Click on the green flag to change that your status for a letterbox. There are different statuses that you can choose if you are the placer than if you are the finder. For example, the placer might want to mark the status of a letterbox as "Retired" while a finder might want to mark the status of the letterbox as "Found".
When you're logged in, you can click on the green flag to set the found status for a letterbox. The green flag shows up on the list of boxes when the clues for that box are outside of LbNA and shows up on the box details page when the clues are on LbNA. The list of boxes that you've marked as found shows up under the "Letterboxes I've Found" link in Member Services.
Click on "Letterbox Status" on the Member Services page to switch the display of found status on or off. There's a separate preference to disable viewing status on other people boxes, in case you want to preserve the mystery.
The placer is the only one that can see the status history on a letterbox. (Change made 6/1/05.)
When you're logged in, go to Member Services and click on Add a Letterbox. Fill out the form and click on the Add Letterbox button. Done! Your box will show up on the What's New page and other pages based on the information that you've entered.
Yes, you can but how it do it depends on where the letterbox is located. The important thing to know is that the "State" list on the Add a Letterbox page includes many destinations outside the US, including US territories, such as Guam and Virgin Islands, the provences of Canada, countries of Central America and the Carribean as well as a generic "Other International." If you still need help, please contact the webmasters.
When you're logged in, you can use the "My Letterboxes" link in Member Services to view your boxes. Each of your boxes will have a link to edit that box. These links will also show up when you view the box from the state page, but you're the only one that can see them.
When you're logged in, you can use the "My Letterboxes" link in Member Services to view your boxes. Each of your boxes will have a link to delete that box. These links will also show up when you view the box from the state page, but you're the only one that can see them. You might consider changing the status of your letterbox to "Missing" or "Retired" instead of deleting the box so that members that have marked that box as "Found" can still have it on their list.
Sure! The easiest way is if they're in Excel format, with each row representing a box. Make sure to include all of the information that's on the Add a Letterbox page. Once you've got the info together, contact the webmasters and they'll arrange a way to get your boxes put in all at once.
Not necessarily. You don't need an LbNA account to view boxes or get on the lbox-announce yahoo group. If you're going to add boxes, then you need an account.
Please, not at the moment. There's a hitchhiker tracking section in the works.
First, please make sure that your email program didn't wrap the link text for you. If the number at the end is on a different line, then you might copy the first line in and type in the rest. If that doesn't fix your problem, contact the webmasters. If you've lost the confirmation email, just use the
First, you need an account. After creating an account, just send an email to the webmasters, listing your boxes and your account name. We'll switch your boxes over to you and let you know when we're finished. Then you can edit them just like a box you'd entered yourself.