Parts of a profile

[The Geek]

In this handy, yet dandy infomercial I shall take you through the various parts of your member profile and how you can add, edit, or remove certain aspects of it.

The first two images show the top portion of a profile and the bottom section of my profile.
As I am "The Geek" as well as a Premium Geek, there are some options that will appear here that may not be available to you.

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http://www.salongeek.com/gallery/files/1/bottomprofile_thumb.jpg (http://www.salongeek.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=1406)

This tutorial is assuming that you are registered and logged in (otherwise you wouldnt even see the Quick Links menu).

A picture is worth 1,000 words

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First off we have the avatar highlighted on the left. This is the picture that appears on all of your posts and can be edited by clicking Quick Links then Edit Avatar. From there you can choose to upload your own picture (there are size restrictions of 70x70 pixels though), you can upload your avatar from a web address, or you can choose one from the gallery (there is well over 100 in there).

The picture to the right is your profile picture. This option is available for Premium Geeks and allows you to put a larger picture within your profile for others to view. You can modify your profile picture by clicking Quick Links, then User Control Panel then Edit Profile Picture.

Your name, title and rank (but no serial number)

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This attachment highlights your User Name, Title, Rank, and Reputation. All of these options accompany your posts as well as your Avatar.
Your User Name is the name you log in with and is pretty much set in stone. The title underneath your User Name is a title that is based on the amount of posts that you make. Premium Geeks can change their title to whatever suits their whim (and within bounds) by clicking Quick Links followed by Edit Profile. There you will see an option to use a custom title.

Your reputation is based on your fellow geeks ratings of you and your posts. The higher your reputation, the more little green blips appear. You can see your current reputation by hovering your mouse above the blip. It takes quite awhile to actually build up your reputation score.
You can disable your reputation by clicking Quick Links, then Edit Options... However... why bother?

Big buddy you got your ears on?

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Your buddy list is a pop up window that gives you easy access to your 'buddies' on the site. You can open your buddy list by clicking Quick Links then Open Buddy list. This gives you an easy way to Private Message your friends and to tell if they are on the site.
The Ignore option will cause the users posts to be hidden in a thread. You will still see where they posted and have the option to read the post, but by default the post will be hidden.

Forum Info

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Here you can get various information on the user (i.e. when they joined, how many posts they have made) you can also find all of the posts from the user, or just the threads that they have started. This makes it easy to find those posts you are looking for.
Referrals are how many people signed up and put you in as a referral. This doesn’t serve too much of a purpose right now... but I may tie it into some promotion later.

Contact info

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The contact info section displays the users web page (if set), a link to send them an email (if applicable), and a link to send the user a private message.
You can set these options in your profile by clicking Quick Links and then Edit Options.

Phew this post is getting long.

Additional Info and Group Memberships

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This section displays your birth date, location, interests, occupation, and a mini bio that can be set by clicking Quick Links and then Edit Options. The Group Membership isn’t really active right now as I haven’t formed any groups.

The Big Bio

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This option is available for Premium Geeks. Here you can have a massive bio complete with formatting and even smiles.

Editing Big Bio

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Here you will see the edit button next to each section of the bio that will allow you to edit or delete that section of your Big Bio. You are the only one that will see this option.

FINALLY!

Signing off
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Here your signature is displayed. Your signature can appear at the bottom of each of your posts and saves you retyping 'The Geek' at the end of each post you make. Updating your signature updates all of your posts that have your signature in. You can edit your signature by clicking Quick Links then Edit Signature.

Whelp... that’s it for me. Think I covered everything.

nJoy

[avril]

I have just logged on and I am apparently "lurking geek"...? Is this to do with this section-
"Attachment 4 – Your name, title and rank
This attachment highlights your User Name, Title, Rank, and Reputation. All of these options accompany your posts as well as your Avatar.
Your User Name is the name you log in with and is pretty much set in stone. The title underneath your User Name is a title that is based on the amount of posts that you make. "

Lurking geek doesn't sound very nice..... can you help me here?

[Little Angel]

Hi

Lurking geek is someone who is a member but has never posted, once you post you become a newbie.

[The Geek]

Since you have now posted... you are no longer 'lurking' about ;)

welcome to the site.

[avril]

Thanks Tracey/Little Angel
I thought I had upset somebody... and I will make a big effort to contribute more!

Rgs Avril

[Georgie H]

I'm very new at this & do not quite know what I'm doing yet so please be patient with me. I am very recently trained & am about to go mobile. Since my training finished I have felt very lonley & a bit frightened right up until I was put on to this site. I think The Nail Geek is brilliant & cannot now get off it. I read every newley trained geeks postings with relish & have learned such a lot from the replies. I have always known that you cannot beat experience & that is what we are all tapping in to on this site. I look forward to reading all postings & advice. Oh and by the way, I am 44 years old so it's never to late to learn.

[Tove]

Hi.
Im quite new to this site,how do i post questions on the forums???

Confused..lol

[ValencianNails]

Hi and welcome Tove, click on Forums, then choose which forum your thread is best suited to, ie Main for nails, then click New Thread at the top left hand side, choose a title that describes the query, write your text then click Submit Thread when you're done, if you need to change any of it then you can click Edit on your post and make the relevant changes.
hth's

[Ann Saker]

can any one help please! have been trying to change my name that im logged on as does any one know how?:confused: nfused..lol[/quote]

[Bagpuss]

do you mean change the "anne saker"...?.....if you have geekmolians you can buy a new name....if not pm me and i will help you. x

[spoonsrock]

Sorry but what IS Geekomolians?

[hippy-chick]

how do I put a picture as my background in my control panel? I want to put a picture that I have put into my album. It gives me a URL address and an [IMG] address, I've tried both of those and it isn't working.

thanks.

[naturalnails]

how do I put a picture as my background in my control panel? I want to put a picture that I have put into my album. It gives me a URL address and an [IMG] address, I've tried both of those and it isn't working.

thanks.

This may be something only open to Premium Geeks.

[hippy-chick]

This may be something only open to Premium Geeks.
well that explains it then! thanks.