How to Customize Your Profile!
May 14, 2016 23:38:31 GMT -5
Post by Admin on May 14, 2016 23:38:31 GMT -5
Hello everyone! If you've made this way to this thread, you're interested in how to customize your profile - and mini-profile - to look like how other members on the site have it. For this walk-through, we will be using uiido.☾ 's profile as an example. Follow the steps and the handy pictures below and you'll be looking great in no time!Step One | The very first step you need to do to edit your profile is to go to your profile! Just look at the top navigation bar and click "profile". Once you've arrived to your own profile, on the right hand side, just below the tabs, there is a button labeled "edit profile". It's the button marked by a red box in the photo below. All you have to do is click it!
Once you click "edit profile", you're automatically redirected to the "avatar" page. You can see on the tabs that each page links somewhere different. In this tutorial we will only cover "Avatar" and "Personal" tabs.
Step Two | Members are automatically provided with a warriors themed avatar (such as the one seen below), but everyone likes to make theirs more personal. To change it, it's very easy. If you don't want to find an avatar for yourself, click the second option and select a free, provided avatar. However, if you have one in mind that's not on the site, click the first option. Once you do, a window will pop up with two options. You may either browse your computer, if you have the avatar saved onto your computer, or you may paste in a web link. Make sure you hit save once you've finished!
Step Three | After you've changed your avatar, there's not much left you can do on the "Avatar" page, so you'll need to hit the "Personal" tab, where you will be redirected to the page shown below. This page can help you change a lot, but in this tutorial, we will only cover your Hover Image, Member Shop, Tracker, Want Ad, "Identifies As", and Music. It should be easy to change your name, location, status, and signature on your own!
Step Four | Depending on what skin you have selected for your account, you'll see the photo of a cat in your mini-profile. More specifically, the one that your member status and mini-profile information is seen over. Well, you guys can customize it to an image of your choosing! For best results, select an image that is 230X400. All you have to do then is add the image link into the "Hover Image" space and save!
Step Five | Though this is a spot that won't be used by many members, the ones who operate their very own Member Shops will find it quite useful. It's also quite useful if you're trying to find the shop of a specific member! So, you have a shop and you want to add to your mini-profile for others to find? Easy! All you need is the link to the thread with your shop, and then you paste it in the spot labeled "Member Shops"! Once saved, it'll appear to the right of your avatar on your mini-profile. If you don't have a shop, or don't want to add it to your mini-profile, just leave the spot blank and the "Shop" option will not appear on your mini-profile.
Step Six | If you've been here long enough to build up more characters than you can reasonably list in your signature, you should probably consider making a Tracker of your very own. And, you don't even have to take up signature space to add a link to it - you can add it in this spot! How do you do that? All you need to do is grab the link to your tracker, paste it into the "Tracker" slot, and you're good to go! It'll appear in your mini-profile, to the right of your avatar. Even though it is the second on the list, it will appear on the top. Decide you don't want a tracker quite yet? Just leave the spot blank, and no "Track" option will appear in your mini-profile until you change your mind.
Step Seven | Do you have a "Want" or "Drama" seeking thread? Trying to find the right plot for the right character? Well, let everyone know by putting the link in the "Want Ad" form! Once you've added it in, it'll show below your "Track" and "Shop" options to the right of your avatar in the mini-profile. However, if you decide to leave this section blank, the "Want" option simply will not appear until you decide to use it.
Step Eight | "Identifies As" is a bit of a strange-sounding title until you realize what it actually is. Many people don't identify as male or female, which isn't necessarily helpful. Besides, no girl wants to be called "he", no boy "she", and no agender "he" or "she". This is a handy little place to fill out how you want to be referred to - such as "he/she/they" or "boy/girl/agender." This alone could be helpful to make sure people refer to you properly, and to make sure you refer to others how they are most comfortable as well.
Step Nine | Surprise! Your mini-profile can play music! Or, to be more accurate, a single song of your choosing. How can you make it do this? All you have to do is add a .mp3 direct link into the "Music" section. Now, some people probably will have a few sites in mind where they like to host their music, but, if you'd like a suggestion, perhaps try Kiwi6. All you need to do is sign up, upload a .mp3 file, and input the direct link into the Music form space!