# How to use Half-Mind.com — a new user's guide

Half-Mind.com brings together Hash House Harriers club information, community
archives and a personal record of your hashing adventures. Start with the
section that matches what you want to do.

## 1. Find a hash near you or your next destination

Choose **Find a Hash** from the main menu to open the regional directory.
Browse the relevant location and follow a kennel's website or contact link.
A kennel is a local Hash House Harriers club. Confirm meeting details with
the club before travelling: an old listing is not a guarantee of a current run.

You can browse public sections without creating a Where account. Plate photos
and songbook archives are separate sections; they are not your personal log.

## 2. Create your personal Where account

Open [Where Have You Hashed?](https://half-mind.com/where/) and choose
**Register Account**. Complete the form and follow the email-verification
instructions. Check spam if the email does not arrive. Then log in.

Your Where login is for your own records. You do not need a Site Administration
password, and registering does not make you a site administrator.

## 3. Introduce yourself

Choose **Profile & Password**. Enter your hash name and home kennel, plus the
optional profile details you want to provide. Use a consistent kennel spelling:
this is how the kennel leaderboard groups participating hashers.

Save and reload to confirm your changes. When editing unrelated information,
leave the password-change field blank; if your browser autofills it, clear it.
If your installed form behaves unexpectedly, contact the administrator.

## 4. Record where you have hashed

Choose **My Counts**, select your countries/territories, US states and events,
and use the form's Save/Update button. Reopen the page to confirm the selections.
Use **Hare Places** separately for places where you have laid a trail.
Update lifetime hash totals in your profile; selecting a country does not
add an individual run to your lifetime total.

Where a checklist search is available, filtering only hides choices. It does
not save or remove previously checked entries.

## 5. See your maps and milestones

Choose **My Lists**, **U.S. Map**, **World Map** or **My Milestones**.
Maps are a visual summary of your saved places. Some small territories appear
as markers. A missing highlight may be a map-label mismatch; check My Lists first.

Continent Clubs begin at **3 continents**, then 4, 5, 6 and all 7. Each continent
counts once, however many countries you selected within it. Australia is
included in Oceania, and Antarctica is needed for all seven.

You do not enter the continent total yourself. The site derives it from your
selected countries and the administrator's country-to-continent assignments.
The nine areas used to organize the country checklist are separate from the
seven continents used for these clubs. A country spanning continents receives
one assignment under the site's convention.

If the card says Pending or Unavailable, a country may still need classification.
Contact the administrator; do not remove a correctly selected country to earn
a badge. The world map can also show your highest earned Continent Club.

## 6. Find your kennel on the leaderboard

On My Milestones, use **See where [your kennel] ranks on the Global Kennel
Leaderboard**, if shown. Or choose **Kennel Leaderboards** in the Where menu.
The search uses the exact kennel name. Tabs compare combined countries,
combined states, lifetime hashes and participating hashers.

These are totals from eligible member profiles, not a census of the kennel's
membership or a count of its organized runs. Two members who visited the same
country each contribute to the combined total.

## 7. Make your keepsake certificate

Choose **Export**, then **Preview certificate**. The latest certificate has
an adventure design, your name and kennel, recorded totals, continent names
and highest earned Continent Club. Detailed pages list your recorded adventures.
Choose **Download PDF certificate** to keep it, or **Download CSV data** for
a spreadsheet-compatible export.

Exports are for the currently logged-in account. Review the detailed pages
before sharing: they can include your bio and favourite memory. The CSV may
contain additional personal profile information, including your email.

## 8. Keep it current

After a trip, update My Counts. After laying trails, update Hare Places.
Keep your home kennel and lifetime total current. Save, reload and check the
result. Use **Logout** on a shared device.

For login trouble, choose **Forgot Password?**. For a site issue, use the site's
contact route and provide the page address and what happened, without passwords.

## If your screen looks different

This guide describes the latest prepared features. The administrator may still
be installing an update. A missing menu item or older certificate design should
be reported rather than treated as a mistake in your account.