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SMF User Help: Profile



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The profile screen in the default theme 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. Please note that, because an SMF forum may be customized extensively by its administrator(s), the features and user permissions described here are typical rather than definitive.

To edit your own profile, start by selecting Profile from the main menu or clicking your own username. You can also view (but not edit) other members' profiles by clicking on their names.

  1. Information Normally Available to all Members
    1. Profile Info
  2. Settings Normally Available to Profile Owners
    1. Modify Profile
    2. Actions
  3. Settings Normally Restricted to Admins
    1. Profile Info
    2. Modify Profile
    3. Actions

Information Normally Available to all Members

Profile Info

  Username: Member's login name Picture/Text
Name: Member's screen name
Posts: Member's number of posts
Position: Member's member group or post group
Date Registered: Date and time of registration
Last Active: Date and time last active

ICQ:
AIM:
MSN:
YIM:
Email: member@their.address
Website:
Current Status: Online Online

Gender:
Age: N/A
Location:
Local Time: Current date and time in member's time zone
Language:

Signature:


Additional Information:
Send this member a personal message.

Show the last posts of this person.
Show general statistics for this member.



Settings Normally Available to Profile Owners

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:

Modify Profile

Profile Info
Summary
Show Stats
Show Posts

Modify Profile
Account Related Settings
Forum Profile Information
Look and Layout Preferences
Notifications and Email
Personal Message Options

Actions
Delete this account

   Edit Profile

This section allows you to customize the look and layout of the forum.

Current Theme: Forum or Board Default (change)

Time Format:
Help The format here will be used to show dates throughout this forum.

Time Offset:
Number of hours to +/- to make displayed time equal to your local time.

(Current forum time should be displayed here.)


Show board descriptions inside boards.
Show child boards on every page inside boards, not just the first.
Don't show other user's avatars.
Don't show other user's signatures.
Return to topics after posting by default.
Show most recent posts at the top.
Show most recent personal messages at top.
First day of the week on the calendar::
Use quick reply on topic display:
Show quick-moderation on message index as 




Actions

Settings Normally Restricted to Admins

As well as being able to view/edit any of the details above from other members' profiles, some further options are normally visible to (and executable by) admins only:

Profile Info
Summary
Show Stats
Show Posts
Track User
Track IP
Show Permissions

Modify Profile
Account Related Settings
Forum Profile Information
Look and Layout Preferences
Notifications and Email
Personal Message Options

Actions
Ban this user
Delete this account


Profile Info

Modify Profile

Actions