Create your account
One form signs you up and signs you in — with Google or an email and password.
There is one door into eKard. The page at /sign_up_or_login/new is headed "Log in to eKard", yet it is also the only sign-up form — what you enter decides which of the two happens.
Two ways in
Google. Press "Continue with Google" and pick an account. First time through, eKard creates your account on the spot — name, email and photo come across from Google. Every visit after that, the same button signs you in.
Email. Fill in "Email" and "Password", then press "Continue with email". An address eKard has never seen creates an account instantly; a known address is checked against its password and signs you in. New passwords need at least eight characters, and there is no verification email in either case — nothing to wait for in your inbox.
Started with email and pressed "Continue with Google" later? Same address, same account: the two link automatically, and your password keeps working.
Where you land
A Google sign-in with no Kards yet goes straight to the new-card form at /kards/new; everyone else lands on the Kards list at /kards. Either way, the next stop is the course on making your first Kard.
Forgotten passwords have their own door — the "Forgot password?" link on the same page. The reset flow is covered in the course on your account.
Because an unknown email creates an account instantly, a typo at sign-in does not fail — it opens a fresh, empty account. If your Kards seem to have vanished, check the address you typed before anything else.