I am afraid you just do not understand what is going on.
When Ricoh relaunched the site they discarded the UserNames used to create individual gallery's, so:
- In the Pentax/Hoya days we set up galleries using our emails - i.e. phototwit@yougottabekidding.com
- When logged on the first time you filled out your "real" name i.e. "Firstname Lastname"
- In order for people to see your gallery, you would search for YOUR NAME not your email alias. i.e. FirstName LastName.
This is the new part:
- When Ricoh relaunched the PhotoGallery the deleted the alias's (emaill addresses) as the UserID.
- Ricoh converted the UserName to the "real" username as entered on the site, but with no spaces or punctuation in the name. i.e the UserName changed from phototwit@yougottabekidding.com to FirstnameLastname.
- In order to get into your populated gallery you must enter for a UserName FirstnameLastname then enter a password.
- The site should tell you that your password, which may or may not have changed, needs to be updated.
- If you need to just change your password - then change it - the site forces a password change from Pentax/Hoya to Ricoh.
- If it says that the password is wrong, then you need to request a password reset. The site will email you a link to change the password - at your previously entered email address.
In order to log on to your gallery you log on where in the dialogue box you enter.
UserName -> FirstnameLastname
Password -> SOmeR3allygo0dLong^complexthing
Boom - you are in your gallery, which has not changed since the old days. All of the images are still there and you can click the appropriate links to modify personal information, set passwords, peruse your gallery images, change things, upload new images and judge images.
Remember, when you are not logged in and you want to see someone's gallery, you search (under Artists) by their
NAME not their alias. So in your case we search for Martha Burbaugh or Burbaugh.
We do not search for photolady, ever. The gallery is the same as before - because the gallery has not changed. The only thing that changed is the UserName.