3) Choosing Your Membership Level
When you first visit ANW, you will head to the Sign Up tab and choose from the one the five Membership levels listed below. The first three packages are for personal Memberships, these include use by families, couples or single users. You can upgrade your Membership at any time. Packages will display in your chosen currency.
Guests - Free to Join- As a guest user you can explore parts of ANW, read about naturism and find naturist opportunities around the world. Access and features will be limited but you can:
Fill in information on your own profile page.Verified Guests - those that choose the Guest User Plan can take part in the free verification service after signing in to become a verified Guest. Access and features will be limited but you can:
Upload a profile photograph (like the one in the image below) to your own profile page.Annual Member - Runs for a year from the day you subscribe. If you are or become Verified, you will get Featured Status. As a Member your annual subscription gives you full and active participation across the whole of the ANW.
Life Member - Gives you all of the features of being a Member, forever. You will also be given the opportunity for being given a working holiday in the Connecting ANW Enterprises with ANW Explorers. Create relevant Naturist Related Sponsored Fundraising Pages,. Plus the highest storage level as well as saving money on Membership long-term. Become Verified and you get Sponsored Status - this gives you priority placement in browsing results. Life Members who represent a naturist opportunity can purchase a Sponsored Explore page for the same price of a Featured page less the cost of a standard Annual Member.
4) Annual Membership For Representatives of Naturist Enterprises
You can promote your Naturist Endeavour on ANW by selecting one of the two Enterprise packages. Life Members who represent a naturist opportunity can purchase a Sponsored page within the "Explore" menu heading for a discounted price of £20.00. You receive all of the same Member benefits and features, and you also get to create and manage your own business page.
To choose this plan upon sign up you need to go to the bottom of the packages page and scroll across to the right.
Annual Sponsored Entrepreneur includes the following;
The most visually prominent pages on the site, showcased at the top of browsing pages and within the Sponsored World Map of your category.
Annual Featured Enterprise
To view the the promotional opportunities available on ANW for your business please click on Promoting on ANW which opens in a new window.
The Subscriptions link can be found here. It opens up in a new window.
9) Customising Your Profile Page
Your Profile Page - displays your personal activity feed. - At the top of the page you will see a cover photo and your profile initials or photograph. There are settings choices in the settings tab.
Below this, is your page menu which displays your personal site input like your personal info, friends and a link to any "Explore" pages you might manage.
On the right hand sidebar is the Member Verification which displays the details of those who have been verified. There is a tab should you wish to upgrade your Membership and Profile options, Friend Requests and other activity.
10) Verification
Once you have filled in your Member profile questions, as above, we recommend you take use of the Free Verification Service. It encourages openness and honesty within ANW and helps with making connections. All users of the community can be verified for free by the administration team.
When completing your profile questions as above, please remember the information does not need to be exact. Nicknames/Usernames are fine, suitably approximate date of birth and a nearby large town rather than specific location can be used. Verification will refer to gender, age in year blocks (eg mid 1970's) and your resident state/county and country.
Then email a copy of photographic ID (passport/resident card/drivers license) with an accompanying photograph (dressed is fine) to the Admin team at ANW by clicking on this link which will take you to a form that you safely submit your documents. alternatively you can email [email protected] to be used for the completion of the verification. Accompanying imagery can be added to your verification such as Naturist Membership cards or any certificates that may be relevant to show your field of expertise if used within your profile. If your ID is linked to a different state/county and/or country to your profile location then please send proof of current residency with you ID. Unique ID reference numbers and street name and number can be obscured if preferred but all imagery is deleted once the verification is complete.
As part of the friendly atmosphere on ANW profile sharing is encouraged. Verifying your Profile as a Couple or Family. Please send relevant ID and imagery for both adult profile users for Couple verification and add an accompanying family photograph (clothed is fine) for Family verification.
Verified Members have a "tick" after their name and verification description. The information shared on your profile and used to complete the verification service is purely used to help build trust in the community and to make it easier for you to find friends and is not used by ANW for any other purpose or offered to any third parties.
Verified Life Members receive Sponsored Status and verified Annual Members receive Featured Status.
11) Your Notifications
Located within the mini menu, at the very top of all of the sites pages is a notifications bell.
Controlling your Notifications
12) Communicating with Members, Groups and Enterprises
You can connect with fellow ANW Members in a variety of ways. You can send your Respect to Members for their input (by visiting their profile page).
Send a poke or two (see the Profile Options Image below), request friendships, leave a review on their profile page, send messages and add comments to their posts. All communication should be respectful, pester free and appropriate to Naturism and ANW. Comments should not be of a flirtatious nature or referring to people's bodies or nudity in a way that could make someone uncomfortable. You should treat Members of ANW with the same courtesy that you would show them at a club or on a beach.
If someone wishes to make friends with you and they have not completed their profile questions or become verified, it is totally suitable for you to reject their friendship and/or ask for them to take part in the free Verification service before accepting their friendship.
13) Blocking and Reporting
The ability to block fellow Members from your profile page can be done from their profile page. ANW hopes this is a feature that will be rarely used. If you wish to block a Member because you do not get on with them, then that is your prerogative. However, if in the rare event, you should wish to block someone because of their disrespectful, pestering, anti-social or non naturist behaviour, we then request that you report this behaviour and the Member in question to us by emailing [email protected] or via the "Report" link in Profile Options of their profile page. This action is not simply about protecting yourself from bad behaviour, but also protecting other Members of ANW, the reputation of the site and the reputation of naturism. We want no one ever leave the site because of someone else's bad behaviour, it should be the person who breaks the rules of good conduct of ANW who is removed. - Protect Yourself - Protect ANW - Protect Naturism.
On the left hand sidebar (dependant upon your Membership level) is your badge (see Member's Badges below), personal statistics, likes and friends.
14) Your Shortcuts
A useful feature of the site is the shortcuts feature. It enables you to quickly add a favourite beach listing, event, Member etc simply by pressing the "Add to Shortcuts" tab on the necessary page. Please see the example below;
Below is an example of what your Shortcuts collection will look like located in the right hand sidebar on your profile page.
15) Members Homepage
You can easily navigate to the Homepage by clicking on this logo
You will find it placed above the main menu on every page. The main part on this page is the Activity Feed which displays some of the Members' interaction and user engagement, apart from the main activity feed you will also see the following;
Welcome - you be greeted with a Welcome which is displayed at the top of the main activity feed page. This area displays welcome content to you and is a place where you can add friends from other networks, find friends and suggests friends to you.
What's New - This tab is located next to the Welcome tab and displays various activity from around ANW, giving you the ability to like and comment, dependant upon Membership level, and create own posts - again, dependant upon Membership level. Clicking on the links will take you to other site content or clicking on Member profile displays personal info about that Member as well as links to request friendship.
Menu tab for Guest and Verified Guest Users with easy access to new content.
The left hand sidebar - displays your personal quick links for example - View your profile, birthdays, find friends etc, as well as personal recommendations from around the site.
The right hand sidebar - displays adverts, site statistics, your shortcuts and choices and other suggestions.
16) Main Menu Links
The main menu is displayed across the top of every page on the site and most of the sub links opens up onto a new page, so once you have finished reading you simply close the page and your previous page is there waiting.
17) Discover -
Articles and Appraisals - Unique ANW articles that cover a range of topics, from understanding naturism, official reviews of naturist opportunities and interviews.
Naturism in the News - A selection of summaries with links to News stories about naturism around the internet. If you come across an interesting item send information to [email protected].
Naturism in Art - A growing gallery of Art celebrating the human body appropriate to naturism.
ANW Newsletters - ANW sends a monthly Newsletter to its Members featuring up to date news from around ANW. These newsletters are stored here for reference and supply a range of useful links.
ANW information - ANW Users Guide, Promoting on ANW, Pricing at a Glance and FAQS.
18) Explore -
This tab takes you to several sub headings which list over 4,000 naturist destinations giving you plenty of places to choice for your next holiday, beach visit, club / federation, experience, event or product and service. You can choice whether to have the results display on the page in a list or grid view.
Beach Destinations - There are beaches, lakes, rivers and waterfalls. These destinations are separated into Continents and Countries and searches can be made using a variety of Keywords and Locations.
Life and Annual Members can share images on Beach pages via the "Photos" tab on the page menu. We recommend 2 or 3 images on a beach from each individual Member who wish to share, so there are not too many, and these images ideally should show something of the look and lay out of the beach. If a member has many photos they wish to share with the community they can also chose to create an album to display in the Albums area named after that location.
Beach Destinations also show on an interactive world map, zoom into your required destination and click on the beaches you find.
If you are looking for inspiration you will find it under the "Destinations" menu heading.
Holidays and Clubs with Camping - These listings are separated into the following categories;
You can click on the type of accommodation you require like above which will then take you to all of the listings listed in Sponsored followed by Featured followed by basic listing. In the sidebar on the right hand side you can narrow down your search by inputting an area or address, the name or specifics like Ideal For - Everyone or Families etc. Or go to the Browse page in the page menu and go directly to the Search Bar.
Daytime Clubs and Societies - These listings are displayed within the following categories and are clubs that you visit but do not have overnight accommodation. Landed Clubs means they have a premises and Non Landed Clubs are mainly internet based but offer meet ups. Again, you are able to search for a particular club or society like above by clicking on the category you require ie Landed Club which takes you to all of the listings listed in Sponsored followed by Featured followed by basic listing within that category. The right hand sidebar gives you a search box so you can easily narrow down what you are looking for by inputting an area or address, the name or specifics like Ideal For - Everyone or Families etc. Or go to the "Browse" tab in the page menu which will take you directly to the Search Bar.
Experiences and Excursions - The menu below displays the categories available in this listing. If you click on one ie Cruises you will be taken to the Browse page which displays the results of all cruises on offer. They are listed in Sponsored followed by Featured order. You can also use the search box to narrow down what you are looking for by choosing the name, or location or who the cruise is ideal for, for example, party, couples, families etc.
Holistic and Wellness - Again, you have the categories like the photo below, click on the category you are interested in, alternatively go to the "Browse tab" and choose the listings via their category, or name or location.
Products and Services - The categories shown below give you an idea of the listing types displayed within Products and Services. Like all of the listings within the "Explore" main menu, you can search on the homepage by using the categories as displayed below ie Property Sales & Domestic Services etc, or via the browse page where you can choose based on the category, name, location etc.
World Naked Bike Ride - ANW believe that some of the World Naked Bike Rides are lacking up to date information and some are difficult to find, so ANW have created an area to help site users find up to date information with relevant links, maps and routes detailing as many WNBR events as possible. Some of the rides organisers only give out the information of their ride at last minute keeping the event "protected". ANW will attempt to keep the information as up to date as possible.
Events - Enterprise Members can create events as part of their package. If you click on the Events Sub menu you will be taken to the homepage which displays all events in Sponsored, followed by Featured order. Or head to the "Browse" tab to be taken to the search box where you can choice the event by location or category or price. Members can write a review or take part in the event discussions and add images to the event.
19) Connect -
Located under the main menu heading you will find sub headings such as:
Affiliations and Links
These are some of the businesses ANW are proud to share special working relationships with. ANW shares safe connections to their sites and they share a reciprocal connection to ANW. If you would like your website to be part of this contact Anna at [email protected]
ANW Logo Branding
You can use the ANW logos shared on this page to promote naturism and your connection to ANW on your Social Media Profiles and websites.
Working Holidays
ANW is always delighted to help support naturist venues and opportunities in any positive way it can and helping to connect Naturist Enterprises to ANW members who are willing to work with them to enhance their offering or promote their service is a really exciting way of doing this. It is open to all Verified Sponsored Life Members and all Naturist Enterprises affiliated to ANW.
Find Friends
Located underneath the main menu heading "Connect" (8). Here you can find Members that are reviewed, top reviews etc. There are various options to choose from when finding Members which is why it is so important to fill out your profile questions, if someone wants to find a person who lives in California for example, they will only find them if they have put that in their profile. Members are listed in descending order of Sponsored, Featured and then Verified.
Community Blog Library
Blogs are found within two separate areas. Life and Annual Members have their own exclusive Members Only Blog Library with the ability to share their blog posts in a more private setting, or within the wider community Blog Library. Find out more about individual naturists through their blog posts. If you wish to write Blogs as part of your Annual or Life membership Team ANW will happily supply some tips and guidance to help you get started.
Community Ads
Adverts from fellow naturist endeavours in the ANW community. You will find these adverts in various locations around the site, within side bars and the activity feeds.
Fundraising Projects
Here you can support naturist projects with the financing of new ventures and the continued success and up keep of existing ones. Say thank you and fund the creative work provided through blogs, groups and artistry. Back naturist events, charities, renovations and clubs. Contact Anna at [email protected] if you would like in find out about raising funds for your endeavour.
Groups and Meet Ups, you can design Polls, Albums and invite your friends.
You may have a passion for your past time or wish to interact with people of a similar age or status. You may want to find people from across the globe who have the same interests as you or be part of a local based group with the possibility of meet-ups. Members can design Polls, Albums and invite friends or create location based Meet Up groups and organise events for their group community. Sponsored groups are run by Life time ANW Members, and Featured groups are fun by Annual ANW Members. Guest and Verified Users can join groups upon invitation from the group owner.
Online Chat Login
Life and Annual Members can easily navigate here to login to the next ANW Online Chat and find the schedules for futures chats.
Videos
This area collects the videos from around the site and displays them within their chosen categories. They maybe stand alone Vlogs, or support to Articles or a way of connecting for Explore pages or Funding projects. These films may help to display the spirit of an Event or the passion of a Group, you will find them there.
20) ANW Members
This main menu tab has been created for Life and Annual Members to easily find content exclusive to them.
Albums
Sharing images is a fun and wonderful thing to do on ANW. It is something that many members enjoy, especially when they get to know how friendly and respectful the ANW community is.
Images can be shared direct on the ANW activity feed, but these become harder to find as time progresses. By sharing images within Albums you get to name your album, place it in a choice of categories and subcategories and add to the album whenever you wish. This then allows the album to be searchable within the library for as long as you choose it to be, where you can collect comments, reviews and likes. On creating an Album you have choices as to who sees it, you can for example, share it with your friends. You can place a name and description on each photo and chose the image that represents that album. Albums can be created in the Album area and also direct from activity feeds. The creation of an album and additions to an album will still show on activity feeds and the albums will also show in the album tab of your profile page. Tip: When uploading an image allow the uploading to get to 100% before moving off the page.
Create a Group or Local Meet Up
This tab takes Life and Annual Members to the subscription page where they can create and run their own groups. There is no additional cost as it is part of the Membership package. Team ANW are happy to supply tips and guidance to those members who are interested in creating or running a Group or Meet Up.
Discounts and Offers
Gifted to Life and Annual Members from naturist venues and businesses around the world, ANW Members have the opportunity to receive exclusive promotions which are displayed within this tab. If you would like to offer ANW members a discount for using your enterprise then contact Anna at [email protected]
Forum
A place for friendly naturist debate;
The Forum Homepage
Has a breakdown of the seventeen Forum subcategories and direct links to Most Recently Updated, Most Recently Created, Most Liked Topics etc. To see all of the topics in a specific sub category, or to post a topic into that subcategory click the subcategory heading.
Browse Forum Topics
This page gives you a list of all Forum topics that are displayed in one of six criteria.
How to Post a Topic
Images for Art - Created for Life and Annual Members to search the images contained within this body reference library for their own creative work, or to make requests to ANW members for donations of images to help with your artistic project.
Interactive Projects - Various projects running for Life and Annual Members to get involved with. Just for fun and demonstrates the friendly nature of the ANW community and naturism.
Member Badges - Active contributions make for a vibrant, united and more informed community. We recognise this valued input and have created the badge collection scheme.
Member Only Blogs - Life and Annual Members can post their blogs in this more selective area if they prefer them to be read only by those members who have subscribed to ANW. If you wish to write Blogs as part of your Annual or Life membership Team ANW will happily supply some tips and guidance to help you get started.
Naturism in Art - Enjoy and take part in a growing gallery of Art celebrating the human body appropriate to naturism.
Community Notices - Things like competitions and other membership announcements are shared here.
Maximise Your Membership - Tips to help you get the most from your Life or Annual Membership.
Polls - ANW Members Polls, is not only a bit of fun, but paints a clearer picture of how naturism is viewed around the world. Vote or suggest a pole for voting.
Online Chat Information - ANW set up Online Chats as a way to encourage greater friendships and new friendships and strengthen the community. These run fortnightly at different times and days so as to consider different time zones. Life and Annual Members are sent email reminders in the run up to the scheduled Chat Meet.
21) The Footer Menu
At the bottom of every page is the sites footer menu. There is a feedback button to the right should you have any comments or suggestions about the site. There are links to connect to site admin. You will notice a DMCA Badge, which is a seal of protection that provides a secure system which protects the valuable content on ANW from theft or copyright infringement. Then at the very bottom of the page you will find links for the sites Terms of Services, Privacy Statement and other rules relating to the site.