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Welcome to cross.tv!

As a visitor or new user to this site you might have some questions and we would love to answer those for you in this helpful guide. Step by step we're going to go through the main features of this site to help you get into it quicker, so you can enjoy the benefits of the cross.tv community.

First of all, please note seven important values held very highly here on cross.tv:

"The 7 Commandments of cross.tv" :

1. Thou shalt not send mass e-mails to other members  without asking them for permission first.

2. Thou shalt upload an appropriate profile picture. Either your face, your church or your logo works well as profile pictures. Do not use a picture of yourself for a church accounts.

3. Thou shalt not choose the wrong account type. If you are not a church, do not choose a church account.

4. Thou shalt not fundraise on cross.tv by asking people for money.

5. Thou shalt trust the Lord for your life partner. Do not hit on other members and do not ask them to marry you without knowing them personally. Be sensitive to other members’ privacy!

6. Thou shalt not post your e-mail address on any members’ cross.wall

7. Thou shalt contribute to the community, bless, encourage and uplift other members. Giving is better than receiving and whosoever soeth – reapeth!

In order to join this global community, you have to create an account, which is fairly simple. Just click on "Log In / Register" button located in the top right corner of your screen and follow the instructions. You will need to choose an account type:

Personal accounts are designed for the use of 1 person. If you want to create an account just for you, this is your option.

Family accounts are designed to represent members of families that are registered on cross.tv. If you want to create an account where you can invite all your family members into, choose this type.

Church accounts can be used by Pastors, leaders or members of a church to present their spiritual home to the cross.tv community.  They are also an incredilbe tool in connecting the congregation one to another. This generates a greater sense of community and intimacy within the church.

Ministry and Organization accounts are designed to help Christian ministries around the world share their visions, goals or to emphasize their cause.

Artist accounts are designed to showcase those who minister within the arts. Such as musical artists, worship leaders, photographers, filmmakers, artisians.  It's a fantastic way to introduce your band to new fans on cross.tv and around the world.

After you have chosen an account type and provided some basic information, including an email address, you will receive an activation link via email. Be sure to also check the spam folders, because some mail providers might identify this email as spam. As soon as you open that mail and click the link you are ready to go!

After your account has been created you can start filling up your profile with any information you want to make public. Go to "My cross.tv" in the top right corner and then click "Edit Profile" in the right hand navigation. If you want to keep your age or anything else secret you don't need to give this information. Just leave those boxes blank. After you are done and all the details you wanted to provide are typed in, be sure to click the "Save Changes" button on the bottom.

You might also want to choose a profile picture now. You can do that by clicking your current profile picture (on the top left corner, when you are in "My cross.tv") Then you can choose an image of the supported formats and after that you are asked to cut out the area you want to use as profile picture. As soon as you have saved your new profile picture takes the place of the old one.

If you take the "Edit Settings" Button in the right hand menu insted you will get to an area where you can change your email adress, password and choose how often you want to be provided with news from cross.tv Right beneath "Edit Settings" you find your language settings where you can choose in which language cross.tv will be displayed and you can choose multiple languages to tell us in what languages you want to watch videos, blogs, forum entries, etc...

Now that you have finished creating your online presence on cross.tv you might want to invite some people you know to also use this site. You can do that by clicking "Invite friends" in the left hand navigation and then entering their email adresses.

You will get cross credits for anyone who joins cross.tv, following your invitation and they will also be connected to your profile as soon as they sign up.

Under "My Page" you can start editing your profile page(s). Whoever visits your profile will first see the first of these pages. You can add as many pages as you want and then seperate each page into different paragraphs as well. If you want to include a banner on top, simply use the first paragraph with the option "object only" and assing a picture to it, that is wide enough to span across you page, You can also use paragraphs that feature text only or an object (photo, video or photo gallery) left or right of the text. Be creative and these simple design otions will help you to create a personal profile page.

Blogs are used around the world as a community tool, to tell people about whats going on in your life, what you think about or simply to share some opinions. As with the profile pages you can also assign several paragraphs to a blog and design them with objects, such as photos, videos or whole photo galleries.

Under "Friends" you will find everyone that has accepted a friend invitation from you or who has invited you. Those that have invited you will always be at the beginning of the list with two buttons underneath their profile picture, one to reject and one to accept the invitation. After you have accepted they will also be listed alphatetically and all your friends are listed by account type.

"Prayers" contain all prayers you have opened on cross.tv and also give the opportunity to open new ones. This feature is a great tool to share with others, what is on your heart and to invite them to pray with you, as all your friends will automatically be asked to join you in prayer.

"My Media" contains all your uploaded media (videos, photos, audio files).

"Favorites" are video or audio files that you like a lot. You can add a media file to your favorites by clicking "Add to favorites" in the information box on the left side, when you are watching a media file.

"Subscriptions" are used for the channels that feature media files that interest you. If you subscribe to a channel you will always be informed if a new video has been added to this channel.

"Messages" contains all the messages you have written to other cross.tv members or that you have received from them. You can communicate with others via this tool if you want to get to know them or simply want to ask them a question. If you have a question for us, you can send us a message this way, or you can go to:

"Forums" where you will find all the forums you have started or joined. There is also a support forum where you can ask any questions about this site or make suggestions and we will check it on a daily basis.

One of the main features of this site is to upload, share, watch and discuss various media files, such as videos, audio files or photos. If you select "My Media" in the top navigation of your cross.tv area you will be able to choose between video, audio and photo. They all contain media files of the respective kind and include the option to upload new files and edit old ones.

If you upload a new audio or video file, you will first have to choose a title for the file, then assign a language to it. After that you can add a description and tags. Choose any tags from our list that may fit your file, but also type in your own tags that may direct more users to your files. Then you may assign user channels that people can also join to always get updated about new files in their channels. You can also assign keynote speakers to video files (this should be people like the host or a regular speaker on a show, not various guests) and type in the artist/speaker for audio files.

When you are satisfied with the information about the file you can proceed to the next page and follow the instructions there to upload your file.

Audio files can be grouped into albums. You can easily add to or remove files from an album and arrange the title order.

Photos are uploaded into galleries, like "Photos of Me", "Vacation in XY" or "Our last church event". You can assign any name you want to your galleries and also describe the photos you upload. People can watch them but, other than videos and audio files, photos cannot be commented or rated.

In any content you upload please keep our terms of use in mind and refrain from uploading any nudity, violence or other offensive content. Content that violates our terms of use will be deleted without further notion.

The top navigation of cross.tv contains "Community", "TV Shows", "Videos", "Audio" and "Channels."

Under "Community" you can search for friends or other users. You'll find anyone that is registered on cross.tv there and you can search for specific members, using various helpful filter options. You also find the discussion forums there, a place to share opinions, ideas and everything else that comes to mind with each other. New Photos and blogs also have their own space there.

Under "TV Shows" you will find various video channels that our PRO Users have created. You can watch your favorite christian TV Shows there and also subscribe to channels, so you are informed whenever a new video has been added. Videos under that area will usually be of higher quality than content by free users so feel free to go there and watch high quality television online.

Under "Video" and "Audio" you will find all the media files in the cross.tv database. You can filter them and search for specific files or just browse through anything that's available.

"Channels" is the area where you find specific user channels. They contain video and audio files that are grouped because they all deal with similar subjects. You can subscribe to these channels too, to stay informed whenever a new file has been added, that might interest you.