My Account
My Account allows you to edit your own membership account information.
There are a number of areas within the My Account section:
Personal Settings
Edit Your Profile
This page allows you to change the information that is stored in the main profile fields such as Birthday, URL, Location, etc. This page also contains any Custom Profile Fields you may have created.
Edit Signature
Here you can set the signature, which can optionally be displayed with weblog entries, comments, and forum posts. You may style the signature content as you wish.
Edit Avatar
You may select an avatar to associate with your member account. You may choose from among the default avatars or you may upload your own.
Edit Your Photo
This is where you can upload a photo to be displayed in your member profile area.
Email Settings
You may specify the email address associated with the account as well as preferences related to receiving email. If you are not logged in with a SuperAdmin account, you will need to submit the password associated with the account in order to update these settings. The password is not required when the person editing is a SuperAdmin account.
Username and Password
Both the Username and Screen Name for the account can be changed. In addition, the password can be changed if desired. If you are not logged in with a SuperAdmin account, you will need to submit the password associated with the account in order to update these settings. The password is not required when the person editing is a SuperAdmin account.
Localization Settings
Data displayed on an ExpressionEngine page is determined dynamically for each user viewing the site. Registered users can specify in which time zone they reside as well as their language and time formatting preference. Note that this is information that applies only to this user account.
Subscription Manager
View Subscriptions
Here you may view and manage entries and forum threads to which the user has subscribed. This page also allows the user to unsubscribe from any of the entries or threads.
Private Messages
Private Messages in ExpressionEngine are similar to being able to send another user an email. In this case, though, they access the Private Message through the EE website and not with an email program.
Compose New Message
You may create and send a Private Message from this page.
- Inbox
You may access the Private Messages that other members have sent this account.
- Sent
When you send a Private Message to another user, you have the choice of saving a copy of the message in your "Sent" folder. If you do so, you may access those saved copies here.
Trash
Here you may access Private Messages that you have moved to the Trash.
Edit Message Folders
You may create additional folders to help you organize your messages here. You may also delete existing custom folders here.
Buddy List
You may add or remove members from your Buddy List here.
Blocked List
Here you may add or remove members from your Blocked List. This is a list of members from which you will not accept Private Messages.
Extras
Notepad
The "Notepad" within a member's My Account area can be used to store personal notes, to-do lists, or whatever other information they may desire. It is designed to be a place that the user may store some information that they'll need later.