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USER PROFILES
It is up to you to keep your profile up to date.
Always make sure your email address is current.
You can change every field except your username in the profile.
Once you register your username, it is yours for life.
In exceptional circumstances, depending on your settings, you can change your user name yourself or you must ask the administrator to change your user name.
But you should give a good reason.
The User Control Panel can be accessed from your profile picture.
These small images are called "User Pictures", "Profile Pictures" or "Avatars"
They will appear under your username in each of your posts. There are two types of user images:
- those provided by the administrator and
- those you can upload yourself.
If the administrator has provided a set of user pictures for the use of members, you can choose a user picture that most closely reflects your personality.
The Administrator can also allow custom avatars. These allow you to upload your own user picture from your computer to the site
You can do this anywhere you can find information about the user.
Preview the profile
If you hover your mouse over a username, a small window opens with content from the user's profile.
You will see several icons
Click on the Plus + icon titled “User” you will find the “Follow” option
Member List
Go to the Member List you will see the user profile panel with the icons. Select the Plus + icon to follow
How to UnFollow
Do the same steps as you would to follow the user.
If you are following them you will see a Minus - icon
Click on the Minus - icon to unfollow
You can grant users you follow special rights in your privacy setup in your user control panel.
It is also possible to filter recent activity on the dashboard (if set up) to just users you follow.
You can do this anywhere you can find information about the user.
Preview the profile
If you hover your mouse over a username, a small window opens with content from the user's profile.
At the bottom right you can see the symbol of a circle with a horizontal line
From User's profile control panel
Click on the user's profile. You will see several icons Click on the three dots to access the list of options and you will find the option “Block"
Click on "Block" and select from the options presented
System
Please note: Some users like System Admins, Community Managers and Moderators cannot be blocked.
Blocking a user will result in:
- They can no longer write to you in conversations (Direct/Private Messages).
- They can't follow you . If they already follow you it will be ended by blocking.
- Their topics will no longer be displayed to you in the forum's topic list, recent activities, latest topics, hot threads etc.
- Their posts within the topics are hidden with a note . You can still read the posts if you click on the note.
- The last post of a blocked user is shown in a light gray in the forum overview. This also applies to topics that are no longer displayed to you within a forum because the blocked user started them.
- You will no longer be notified when they quote or mentions you.
If you ever forget your password,
Click on "Forgot your password?" in the user account management, which is located wherever you need to enter your password.
A page will come with a form where you need to enter your username or email that you used to register in the forum.
You will then receive further information by email.
You can delete your account from your user profile.
It is important to understand that once you complete the deletion process, all user data is removed from our system and this process cannot be reversed!
The Who Is / Was Online Status Icons shows all users who are online or who was online and when their last activity occurred.
This is only visible to Registered users and only if they are logged in.
You can turn this status off (become invisible) on the Who/Is Status Bar From your User Profile Control Panel.
This also hides your activity status if someone visits your profile page
WITH VISIBILTY TURNED ON:
WITH VISIBILITY TURNED OFF:
This Also Hides Your "Online Status" on Threads & Posts in the Posts Author Side Panel
WITH VISIBILTY ON:
VISIBILITY TURNED OFF
It also Shows Your Status as "offline" in the Signature Block