Big changes are happening at MuseNet! I'll be posting more info soon, but in the meantime... here are some quick directions and explanations about MuseNet 2.0   SOME NEW FEATURES IN MUSENET 2.0 Gone are the days of needing to endlessly scroll through a sea of non-pertinent data just to find what you're looking for. Now, MuseNet has solved that problem with... - A Searchable Database! These are for - Members Listings, MuseNews and Links! The other 'old fashioned' method of member updates, which was done through email, and took a long time to process until it was finally published on the web is also gone. Currently, we feature... - 'Instant Live Updates' of the Members listings and MuseNews!   HOW DO I SEARCH THE MUSENET YELLOW PAGES ? Click on the navigation bar at the top of the screen - and choose either the Member Search or the jumbo search (from the pull down menu). Then, in order to search the database of MuseNet members, THE ONLY REQUIREMENT IS THAT YOU MUST FIRST USE THE PULL - DOWN MENU (on the search form) TO SELECT A MASTER TALENT CATEGORY! All the other input fields, like searching by city, state, zip, professional mem_mnstatus, and name etc.. are all optional. Once you hit the submit button you will get a result. From there you can use the top - back - next - and end : buttons to scroll through the list of groups of 25 at a time. (Note: For veteran members, the JumboSearch has the look and feel of the older MuseNet 1.0 site!)   WHY DO I HAVE TO LOGIN? Many aspects of MuseNet are open to the public and members, and you do not have to login to use them. However, for obvious reasons, certain areas of MuseNet need to have security, the most important one being the individual members update form ! Also , currently the ability to post messages on MuseNews is reserved for members only. For either one of these pages, you need to first login here on the MuseNet Login page. You can do this on the login page. If you attempt to update your listing, or post a new message to MuseNet without first having logged in, MuseNet will take you to the login page at that time, so you can first complete your login.   WHAT'S UP WITH THE PASSWORD? For MuseNet 2.0 login access, you'll need a brand new unique password that has been created for you. Don't bother attempting to try to use your old one, because currently it is out of date. If you are a pre-existing member and want to login, there is an auto-generated e-mail service on the login page, that will instantly e-mail you this new unique password.   USING BROWSER COOKIES These days, the majority of Web sites insist on using " browser cookies " to help keep track of its visitors. MuseNet also employs this technique. A cookie is a tiny file that gets stored on your hard drive, that helps you interact with the Web site. In the case of MuseNet, when you login, a " login " cookie is written, and until it is erased by you, you'll never have to login again on that computer. This can be quite a time saver! So if you are experiencing problems, after typing in your e-mail and password into the login page, and MuseNet still will not let you in, then there is a good chance that you have not permitted browser cookies to be written. The way to cure this problem, is to check your preferences in your browser, and turn cookies " on ". Once done, you should be able to login without a problem. - - - - - For any additional difficulties, simply: Contact us , and I will e-mail you back your pass word ASAP. Sorry for any inconvenience, in getting this up and running. This is just temporary until I can do a bulk email send to everybody. Thanks, Dave Boruff musenet.com