You can customise global settings for your username in the Your Profile screen. Any changes to these settings apply to all blogs accessed with that username.
Your user profile is quickly accessed in your dashboard via the Users > Your Profile menu option. Remember to click Update Profile after making any changes on Your Profile screen.
Your Profile screen has quite a few options, so lets explain them one at a time.
Personal options
There are three personal preferences you can set for your username:
1. Visual Editor
All users have access to the Visual Editor and HTML Editor for writing posts and pages by default.
Place a check in this box if you only wish to use the HTML Editor. This option is included because a few users prefer to write using the HTML editor only.
2. Admin Color Scheme
This option changes the colors in your adminstraton panel. Gray is the default and your other choice is blue.
3. Keyboard Shortcuts
This option provides the ability to use keyboard shortcuts to browse and moderate comments. Place a check in this box if you only wish to use these shortcuts. Refer to Keyboard Shortcuts for more information.
Tips
These are the helpful tips which are displayed at the top of your administration panel that change as you navigates inside your dashboard. Change to No if you don’t want these tips displayed.
Name
You can’t change your username but you can use the options here to change your name that is publicly displayed when you write posts or comments on Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site). Here’s how you do it:
- Add your first name, last name or change your Nickname (by default your nickname is always your username unless you change it). Note: Students please follow your teacher’s guidelines regarding what personal information you can use online.
- Click Update Profile
- Click on the drop down arrow to select your preferred publicly displayed name
- Click Update Profile again
- Now every post or comment you write on Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site) will display that name.
Contact Info
The email address is only required information in the Contact info section. Currently AIM, Yahoo, Jabber and Google Talk displays only inside Your Profile inside your dashboard — there is no need to complete this details.
Your email address is required. You may change this, but you can only use one e-mail address per username. This email address must be valid because to confirm that change an email will be sent to this address and it won’t be changed until you click on the link in the email.
Refer to Changing your username password or email address for comprehensive instructions on changing your email address.
Please Note: Although your e-mail address will not be displayed publicly on Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site), when you submit a comment while logged into your account, the e-mail address will be transmitted to the writer of the post of blog administrator.
Website
This is the URL that will be linked to your username when leaving comments on Edublogs.org (or the Edublogs Campus site). Please note: If you update your web site link it doesn’t change this details in past comments only those made in the future.
TIP: Your comment avatar is automatically linked to your primary blog. Adding your website link makes it easier for the blogger and other commenters to follow the comment on their blog to your blog to read more about your thoughts and who you are.
About Yourself
The Biographical Info displays only inside Your Profile inside your dashboard — there is no need to complete this details.
New Password
The new password area is where you update your password. Refer to Changing your username password or email address for comprehensive instructions on changing your password.
