Managing your profile

Your profile contains your user settings. This includes your full name, descriptive information about yourself, whether or not your profile is viewable by others, and your password.

Modifying your profile

To modify your profile, verify that you are logged in and click your name in the top banner. This opens your profile page. Click the Edit my profile button to edit your name, descriptive information, and privacy setting. Click the Change Password button to change your password. If your organization is using its own login system, you may not have an option to change your password.

Descriptive information

Adding a description of yourself helps others know more about you, your groups, and the content you've shared. Your profile can connect you with others who have similar interests and establish your authority in geographic information, map design, application development, and so on. It can also promote interest in joining your groups and using maps and applications you've shared.

Useful descriptive information includes contact information and your areas of expertise, interests, and anything else you'd like others to know about you.

If you want, you can add a thumbnail image to your description, such as a picture of yourself, a logo, or anything that represents you.

Thumbnail image tips

• Add a thumbnail image that is 150 pixels wide by 150 pixels high. If your image is a different dimension, it is resized to 150 by 150 and may appear warped.
• Use a web file format such as PNG, GIF, and JPEG.
• The maximum file size you can upload is 1 MB.

Who can see your profile

By default, members of your organization can search for your name to find content and groups owned by you and to invite you to join their groups. If you have a public account, by default, everyone (public) can view your profile. If you do not want others to search for your user name, select Private next to Who can see your profile?

Note:

If you set your profile to private, you cannot be invited to join groups because owners will not see your name in the Invite Users window.

Language

The website can be viewed with your preferred language. Language determines the user interface as well as the way time, date, and numerical values appear. See Setting language for more information.