Emigro.com is an expat community where you can make new connections and discuss tips, exchange views and meet with other expatriates.

When you register you’ll be given your own profile page where you can upload pictures, chat to friends, write a blog and join our discussion forums.

You’ll also be able to write reviews of your favourite bars, restaurants, hotels and tourist attractions along with being able to sell and buy items in our expat market place.

Yes - Emigro is 100% free to register.

To sign-up with Emigro.com simply click the “Register” button as seen in the picture below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

You’ll then be taken to our registration page where you need to fill out a few details such as your name, username, email address and password which you are required to complete.

There is also an “about me” section where you can include some further details about yourself, such as, your interests and hobbies.  You can also specify which country you’re currently living in. This will make it easier to connect with other people living in the same country or nearby countries to you. 

If you’ve forgotten your password – don’t panic. Simply click the “Forgot Password?” button as seen in the picture below. You'll then be asked to enter your email address and you'll be sent a new password to your inbox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

To view your profile page hover over the top navigation button marked “My Control Panel” and then click on the option “View/Edit Profile” as seen in the picture below 

 

 

 

 

 

To update your profile image hover over the “Edit” button on your profile page and then select “Update Your Image” as seen in the picture below. You can use pictures that are maximum width of 400 pixels wide by 300 pixels high. You can remove an image at any time by clicking “Remove Image”.

 

 

 

 

 

If you find somebody on the site who you think is interesting and would like to be friends with then simply go to their profile page and hover over the “Connections” then press “Request Connection” as seen in the picture below.

 

 

 

You’ll then see a message that says “Pending Acceptance”. You’ll then have to wait for the other person to accept you as a friend before you become their contact.

If somebody requests to connect to you then there are a couple of ways you can either accept or deny the friendship request.

When you next login after somebody has requested a connection to you, you’ll be able to a button with “You have 1 Connection Request(s)” as seen in the image below. Click on the button to then move onto the next step.

 

 

 

 

 

You’ll be taken to the Manage Connections page (as seen in the image below). Here you’ll see a green tick and a red cross underneath the username of the person who contacted you. If you want to connect to the person then leave the button on the green tick, if you don’t want to accept their friend request then check the red cross and then press update.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can also accept or deny friendship request by going to your profile page and then clicking on the “Connections” tab as seen below. Again, press the green tick to confirm friendship and the red cross to deny a friend request.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 You can remove a friend at any time by pressing the red cross next to a username on your connections tab.

If you find a member is upsetting you or causing you problems then there is a report to moderator button for you to use. Simply visit the person’s profile that you want to report and then hover over the “Moderation” button then click on “Report” (as seen in the image below). You can then fill out a form that tells us the problems you’ve had with a certain user. 

 

 

 

 

If you’ve got something to say or you’d just like to keep other expats informed about what’s going on in your area then you might like to write your own blog.

To write a blog entry hover over the “My Control Panel” button and then click on “Blogging Dashboard”.

 

 

 

 

 

Now click on the tab called “My Account” as seen in the picture below.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From here you’ll be able to see the button “Write New Entry” as pictured below. Click on that button and you can begin to write your blog post.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More details on the blogging system can be found in the next section.

Here is a bit more information on what the buttons on the blogging page are for. Take a look at the picture below to see what the tabs mean.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Home – This is the homepage of all bloggers on Emigro.com. You’ll be able to see anybody’s blog pages from this tab. When you update your blog other users will be able to read it from here.

2. Tags – Tags are used by bloggers to indicate the topics they are talking about. For example, if you were writing about a skiing holiday you might use the tags “ski”, “skiing”, “holiday” in your post.  This will give other readers a quick overview of what to expect when they read a post. By clicking on this tab you’ll be able to see the most popular tags of Emigro bloggers.

3. Search – The search option allows you to search by keywords, author name and tags. It’s useful if you want to find information from one of our bloggers on a particular topic.

4. Feeds – This is the tab for an RSS feed. Here you can subscribe to everybody’s blog posts if you use an RSS feed reader such as iGoogle, Netvibes, Pageflakes or Google Reader. For more information on RSS visit this BBC page .

5. Your Account – This is where you’ll be able to write a new post and edit the title page of your blog.

While you can start writing your blog immediately, you might find it useful to have a quick read of this section in order to get the most out of your blog posts.

Take a look at the picture below for further details.

 

 

 

 

1. My Entries – This tab lists all the recent blog posts you have written

2. Preferences – Click on this tab to change your blog’s title and description. This will make it easier for people to find your blog posts. For example, if your blog is mainly about Japanese gadgets then you could use the blog title “Japanese Gadget News”.

3. Stats- The stats tab shows you how many times your article has been read, what tags you have used previously and the total number of blog posts you have.

Now when you are ready to write your blog simply click the "Write New Entry" button on the "My Entries" tab. If you have ever used Microsoft Word or any other Word processing package then you’ll be familiar with the options on to write on the page. Simply hover over the buttons for more information.

On the side of the page you’ll also see the options to add tags, images, documents and embed videos in your blog post. You can also edit, unpublish or delete your blog posts at anytime from the “My Entries” tab.

To visit the forums, first click on the “Forum” button on the top navigation menu. The picture will give you more information about the forum.

 

 

1. Recent Discussions – this shows the most recently replied to forum posts

2. My Discussions – shows you the latest posts you have responded to.

3. Categories -  shows you the various forum categories where you can post to

4. My Profile – takes you back to your profile page. You can also include a forum signature if you press here.

5. Rules – You can find the rules of the forum here.

6. Help - This is the help section that you are reading at the moment

To post a new topic simply navigate to the Categories section and find a relevant category that you want to post to. Then click on the New Thread button as seen below.

 

 

If you want to reply to a topic then press the Reply Topic button when you are in a particular forum thread.

Emigro.com allows you to write reviews of hotels, restaurants, services, nightclubs and tourist attractions so that other expats will be able to use the “wisdom of the crowds” if they plan to move to a particular country.

To write a review hover over the “Reviews” button on the top menu then click on the button “Submit a review”

Now select the section that you want to write a review of, for example,  a review of a bar. Then select the category, this is the country where the bar is located. If you can’t find that particular country listed then use the “Rest of the World” category.

After you have selected your section and category you will then be presented with the following screen:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Title – This is the name of the bar, hotel, restaurant or tourist attraction you want to review. For example, you would use the title “Eiffel Tower” if you were reviewing the Eiffel Tower.  You must fill in the title in order to be able to submit the review.

2. City – Input the city of the place you are reviewing here. For example, for “Eiffel Tower” you would enter “Paris”. If you’re unsure of the city then put the nearest city to it. You must fill in this section to submit the review

3. Address – if you know the address of the place you are reviewing then insert it here. This will help other users locate the place better.

4. Website Address – if the place you are reviewing has a website then list it here.

5. Recommended – Here you can recommend what types of people are likely to enjoy the place you are reviewing. Check each box that you think applies to the place. Obviously a bar will be less suited to babies and families with children than singles and couples.

Next, you can write the summary of the review and upload any relevant images. The summary of the place should be as objective and impartial as possible. You can give a more subjective and personal view in the later reviews section. This is so that others can add in their own thoughts on the place.

After you have filled in the information above you can then give your own personal review on the place. First, use the drop-down menus to rate the place you are reviewing out of ten. The higher the number – the more you like the place.

After this you can then leave your comments and opinions about the place. When you are happy with your review, enter the correct code and submit it to us. We will then publish the review for you after it has gone through a moderation process.

Did you know…? If you come across a review by someone else that you think will help you, you can actually add it to your profile page to look at later. Perfect if you are planning a trip or a move to a new country. Click the Add button when you’re on a review as seen in the picture below.