We'd love to hear what you think of the new Encounters site. Are you having problems with any parts of it? Do you have suggestions for new functionality, or more questions you would like to see in the profiles? Do you have a Encounters success story to share? Click here to tell us about it.

If you want to upload your photos, but don't have access to a scanner or digital camera, contact our scanning service and we'll scan your photos for you.

You can find people in our database in a number of different ways. Visit the find people section to read the details and choose the method best suited to your needs.

Our help section contains a detailed FAQ page. If you have a question the FAQ page doesn't answer, please ask us.

Profiles with photos get up to 10 times as much attention as those without photos. To upload your photo(s) today, go to my profile and click on the photos link.

To add a member to your favourites, just click on the 'add to favourites' link on their profile. If you keep interesting profiles in your favourites, you can find them again quickly the next time you visit.

To stop receiving messages from a particular member, just click on the 'block him' or 'block her' links in their profile.

Visit the gallery to browse the 100 most recent photos. You can search by country and gender and decide which of the new members you would like to contact.