it under “New Password:”

Remember: It’s a good idea to mix alphabetic and numeric characters and cases for extra security. Use at least eight characters and numbers and avoid using obvious character-number sequences or familiar and easily discovered numbers, such as birthdays or street or phone numbers. Record your new, permanent Password in a safe place.

DELETE YOUR PROFILE: You can “save your place” by logging in, opening your Profile Page, and using the Profile Center and other management commands on that page to delete your data and uploads. Your Username, Password, and E-mail Address will remain in our database, should you want to return and become an active Member again. If you want to be removed entirely as a Member, Contact Us and we’ll accommodate you.

UPLOAD YOUR VIDEOS: Here are some fundamental points to keep in mind before uploading a video:

You must have signed up and be logged in before you can upload a video.
You must have a video recording device (video camera or other device able to record video) and video capture hardware (1394, Firewire, USB, etc.) and software (such as Windows Movie Maker, bundled with Windows XP and Vista PCs, and iMovie with Mac OSX) installed on your computer to capture the raw video footage from the recorder and convert it to a standard, compatible video file format.
If you wish to edit your video, you must do so before you upload it; your video will be viewable exactly as it is uploaded.
You may upload video formatted in one of the seven common video file formats below. Please make certain you save your captured and edited video file in one of these formats:
- .3gp (3GPP Multimedia File)
- .asf (Advanced Systems Format File)
- .avi (Audio Video Interleave File)
- .mov (Apple QuickTime Movie)
- .mpeg (MPEG Video File)
- .mpg (MPEG Video File)
- .wmv (Windows Media Video File)
The video file to be uploaded cannot be larger than 200 Megabytes (MB). (Depending on how much the file is compressed, on average that’s 3-5 minutes worth of footage.)
The video footage you upload must be original (created by you) and if it involves others you must have the specific permission of the subjects, owner, and copyright holder to use it for this purpose. (Using almost anything from a commercial source is prohibited under copyright law; recording someone else and using that recording for any purpose without his or her permission exposes you to personal liability.). We reserve the right to remove any uploaded video that appears to us to be from a protected or questionable source.
To upload your video file, follow these steps:
- Click on Upload Your Video, either in your Profile Center in the upper-left corner of any of your management pages or in the top or footer menu.
- Under the Upload Your Video tab on the right side of the page, type in a “Video Title” and “Location” in the boxes indicated. (This isn’t mandatory but it will give your visitors some context.
- Either type in the pathway on your computer to where the video file is located or click on the “Browse” button to search your hard drive’s directory of folders to find the file you want to upload. (This would be where you saved the converted video file after you captured it from your camera or other source and edited it.) When you’ve found it, click on “Open.”
- Read the “Terms and Conditions of Use & Privacy Policy" of “What’s Your Story?” and click on the check box next to the statement, “I agree that I have read and understand the Terms & Conditions of Use and agree that I will upload only my own material or material that I have permission from the owner to upload.” This is mandatory; your video file will not upload unless you check this box.
- Click on the “Submit” button only once. Please be patient; depending on your Internet connection speed and your hardware, large files take time to upload. The progress bar will monitor the upload and tell you when the file has finished uploading.
- A message will come up when the upload is complete, telling you your video can be viewed as soon as the file has been encoded to play in your page’s player.

Remember:

It takes time for uploaded files to be encoded, or “rendered,” into Flash format for replay. Depending on how much other upload activity is in progress on the site’s servers when you’re uploading your video, it could be anywhere from almost immediately to several hours before your video can be played.
Once your video has uploaded and been encoded, the program will “grab” one of the first frames of your video and convert it to an image displayed on your Profile Page with the title and location you entered to identify the video. (NOTE: if you edit your video before upload, it’s a good idea to remove any fade-in or other video effect; otherwise, the thumbnail that visitors will see and click on to play the video will be an image of the effect – e.g., a black screen, in the case of a fade-in from black.)

Warning: All uploaded files will be moderated to determine whether any content violates our Terms and Conditions of Use & Privacy Policy. If any do violate any of those policies, they will be taken down and the Member is subject to termination from site participation.

VIEW VIDEOS: Until you upload your first video, Dr. Ed Hernandez will play automatically in the player on your Profile Page – so, get busy! Your first uploaded video will replace it on your viewable page and will be the video that will load and play when other Members come to your page.

(Note: On the site’s main public page, to view another view besides Dr. Hernandez, you can use the scroll-down menu on the right or click on the Watch More Videos tab to select another video to watch. Once you’ve made your selection, click on “Play” beneath the video’s title to start automatic playback.)

You and they will be able to select other videos to be played by clicking on the thumbnail images under the player in the My Videos tab. Videos selected will autoload and begin playing. A few other observations:

If you click Watch More Videos in the tab at the lower left of the My Videos window on your Profile Page, you’ll be taken to the area where Members have made their videos available to everyone. Non-members can visit this page from the main page.
You can have your videos posted to the public page as well, if you wish; Contact Us and let us know. (If we think your story is particularly interesting or newsworthy, we may ask you.)
You can view other Members’ “non-public” videos if they’ve invited you to become a Friend or you’ve approved them as one. Clicking on their thumbnails or Usernames under your My Friends tab will take you to their viewable Profile Pages.
You can Pause any video by clicking on the Pause/Play button in the center of the player and restart it by clicking on the button again. An easy way to restart the video is simply to click on “Play” under the video title.

A Cautionary Note About Watching Videos Online: Once you’ve clicked on a thumbnail or the “Play” button beneath a video title, the video file will load into the player and begin playing immediately. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, the size of your video memory cache, and other hardware-related factors, it may take a little while to load enough to play continuously. (This process is called “buffering.”) If your video stops playing at any point, you can Pause it by clicking on the Play button and wait a short time to allow the buffering process to “catch up.” (You’ll see the yellow “slider” in the progress bar below the screen come out from behind the green “slider;” once the yellow is comfortably ahead of the green, click on the Play button again and the video should play to the end without stopping. Still having problems? Contact Us.

EDIT YOUR VIDEOS: You can only upload and delete videos. You should either do any necessary editing before uploading or, if you’re dissatisfied, take it down, edit the original file, and upload it again. If we see that you’ve duplicated content, we may remove it out of consideration for other Members.

Remember:

Once your video has uploaded and been encoded, the program will “grab” one of the first frames of your video and convert it to an image displayed on your Profile Page with the title and location you entered to identify the video. (NOTE: if you edit your video before upload, it’s a good idea to remove any fade-in or other video effect; otherwise, the thumbnail that visitors will see and click on to play the video will be an image of the effect – e.g., a black screen, in the case of a fade-in from black.)

UPLOAD YOUR PROFILE PHOTO: You can upload a Profile Photo in two ways:

Upload a personal image when you create your profile after signing up, or
From your home Profile Page, click on “Edit Profile,” and upload a personal image from the same place at the bottom of the page.
If you’ve already uploaded a Profile Photo to your home Profile Page, you can delete it on your “Edit Profile” page, replace it with another image, or simply upload another of your choice.

In any of these cases, just click on the “Browse” button and find and open the image on your computer you’d like to use; once the path to that image appears in the window, click on “Upload.” The progress bar will appear and tell you when the image is uploaded. (Keep in mind that your Profile Photo will be displayed on your home and viewable Profile Pages in 3:2 width to height aspect ratio. In other words, at a resolution of 72 pixels per inch, an image that’s 3 inches wide by 2 inches high in printable format (216 pixels wide by 144 pixels high) will display in its entirety as a Profile Photo. If the image you want to use is taller that it is wide, it will be displayed at its full width but not height, from its center axis outward. If you don’t want your hair and shirt or blouse cut off, you might want to use one sized to the 3:2 aspect ratio. NOTE: Another option is to click on “Edit Your Image”; which will take you a handy cropping tool that will allow you to edit your image to the aspect ratio specified above.)

UPLOAD YOUR IMAGES: You can upload an image other than your Profile Photo from the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – by clicking on “Upload an Image.” You can also get there by clicking on any thumbnail of an uploaded image posted on the My Images found under your Profile Photo on your home Profile Page. Once you’re on the “Upload an Image” page:

Click on the “Browse” button and find and open the image on your computer you’d like to use.
After the path to that image appears in the window, give the image a “title or caption” and a “description.”
Check the box next to the statement that says you agree with our “Terms & Conditions of Use/Privacy Policy.” This is required. The images you upload must be original (created by you) and if they involve others you must have the specific permission of the subjects, owner, and copyright holder to use it for this purpose. (An image doesn’t have to have the “© bug” to be protected by copyright. Using almost anything from a commercial source is prohibited under copyright law. Taking someone else’s image and using that recording for any purpose without his or her permission exposes you to personal liability.). We reserve the right to remove any uploaded image that appears to us to be from a protected or questionable source.
Click on “Upload.” The progress bar will appear and tell you when the image is uploaded.

EDIT/DELETE YOUR IMAGES: You can edit the identifying information for an uploaded image other than your Profile Photo by clicking on the image’s thumbnail under the My Images tab on your home Profile Page. On the My Images page you’ll see the photo you clicked on displayed under the Upload Your Image tab, with all of your image thumbnails displayed on the right side of the page under the My Images tab. Find the image you want to edit or delete and follow these steps:

To edit the image, click on “Edit.” A series of arrows will appear; by clicking on them you can move the image in your display queue to the top , bottom , or up or down one position.
To delete the image, click on “Delete.” If you’re certain, click “OK” in the dialog box that appears.

BLOG YOUR STORY: You can start a blog and make subsequent edits and entries from the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – by clicking on “Blog Your Story.” You can also get there by clicking on “Blog Your Story” in the top or footer menu. Either way, you’re on the Blog page. Under the Blog A Story tab on the left, click on “Post a Blog Entry;” you’ll go to the blog entry page. Under the right upper tab, Write a Blog. Follow these steps:

Enter a “Blog Entry Title” in the top box.
Type your blog entry text into the “Write Your Blog Entry” box.
Make any desired formatting changes to the font face, size, or color; paragraph format and justification; and background color.
Click on the “Submit” button

Once your entry’s been uploaded, the page will change to display the dates, titles, and text of your blog entries. (NOTE: Your Blog entries will be moderated for inappropriate content, as specified in our “Terms and Conditions of Use/Privacy Policy,” to which you agreed when you became a Member. We reserve the right to remove any content that violates our terms and conditions.)

EDIT/DELETE A BLOG ENTRY: You can choose to edit, reformat or delete a blog from the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – by clicking on “Blog a Story.” You can also get there by clicking on “Blog Your Story” in the top or footer menu. Either way, you’re on the Blog page. You’ll see the dates, titles, and text of each blog entry displayed vertically on the page, from most to least recently posted. Next to each title you’ll find “Edit | Delete:

To edit an entry, click on “Edit,” make any desired changes, and click on the “Submit” button.
To delete an entry in its entirety, click on “Delete.”

VIEW OTHER BLOGS: You can view other Members’ “non-public” blogs if they’ve invited you to become a Friend or you’ve approved them as one. Clicking on their thumbnails or Usernames under “My Friends” will take you to their viewable Profile Pages.

WRTE YOUR STORY: You can start a story and make subsequent edits and entries from the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – by clicking on “Write Your Story.” You can also get there by clicking on “Write Your Story” in the top or footer menu. Either way, you’re on the Story page. Under the Write Your Story tab on the left, click on “Post a Story;” you’ll go to the Story page. Under the right upper tab, Edit Your Story, follow these steps:

Enter a “Story Title” in the top box.
Type a short description of your story to guide your readers in the “Story Description” text box.
Enter the text of your story into the “Write Your Story” box.
Make any desired formatting changes to the font face, size, or color; paragraph format and justification; and background color.
Click on the “Submit” button

Once your entry’s been uploaded, the page will change to display the dates, titles, and text of your blog entries. You can click on “Read More >” on the right under each title and description to see what the full text of your story looks like.) (NOTE: Your Blog entries will be moderated for inappropriate content, as specified in our “Terms and Conditions of Use/Privacy Policy,” to which you agreed when you became a Member. We reserve the right to remove any content that violates our terms and conditions.)

EDIT/DELETE A STORY ENTRY: You can choose to edit, reformat or delete a story from the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – by clicking on “Write Your Story.” You can also get there by clicking on “Write Your Story” in the top or footer menu. Either way, you’re on the Story page. You’ll see the dates, titles, and descriptions of each story displayed vertically on the page, from most to least recently posted. (Note that you can click on “Read More >” on the right under each title and description to see the full text of your story. Next to each title you’ll find “Edit | Delete:"

To edit an entry, click on “Edit,” make any desired changes, and click on the “Submit” button.
To delete an entry in its entirety, click on “Delete.”

VIEW OTHER STORIES: You can view other Members’ “non-public” stories if they’ve invited you to become a Friend or you’ve approved them as one. Clicking on their thumbnails or Usernames under “My Friends” will take you to their viewable Profile Pages.

INVITE OTHER ODS OR STUDENTS AND JOIN: You can invite other California licensed ODs and students to join “What’s Your Story?” by going to the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – and clicking on “Invites.” Once you’re on that page, follow these steps.

Type the e-mail address of the OD or student you’d like to invite to join in the first window, under “To:”. (If you’re invited more than one at a time, please add a comma after each address, up to the last one.)
Type a personal message of any length to your invitees in the second window, under “Personal Message:”. (Explaining why you think they should join you as a Member is a good idea.)
Click on the ”Submit” button. The page changes to inform you that your message has been sent. Each invitee will receive an e-mail with your personal message and a link that will take them to the sign-up page at “What’s Your Story?”

Remember: The ODs you invite must hold an active license to practice in California and the students should be studying in California or Californians studying in other states, and they will be required to join COA as a Student Member to obtain a membership identification number. (It’s a simple process and it’s free to qualifying students – click here for more information.)

SEARCH FOR/VIEW/ADD NEW FRIENDS: You can search for other Members that you might like to become Friends and add them to your My Friends tab on your viewable Profile Page by going to the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – and clicking on “Find New Friends.” Once you’re on the Find New Friends! page, follow these steps.

On the Find New Friends page, you’ll see that you can search for new Friends using any combination of the following:
- Entering a First Name.
- Entering a Last Name.
- Entering a City of Residence/Practice.
- Entering a ZIP Code.
- By checking the appropriate radio button, among ODs, Students, or All.
- By checking the box under the fill-in search fields, whether the potential Friend has uploaded a Profile Photo.
Fill in and select the desired Search fields and click on “Submit.”
You’re taken to the “New Friends” page, where you can see potential new Friends, according to the Search criteria you selected. You’ll see:
- A Profile Photo, if the Member has uploaded one to his or her Profile Page. (You can click on the Photo or empty Photo icon to be taken to the Member’s viewable Profile Page.)
- A Profile Summary that gives the Member’s date of registration; category (OD or Student); Years in Practice (OD) or Year of Graduation (Student), and City of Practice (OD) or Study (Student).
- A Username. Clicking on it will take you to the Member’s viewable Profile Page, where you can browse for more detail.
- Next to the Member’s Username, you’ll see either –
- ”Add” – Clicking on this will add the Member to your “My Friends” list, or
- “Approved | Remove.” – You’ve already added this Member to your “My Friends” list; you can take them off your list by clicking on “Remove.”

VIEW/MANAGE FRIENDS: You can find and manage your “My Friends” list on your viewable Profile Page by going to the Profile Center – the upper left tab on your home Profile Page and your other main management pages – and clicking on “Invites.” Once you’re on the Invites page, follow these steps.

Under the My Friends tab on the left side of the page, click on “View/Manage All Friends.” This will open the My Friends page.
Listed on the My Friends page are all your Friends, with their Profile Photos, Usernames, and Profile Summaries. (Clicking on the photo thumbnail, empty photo icon, or username will take you to that Member’s viewable Profile Page.)
Beneath the Username is “Remove.” Clicking on it will remove that Member from your “My Friends” list here and on your viewable Profile Page, and take you back to the “Invites” page.

CONTACT “WHAT’S YOUR STORY?:” You can send us a message, on any subject, from any page by clicking on “Contact Us” in the top or footer menu bar or click here. (Please be specific about your question or problem in the “Subject” line, so we’re better able to help you. If you’re having difficulty signing in with you California OD license number or your COA Student Member, please include your First Name, Middle Name/Initial, and Last Name in the body of your message.)