Editing your Personal Details

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Editing your Personal Details

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To edit your personal details you will notice three fields on the right of the tab bar. They are Notifications, Private messages and, to the right of that
your user name.
To edit, click on the little down arrow to the right of your username and a drop-down tab will be displayed. User Control Panel, Profile and Log Out. Click on the latter if you would like to log out of the Forum.
Click on User Control Panel and in the screen that opens you will find your personal Control Panel where you can manage your settings, etc.
Each tab has a different function and you will see them as Overview; PrROFILE; Board Preferences; Private Messages; User Groups; Friends & Foes

To edit your personal details you should choose the PROFILE tab. After clicking on it you will see five tabs displayed down the left side. By default it should open on the top one EDIT PROFILE and in that section you will be able to add your birthday, your location, and URL's for
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Skype:
YouTube:
Google+:
If you add or change anything in that section press the SUBMIT button at the bottom to update the changes you have made.

The next tab down, EDIT SIGNATURE, lets you add or edit your personal signature. Your signature appears at the bottom of each post that you make on the Forum.

The next tab down, EDIT AVATAR, lets you add, change or delete an Avatar. Avatars must be no more than 92 pixels by 92 pixels and the file size must not exceed 6 kilobytes. To add an Avatar that you have save on your computer, in the section headed SELECT YOUR AVATAR, along the line titled Upload from your machine:, click on the button marked browse.. and a File Upload section will open. You should navigate to the folder on you computer which contains the Avatar you wish to load and its name will be added to the File Upload field and the file name will appear in the box to the right of the Browse.. button. To complete the procedure you should click on the Submit button at the bottom of the section.

If you have added an Avatar and you wish to change it, you should do so in this section. When you click on the EDIT AVATAR button you will see your Avatar image desplayed already. To delete it, tick the box below the image marked Delete then press the Submit button at the bottom to complete the deletion. Add your new Avatar as described above.

The next tab down, ACCOUNT SETTINGS, lets you amend your registered email address and change your log in password. The field descriptions in this section are self explanatory.

The next tab down, Manage "Remember Me" log in keys, manages the "Remember Me" login keys which automatically log you in when you visit the board. If you logout, the remember me login key is deleted only on the computer you are using to logout. Here you can see remember login keys created on other computers you used to access this site.
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