A profile contains a user's personal data and contact information which you make available to users in the community. Community Server allows users to edit their own public profiles.

Procedure

  1.  Open your profile from your Dashboard page by clicking Edit Profile.  

 

The Edit Your Profile page displays.

 

  2.  Edit your public profile properties.

Profile Options

Scroll down to see more settings on the Profile Options page.

 

  • Birthday and Gender - Allow you to decide whether or not to make your birthday and gender part of your viewable data.
  • Language - If you have language packs, you can select a language for your personal data.
  • Share Favorites - Specifies whether or not to display the Shared Favorites list to users. Click here for more information about Shared Favorites.
  • RSS Feeds - Allows you to display the Shared Feeds list to users. Click here for more information about shared RSS feeds.

Site Options

 

  • Sort Posts - Specify whether to sort posts in ascending (beginning with most recent) or descending (beginning with earliest) order.
  • Content Editor - Specify which content editor to use. Community Server supports plain text, standard, and enhanced editors. Click here for more information.
  • Enable Display Name - Specifies whether to display your system user name or a name different from your user name. If your system administrator has created a display name for you that is different from your user name, this setting determines which name displays in the community.
  • Display in members list - Specifies whether or not you want your name to display on the community member list so it is accessible by all users. This list is accessible from the Friends tab on the user's Dashboard page.
  • Enable Collapsing Panels - This feature is not supported in Community Server, so the setting has no effect on Community Server functionality.
  • Enable Post Mouse-Over Popup - This feature is not supported in Community Server, so the setting has no effect on Community Server functionality.
  • Enable Conversation Notifications - Conversations are not supported in Community Server, so this setting has no effect on Community Server functionality.
  • Enable Comment Notifications - Specifies whether you want to be notified via email when users comment on any posts you have published.
  • Items per-Page in Control Panel grids - Specifies the number of items that display in the Control Panel when managing posts, forums, comments and so on. This setting takes effect only for users who have administrative privileges.  
  • Activity Message Configuration - Enables or disables activity messaging. You can specify which of your activities you want other users notified of.

  • My API Keys - Allows you to retrieve keys to enable applications for API. Click here for more information.

Sign-in Information

 

The sign-in Information page displays your sign-in name and the date on which you last signed in to Community Server, as well as an option for changing your password and entering an OpenID.

  3.  Click Save to retain changes.