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It is a requirement of membership that applicants register under their REAL NAME(Christian name and surname). All non-complying applications will be automatically declined. Furthermore, applicants must agree to Sydneyanglicans.net’s posting policy which outlines appropriate behaviour on this site. You can read that posting policy here.

Sydneyanglicans.net manually investigates every registration application to filter out spam, spurious and non-complying registrations. Consequently a short period may elapse between application and activation of an account. Completed registrations will receive a welcome email. 

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How can I change my account information

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If you’re having trouble finding it, just click here to edit your profile.

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Most articles have a commenting field at the bottom of their page. Once you login, you’ll be able to fill in your comments and click on ‘Submit’.

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Sydneyanglicans.net is designed to deliver notifications of all new material to RSS readers. RSS readers scan news sites selected by users and notify them when 'new' items appear. They also store these items for you to read at your leisure. Many web sites have adopted this technology including the Sydney Morning Herald, the New York Times and the BBC. Instead of visiting every single web site, simply open your RSS reader and it does all the checking for you.

How do I use RSS?
You need to two things: an RSS reader (most modern internet browsers support RSS, but you can also download free RSS clients) and one or more RSS feeds (see our lists of feeds below).
Simply download a free RSS reader, install the program and subscribe to the deeds you would like to be notified about.

You can subscribe to each of our feeds individually (try grouping them in a folder if your RSS reader supports that) OR you can combine them using a pipe '|' character.

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Media releases

Can I use your RSS feed on my web site?
Sure. Using RSS feeds on your web site is a great way to keep your site fresh. We suggest our Sydneystories feed.

The only thing we ask is that you link back to us: http://www.sydneyanglicans.net/

How can I get podcasts delivered directly to my computer?

Podcasting is a method of publishing audio and video programs via the Internet, allowing users to subscribe to a feed of new files. Read more from at Wikipedia.

You can subscribe to Sydneyanglicans.net’s podcasts using your Mac or PC. You don't need an iPod or portable mp3 player to listen to podcasts (though that does make the experience more portable!). However to subscribe to a podcast you do need 'podcatching' software such as:

- iTunes
- iPodder

Our podcast links are located here

How can I install the SAN bar on my web site?

Every page of Sydneyanglicans.net and many other key sites around the diocese have one thing in common - the Sydney Anglican Network bar. This design-neutral black bar appearing at the top of every page provides links to essential diocesan services, as well as a drop-down menu for dozens of other key ministry partners. Sydneyanglicans.net is now making this bar available to all Sydney Anglicans. With one simple installation, visitors to your site will be able to travel quickly from any of your web pages to any other site in the diocese. Best of all, the service is centrally updated so you never have to worry about upgrades or links going dead.

Click here to download instructions to install the SAN Bar in pdf format.

How do I unsubscribe to News Bulletin?

There are two ways people receive the weekly News Bulletin from Sydneyanglicans.net

If you have signed up for News Bulletin via the website, there are a unsubscribe link on the bottom of the News Bulletin email you click on and your email address will be removed from our database and no more emails will be sent to you.

If you are a member of our website, you have to login to our website. On the top right corner, please click on Preferences and ‘Email Settings’ (left hand side menu). Untick ‘Accept a weekly News Bulletin from Sydneyanglicans.net’ if you do not want to recieve more News Bulletins from us.