7.1  General Information

This part is your « identity card » for the forum. This is where you may want to share personal information with the other members who would like to know a little more about you.

Profil

7.1.1  Pseudo

As you would have guessed it, this field mentions your login nickname on the forum. You cannot edit it yourself. If you really wish to modify your nickname, you will have to contact a forum administrator.

7.1.2  Password

This field does not display your current password. However you will find a link to edit it in your forum control panel

To change your password, simply enter your current password. In the two fields below, write your new password. You have to enter it twice in order to avoid misspelling errors once you have validated your changes.

Then click on Validate.

7.1.3  Email

In this field you can modify the email address you used to join the forum and the one for the forum alerts/newsletters

Attention

If you edit your email address, a new password will automatically be generated and sent to this new email address!

7.1.4  Gender (optional)

Simply fill in this field if you wish to let other members know if you are a man or a woman.

7.1.5  Visible email ?

This option lets you choose whether other members can see your email address.

7.1.6  Connexion status

By default, your online status is set to public. You can deactivate this option.

If you choose to deactivate this option you will not be visible among other connected members. You will become an unknown member:

Before : la

After : pas la

This will also affect your connexion status on your messages

Profil

For more information about this icon, please refer to our explanations here

7.1.7  Birth Date (optional)

Share your birth date in this field.

7.1.8  World Map and Regional Maps (optional)

If the forum administrator has activated the “Members’ Map” Option, you can choose to locate yourself on various geographical maps (world, Europe…). This is a good way for you to see who lives near you or to simply observe where other forums members are located.

7.1.9  City (optional)

Share your hometown if you wish

7.1.10  Personal website (optional)

If you own a website, you can share its URL over here

This will generate links to your website at the top of all your messages in the toolbar (More details)

7.1.11  Interest(s) (optional)

Share your interests and/or passions over here

7.1.12  Occupations (optional)

In this last field you can give more precisions about your job / occupation


7 Customizing the Forum and the Member Profile7.2 Forum Related Information