Everything starts by logging into your AroundHawaii.com user account. If you do not wish to log in repeatedly, simply check the box that says "Remember Me on this Computer" and skip to step 2 or 3 below. Remember: if you do not have an AroundHawaii.com account yet, you must create one first. Click on the "Create an Account" link to do so (see here for help: Create an Account process).

Log into AroundHawaii.com

Once you sign in, you will see something similar to the illustration below. This means you are logged in and authorized to rate articles and post comments to them.

Edit my profile link

If you logged in on the page with the article that you would like to rate, simply scroll down a bit (under the article title and right above the start of the article copy) to find the 5 star rating system.

Vote using these 5 Stars

If you did not log in to the article you'd like to rate, simply browse the site (or do a search) for your favorite article(s) and rate them accordingly (you will not have to log in again). A fun place to start is the Local Kine Reviews section where you can rate your favorite restaurants around the State.

The stars work exactly the way you'd expect. If you'd like to give an article just 1 star, click on the 1st star on the left. The second star for a two star rating, the third star for a three star rating and so forth. The stars will fill with a orange color, indicating your rating and say "Your Rating Has Been Added".

Your Rating Has Been Added

Your rating will be calculated and combined to form an average star rating, based on the average of all member votes. These stars will display in blue.

Average Rating

In addition to rating, AroundHawaii.com members can also post comments to their favorite articles. To do this, scroll down to the end of an article (after logging in) to find the comment box.

Comment box

After reading and agreeing to our site policies, input your comment into the Comment form field (which will be highlighted yellow once selected) and press the "Add Comment" button. This will append your comment to the end of the article.

Posted Comment

Please be careful with what you post as it will be visible by everyone. Do not post personal information such as your full name, address, phone number, email address, etc.

When you first post your comment, you'll notice the following two icons:

Delete Comment and Edit Comment Icons

These are the delete and edit icons which are made available to you for three days (you will not be able to delete or edit your comments after this 3 day period) after you post your comment.

They operate much like you'd think. To delete your comment, click on the delete button (trash can icon), and to edit your comment, click on the Edit button (paper and pencil icon).

After 3 days, these icons will turn into the following "Reply to Comment" and "Report this Comment" icons.

Reply to Comment and Report Comment Icons

Other members can now use these to reply to your comment or report inappropriate comments to the site administrators. When you see this on other articles, you can do the same.