— Profile: Overview
What is my member profile?
Your Member Profile represents all of the information that is used to represent you as your “online persona” to other people on this website.
Unlike the very private information stored on your Member Account page, all of the information stored in your Member Profile can be viewed by other members. And a couple of items from your Member Profile are shared with the general public if you comment under a Blog Post article.
Just to give you an idea, here are just a few of the items that make up each person's Member Profile:
Where Your Profile Information Is Used
The three most common places you will see your Profile information being used are:
- Next to your Community Forum Posts
- Next to your Blog Post Comments
- On your personalized Member Profile Page
Community Forum Posts
When you “Create a Topic” or “Reply” to someone else's Post in one of the Community forums, your post will contain some of your Member Profile information on the left-hand side. This block of information will identify you as the writer of this post and display the current, up-to-date status of several of your profile items.
Member Profile List
| Ninja Column 2 | Ninja Column 3 | Ninja Column 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Mearl Bisel | Display Name | The Member's name |
| Online Status | Indicates if the Member is currently online and logged in or offline and logged out | |
| @mearl | @Nickname | A short name used to mention another Member in a Community Post (An email is sent to them notify them) |
| New Member | Reputation Title | An honorary title bestowed on a Member based on how many Community Posts they have written |
Founder | Exclusive Title | A unique title given to a few Members based on certain criteria |
| Reputation Badge | A graphical representation of how many Community Posts the Member has written | |
| Coins:35 | Coins | The amount of coins the Member has earned |
| Joined:6 months ago | Membership Term | The amount of time the person has been a Member |
| Posts: 1 | Community Posts | The number of Community Posts the Member has written |
| Additional Info | Click this blue triangle to open up additional options |
Blog Post Comments
When you add your thoughts under a Blog Post by creating a Comment, you will also see a few items from your Member Profile used to identify you:
- Your Display Name
- Badge indicating you're a Member
- Current Coin count
Unlike Community Posts that are viewable only by logged-in Members, Blog Post comments are also viewable by the public.
Member Profile Page
Every Member is given a personalized Member Profile Page when they join as a Member.
Even if you don't spend the time to personalize any of the information fields, your member My Profile page is still visible to other Members. Any field areas you don't complete will just appear empty or non-existent on your Profile Page.
You can create or make changes to your Member Profile by going to your Profile Details page.
Your Profile Settings page can be found in the blue-colored Member Menu Bar at the top of the website and under the “[YOUR NAME]” menu item.
