| Viewing a Member's Profile |
Each member has a profile that he/she sets up while registering for the forum. Members can choose to include personal information, such as occupation, interests, personal web sites, etc. that other members can view. Other information, such as the date on which members joined the forum, the number of messages that they have posted thus far, and a link to a list of all their messages, appears in their profile automatically. For more information, see What Are Profiles?
A member's profile is a good place to go to contact him/her. Several contact options may be available, depending on what the member has enabled.
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| To view a member's profile, do any of the following: |
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Navigate to any message that the member posted and click the profile icon (shown below) within the message block of his/her message.
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If the member's username appears in the Author or Last Post column of a page, click on it.
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If the member's username appears in the Who is Online box, click on it.
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Click Memberlist at the top of any page. Find the member's username (How?) and click on it.
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The member's profile appears.
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| From a member's profile, you can do any of the following: |
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You can view a list of all messages that the member has posted and navigate to any one of them. How?
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If a link appears in the Website section, you can visit the member's site by clicking the link.
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If an e-mail icon (shown below) appears in the E-mail address section, you can click it to send an e-mail message to the member. A form appears in which you can create and send the message. For more information, see Sending E-mail Messages.
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 Note: When you send e-mail messages to members, they can see your e-mail address. However, you will not know their e-mail addresses until they reply to your message directly from their own e-mail software. If they choose to reply to your message by using the forum's Private Message feature, you will not know their e-mail address.
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You can click the PM icon (shown below) to send a private message to the member. A form appears in which you can create and send the message. For more information, see Sending Private Messages.
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If an icon appears next to MSN, Yahoo, AIM, or ICQ, you can click it to contact the member via that service.
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Note: The forum does not provide technical support for any of these services. However, if you have a question regarding their use, you might try asking for help in the Help forum (How?). One of the other users may see your question and provide some helpful advice.
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| About avatars: |
Avatars are images and/or strings of text that message board participants use to identify themselves. They are displayed underneath members' usernames when they post messages, as well as in their profiles.
At this time, this forum does not allow the use of avatars because they make it difficult for members with slower computers and Internet connections to display and view the topic pages. If this policy is changed, members will be informed in one of the Announcement topics.
If, in the future, if an administrator enables avatars in the forum, you will be able to select or upload yours in your profile edit form. How?
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