thanks for your reply. unfortunately the developer site has succeeded in flummoxing me. there seems to either be an endless loop of returning me to sign in pages, or forcing me to submit an app before I can complete account set up and access any of the help pages you reference. 

1. I need to 'complete account set up' before I can access help pages (click here to continue)

2. I am sent to a developer dashboard. I select 'help' which then sends me back to the beginning, asking me to log in again. 

must be some test that only developers can decipher?  

best regards