How To Set Up Your Community

You will receive the most reliable performance from this site when you use the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator web browsers. (AOL and Compuserve browsers have restrictions built in them that may cause unexpected results).

  1. Go to www.CrimeWatchUSA.org and select the Law Enforcement Agency for your community. Click ‘GO’.
  2. Select the ‘Member Login’ at the top of the menu on the left side of your screen.
  3. Read the ‘Terms of Use Policy’.
  4. Click on the ‘Sign-Up Now!’ link under the ‘Terms of Use Policy’.
  5. Select your community from the dropdown list.
  6. Fill in the registration/sign-up form and submit it.
  7. At this point a CrimeWatch USA, Inc.  representative will contact you via e-mail and/or phone to ensure authentication of your identity.  You will then be able to log in with Administrative Privileges that will allow you to set-up your Community.
  8. Once your identity is confirmed, you can log in by clicking on the ‘Member Login’ in the menu on the left side of your screen.  Enter your FULL E-mail address (ie..johndoe@domain.com) in the ‘Member Login ID’ field.  Then enter the password that you used when you signed up.  
Next, ‘Select Your Community’ from the drop-down box and press GO!!. Then click the ’Submit’ button.
3
  1. Now you have been directed to your community’s HOME PAGE. To be sure of this you will see your community name at the top of the Menu on the Left.
  2. Now click on ‘Administration’ in the menu under the ‘Members Only’ section, which is at the top of the menu.
  3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and select ‘Community Control’.
  4. On the ‘Community Control’ page you setup the following:
    1. E-Mail:  the e-mail address that will be used for your community’s inquiries. This will be used for the 'E-Mail Us' in Navigation Menu.
    2. Color scheme used for the Menu & Title font color.
    3. Emergency & Non-Emergency Phone Numbers
    4. Program Names & Button Labels (use Program 1 for Crime Watch ONLY)
    5. Feature Names & Button Labels
    6. Public Special Notices & Members Only Special Notices
    7. Links to Important Web sites

Community Control Page4
  1. When you are done click on ‘Submit’, this saves the changes and returns you to the same page. When all your changes are completed and saved, click ‘Return’ to return to the ‘Administration Menu’.
  2. Scroll down to the bottom and select ‘HOME PAGE’.
  3. On the Administration page for the ‘HOME PAGE’ you can fill in the following information:
    1. Paragraph (1-5) Titles.
    2. Text content for Paragraphs (1-5).
    3. Check Box to select whether a Picture will be displayed in that paragraph.
    4. Caption for that Picture.
    5. Upload pictures for this page. Be Sure to ‘Save Changes’ before clicking ‘UPLOAD PICTURES’.
  1. Click on the ‘Upload New Pictures for XXXXX Default Page’ and follow the instructions on that Admin page.
  2. Proceed to the other pages such as Program, Features, Events, Special Notices and Statistics, and repeat steps 15 & 16 for each page.