<? require_once("docutil.php"); page_head("Joining a project"); echo " <p> You can join a BOINC project as follows: <ol> <li> Visit the project's web site and create an <b>account</b>. This involves filling out a form with <ul> <li> An email address. <li> A public 'screen name' (real name or nickname). <li> Country (optional) <li> Postal Code (optional) </ul> <li> You will receive an email containing an <b>account key</b> (a long random string). <li> Download and install the BOINC client program. It will ask for a project URL and an account key. Enter the project's URL, cut and paste the account key from the email. </ol> <p> That's it! You can go to the project web site to set your <b>user preferences</b>. <h3>Multiple hosts under one account</h3> <p> You can run BOINC on many hosts, all under one account. Once you have created an account as above, you can add new hosts in either of two ways: <ol> <li> Download and install the BOINC client program on each host, and cut and paste the project URL and account ID as above. <li> If the new host is the same type as an existing host, copy the contents of the BOINC installation directory from an existing host to the new host. </ol> The BOINC client resides in a <b>BOINC home directory</b>. If hosts share a network file system, each host must have its own BOINC home directory. "; page_tail(); ?>