The profile screen normally consists of a single main pane, with an additional menu to the left to lead you through the editing options for your own profile.
To edit your own profile, start by selecting Forum Profile from the or clicking your own username. You can also view (but not edit) other members' profiles by clicking on their names.
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Profile Info |

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This Summary screen is not only there to tell you about others, but also the first screen that you see when . |
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Although most forums are likely be configured to display attached images as part of the post, it's not possible to preview attachments so you should always browse to and attach your files just before you finally post your message. |
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Members may choose to hide their email address and/or online status. |
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The fields left empty here are not filled in by default, so you should if you wish to display this information. |
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You can send the profile owner a by clicking the Current Status On/Offline Icon or following the link from Additional Information below. |
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Show the last posts of this person links to a complete paginated listing of the member's posts. |
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Show general statistics for this member links to a screen of statistics about the member's time online and posting activity. |
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While the Summary screen is the same as the one shown above and the Show Posts and Show Stats links are effectively duplicates, profile owners are also provided with the tools to customize their own profiles:
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Modify Profile |
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Account Related Settings enables you to make changes to your display name (your login or username can only be changed by an administrator), preferred language (if the forum administrators have installed alternative language packs), email and password settings. |
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Forum Profile Information enables you to enter optional personal details such as gender, birthdate, location, website and instant messenger contact information. It's also where you go to enter your own personal text and signature and select an avatar (personal picture) from a list (if provided by the forum administrators) or link to one of your own on the web. |
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Look and Layout Preferences enables you to select your preferred theme (forum skin), time zone and format and other personal choices for layout settings. Note that the currently selected option in the menu pane is highlighted in bold type: |

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Notifications and Email enables you to select personal preferences for notifications (emails about new topics/replies) and lists any notifications that you have set up. |
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Personal Message Options enables you to set up an ignore list (blacklist) for , to request notification of new PMs by email and to save copies of your outgoing PMs by default. |
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