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Buying stuff
Forms
If you get this screen after you press “Submit”
This is caused by Google reCAPTCHA V3 not being able to recognise and validate you
This can be caused if you are using a VPN or other anonymous browsing
If you can, try using the standard browsers
Images
Image size is a confusing concept because most computers will adjust the image size to fit the screen. However it is not efficient for us to store lots of large files and some files will be rejected by our host if they are too large. You can use this app to see how big your image file is and resize it to fit the website
Login
If you have lost, forgotten or want to change your password, you can reset it by going to menu item /WEBSITE/RESET PASSWORD/
No, you can go here
No, not really, and we would particularly welcome fern-related posts from anybody, but we would hope that contributors to the website would consider becoming members of the BPS.
You only need to login if you want to contribute to the website. You can view all of the website without logging in
In order to login you need to request a Userid and Password
You can request this by using this form
Once you have these you can find the login page in the menu /WEBSITE/ADMIN LOGIN/
Members' Area
You need a separate username and password to access the Members Area
You get this from the membership secretary
Password
All our Journals can be accessed on-line
They are available to the membership and general public from 2 years after the publication date
Prior to that date they will be available to members only and be password protected
This password was sent to you in your Welcome email
If you do not have this, you get it from the membership secretary
Most pdfs are best viewed in 2-page mode. To enable this in Chrome, open a new tab and enter:
chrome://flags/#pdf-viewer-update
You have to change the setting from “default” to “enabled” and then you will be prompted to relaunch your browser
Once enabled, you will see at the top right, next to the printer icon, a circle with 3 dots
If you click on this, you will see the the two-page option
Spores
No, you can go here