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# SMF User Help: Profile

Introduction
Registering
Logging&space;In
Profile
Posting
Personal&space;Message
Searching
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.
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
Email member@their.address Website Current Status Personal Message 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.
This

    Summary

screen is not only there to tell you about others, but also the first screen that you see when editing your own profile.
Members may choose to hide their
email address
and/or
online status
.
The fields left empty here are not filled in by default, so you should edit your profile if you wish to display this information.
You can send the profile owner a Personal Message by clicking the
Current Status
On/Offline Icon
or following the link from
Additional Information
below.
Show the last posts of this person
links to a complete paginated listing of the member's posts.
Show general statistics for this member
links to a screen of statistics about the member's time online and posting activity.
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

    Account Related Settings

enables you to make changes to your
display name
(your
login
or
username
can only be changed by an administrator), preferred
language
(if the forum administrators have installed alternative language packs),
email
and
password
settings.

    Forum Profile Information

enables you to enter optional personal details such as
gender
,
birthdate
,
location
,
website
and
instant messenger
contact information. It's also where you go to enter your own
personal text
and
signature
and select an
avatar
(personal picture) from a list (if provided by the forum administrators) or link to one of your own on the web.

    Look and Layout Preferences

enables you to select your preferred
theme
(forum skin), time zone and format and other personal choices for
layout settings
. Note that the currently selected option in the menu pane is highlighted in bold type:
Profile Info
Summary
Show Stats
Show Posts
Modify Profile
Edit Profile
Account Related Settings
Forum Profile Information
Look and Layout Preferences
Notifications and Email
Personal Message Options
Actions
Delete this account
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.
Forum Default
Month Day, Year, HH:MM:SS a/pm
Month Day, Year, HH:MM:SS (army time.)
YYYY-MM-DD, HH:MM:SS
DD Month YYYY, HH:MM:SS
DD-MM-YYYY, HH:MM:SS
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.
Use quick reply on topic display
don't show at all
show, off by default
show, on by default
Show quick-moderation on message index as
don't show
checkboxes
icons
First day of the week on the calendar:
Sunday
Monday
Change profile

    Notifications and Email

enables you to select personal preferences for
notifications
(emails about new topics/replies) and lists any notifications that you have set up.

    Personal Message Options

enables you to set up an
ignore list
(blacklist) for Personal Messages, to request
notification
of new PMs by email and to
save copies
of your outgoing PMs by default.
Actions

    Delete this account

does exactly what it says! Yes, there's a
confirmation screen
, but it really does
delete your own account
, so be careful...
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:
Track User
Track IP
Show Permissions
Ban this user
Profile Info

    Track User

provides a list of
IP numbers
used by the member, other members who might be in the same
IP range
and
error messages
generated/experienced by the member.

    Track IP

provides tools for tracking
members
,
messages
and
errors
from any specified
IP range
.

    Show Permissions

lists the
board permissions
that have been granted to the member and who gave them.
Modify Profile

    Account Related Settings

is basically the same screen as shown to profile owners, but with the additional option to assign members to
member groups
.

    Forum Profile Information

is basically the same screen as shown to profile owners, but with the additional option to specify
custom titles
for members.
Actions

    Ban this user

provides tools for
banning
users, configuring the
level
of the ban and maintaining a
ban list
noting the details of any bans in force.

    Delete this account

is similar to the screen of the same name available to all members, but the
confirmation question
is different when it's not your own account that's about to be deleted.
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