Post by Shain on Sept 15, 2016 20:25:36 GMT
Editing Your Personal Profile
You can access your personal profile by clicking "profile" on the top navigation menu. The button is the silhouette of a head with a notification counter on it.
You will discover the following profile tabs on this page..
You will discover the following profile tabs on this page..
- Summery
Basic overview of your profile. This page will list your email, web site, birthrate, page, post count, etc. We'll discuss soon how to adjust privacy settings. - Activity
This page will list the topics you've responded to and threads you've created. - Following
You can "follow" other forum members. This page will list all the users you follow. - Friends
This page will list your friends. Friends are established by both individuals following each other. - Groups
This page will list the groups/ranks of forum members, such as administrators and moderators. - Notifications
You will sometimes get a notification if a user "likes" your thread posts. - Gift
Proboards has a feature in which you can give each other "badges" that will display on your profile and miniprofile. Some are free, but others cost money. - Awards
These are special badges given to forum members who win a contest held on the forum. Active contests can be found in the Contests & Activities category.
Editing Your Profile
While on the "summery" tab you can click on the "edit profile" button on the top right of the container. You'll see new tabs appear.- Avatar Tab
You are welcome to upload an avatar within the "avatar tab" page. But you may have noticed some users using a background image in their mini-profiles which is much bigger than an avatar. These are called "mini-Profile Backgrounds" and can be edited under the "personal" tab. You will also be able to change your Mini-profile name color and mini-profile text color here. - Personal Tab
You can change your display name, gender, location, website, etc. You will also be able to edit your signature.
The Mini-Profile Backgrounds should be about 170px width and 330 height. If you go over these measurements, it will "crop" the image for you. If you go under these measurements, your image will repeat to fill in the space.
Warning: if you post status updates this will stretch the height of the mini-profile background.
This is your general information including display name, gender, website, etc. You also edit your signature and Mini-profile Background here. Use the following code for your Mini=profile Background custom field;{"image":"URL","color":""}
Replace the blue URL with the code of your desired Mini-profile Background. Be sure it is the correct size! You can also edit the name color and text color within your Mini-profile. It is best to change these colors to what is best legible against your background. Use hexcode to define the colors. - Social Tab
You can include your social handles, such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. - Settings Tab
You can choose your forum preferences, such as whether or not signatures, avatars, and smilies are displayed. - Privacy Tab
Important privacy options. You can choose whether or not to display certain items, including gender (which may be useful if you are non-binary or otherwise do not identify with the Proboards default male/female options), email and birthday. You can also choose to be invisible so that you will never be displayed as online (except to staff). You can also block other users here. - Notifications Tab
Select the options in which you would like to be notified. For example, you can receive notifications for if you're tagged, someone quotes you, someone follows you, receive new messages, etc. - Badges Tab
Badges which can be bought directly from Proboards. - Awards Tab
Similar to badges, except they are not bought or traded. They are earned through participation in Artplay activities and contests!
- Avatar Tab
This post will be periodically updated to maintain thorough and current information.