• Registration
  • Register an Account
    • Before You Start
    • Form Authentication
    • Verify Your Email Address
    • Social Media
  • Registering from a Board Invitation
  • What Happens Next?
  • Common Questions and Troubleshooting

Registration

Register an Account

Registration creates your personal OMyBoard account. You can use that one account to belong to several boards; you do not need a separate account for each board.

Choose either:

• Email and password, using the registration form.
• Google, Facebook, or X, using the buttons under Or register with.

Creating an account does not automatically create a board or make you an Administrator of an existing board. Board membership and permissions are separate from your sign-in method.

Before You Start

Use an email address you control and expect to keep access to. For an invitation addressed to a particular email address, use that exact address.

{warning} Avoid duplicate accounts. Using a different email address or a different social-provider identity can create a separate account without your existing board memberships. If you already have an account, sign in to it and manage additional sign-in methods from Profile.

Form Authentication

The registration form includes your account details, the required terms agreement, an optional newsletter subscription, and the alternative social sign-up buttons.

1. Enter your Name as you want other members to recognize you.
2. Enter your Email address carefully.
3. Enter a Password, then repeat it in Confirm Password.
4. Read the linked Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, then select the agreement checkbox.
5. If you want newsletters, select I agree to receive newsletters from the site. Otherwise, leave it unchecked.
6. Select Register.

If validation fails, read the messages above the form, correct the affected fields, and enter the password and confirmation again if they have been cleared.

Verify Your Email Address

Ordinary email/password registration signs you in to the new account and sends a verification email. You normally need to verify the address before entering the application.

1. Open the inbox for the address you registered.
2. Find the OMyBoard verification email. Check spam or junk folders if it is not in your inbox.
3. Select Verify Email Address. If the button does not work, copy the full verification link from the email into your browser.
4. Continue in OMyBoard. If asked to sign in, use the same account you just registered.

Use the browser where you registered when practical. The email link verifies your address; it is not a permanent sign-in link and does not guarantee that another browser is already logged in.

{info} Verification links expire after 60 minutes. On the verification screen, select Resend Verification Email to request another message. You can also select Logout if you need to leave the account. Do not register a second account just because a link has expired.

The screens you see can differ when you register through a board invitation or a social provider; those paths may proceed without the separate email-verification screen.

Social Media

You can register using Google, Facebook, or X instead of choosing a local OMyBoard password.

1. Under Or register with, select the provider's icon. You do not need to fill in the name, email, password, or password-confirmation fields above it.
2. Sign in with the intended provider account and follow its authorization prompts.
3. Return to OMyBoard to complete any additional prompt.

If the provider supplies an email address and this is a new account, OMyBoard creates the account using the provider details and signs you in. A separate OMyBoard password is not created by this process.

If the provider does not supply an email address: OMyBoard displays Verify Your Email Address with an email field and a Verify Email button. Enter a working address you control and continue. This is a different screen from the email/password registration screen with Resend Verification Email.

If the provider's email matches an existing account: OMyBoard can display an Email Address Confirmation screen asking whether you want to link the provider to that account:

• Yes, link my account adds the provider as a sign-in method.
• No, do not link returns you to login without adding the link.

{info} Linking adds a sign-in method; it does not replace an existing password. If your account already has an OMyBoard password, that password remains available after linking. You can also sign in first and link or unlink providers in Profile.

For future visits, use the provider linked to your account. Your Google, Facebook, or X password belongs on that provider's sign-in page, not in OMyBoard's password field.

Registering from a Board Invitation

For an invitation sent to your email address:

1. Open the invitation email and select Accept Invitation.
2. If you are new to OMyBoard, register using the same email address the invitation was sent to. If you already have an account for that address, log in instead.
3. Continue through the invitation process. When accepted, OMyBoard adds the membership, selects that board, and displays a confirmation.

You do not need to create a new board to accept someone else's invitation. An invitation also does not necessarily make you an Owner or Administrator; the assigned board role controls your permissions.

An email invitation can allow registration to proceed without the ordinary verification-email step. If you reach the welcome page without joining the expected board, return to the original invitation link while signed in to the correct account.

{warning} Keep invitations with the intended recipient. Do not forward a personal invitation or use someone else's account to accept it. If the invitation went to the wrong address, ask the board's Owner or an Administrator to issue one for the address you actually use. A shared board-joining link may follow a different sign-in flow from an invitation addressed specifically to you.

For membership requests, joining links, and finding existing boards, see Manage My Memberships.

What Happens Next?

If you already belong to a board, OMyBoard normally takes you to the Dashboard. If you do not yet belong to any board, the Welcome to OMyBoard! page offers:

Registration itself does not assign you a board subscription. Review the board-creation guide before choosing a plan or becoming responsible for a new board.

Once you have access, these are useful first steps:

• Review your name, photo, and saved timezone in Profile. Registration does not ask you to choose a timezone.
• Review your sign-in and security settings, including Two Factor Authentication.
• Learn how to switch boards and find application features in Navigation.
• Set up Push Notifications on each browser or device where you want chat alerts. Registering an account does not automatically grant browser notification permission.

Common Questions and Troubleshooting

When requesting help, include the visible error and whether you used an invitation, email/password registration, or a social provider. Never send your password, verification link, recovery codes, or provider credentials.