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Your Profile page shows the information about you that is shared with your colleagues.

NOTE:
The Profile capability is part of Socialtext People, an optional component of the Socialtext Social Software Platform. If you do not see the Profile link in your Login and Setup Menu then Socialtext People is not enabled.

The page contains six sections, described below. Unlike the widgets on your Personal Dashboard these sections are stationary. If your People I am Following, Your Followers, or Tags list are long, scroll down to view Updates and Workspaces.

Profile

Here is all the data you have chosen to share with your colleagues. By clicking (Edit) next to your name at the top of this widget, you can add, delete, or update a wealth of information.

Editing your Profile

You may edit one or more items in your profile in one sitting. When you finished, scroll to the end of the page and click Update profile. This will save all the changes and then take you back to your profile page.

If you wish to cancel the update operation, simply navigate away from the page (for example, click Home in your Navigation Menu ).

Photos

A picture is worth a thousand words! Present your face to the world by either uploading a new photo from your computer or using a photo on the web.

Two sizes of your photo are displayed in Socialtext, and are both shown here.

While there is currently no size limit for the photo you choose, larger photos will be squeezed into the size used by Socialtext and may become hard to see. Smaller files make better profile photos.

Upload Photo

This allows you to get a photo from your computer.

Select Upload new photo: by clicking the dot beside this text.
Click the Browse button.
This will pop up a Choose File window to allow you to choose your photo. Find and select your photo and click Open. Click Cancel to close the Choose File window without selecting a file.

If the file type is not a valid photo file, you will recieve this message.

The file box to the left of the Browse button is now populated with the path to your photo. (Unless you clicked Cancel.) Click the Upload Photo button.
The photo replaces whatever was there previously and is shown in the two sizes used in Socialtext.

Grab Photo

You can also get a photo that already exists on the World Wide Web.

Select Use photo on the web: by clicking the dot beside this text.
Type (or copy and paste text from another browser address box) the URL where your photo resides.
Click Grab Photo
The photo replaces whatever was there previously and is shown in the two sizes used in Socialtext.

Remove Photo

Under the current photo is a Remove Photo button. Click this button to reload the grey avatar.

Name

By default, the name chosen for your profile is derived from your log-on e-mail address or username. You can update this by typing your first name (and middle name if you desire) into the First name: box, and your last name into the Last name: box. If you blank both names in the boxes, the system will use the default. If your name comes out of your organization's directory, that name will appear here and not be editable.

Organization

Position - Company - Location

You can clarify who you are by typing the appropriate data into each text box. What you type is what will publicly appear in your Profile widget.

Supervisor - Assistant

These boxes provide a list of people within your workspace from which you can choose the name of your supervisor and assistant. In both cases:

Click the down-arrow at the right of the box.
Scroll through the names to find your person.
Click the name to select.

This name now appears in the text box.

To blank the box once it has a name in it select Select One at the top of the drop-down menu list.

Contact

You can choose to display phone numbers here. By default, all of this information is blank. Type in whatever phone number you wish to display into the appropriate text boxes. If you wish to erase phone numbers, simply delete the text.

The e-mail address that is displayed is the one you use to log in to your account. This is permanent, cannot be changed, and will be displayed in your profile.

IM

Give people the chance to contact you instantly by displaying any or all of your Instant Messanger screen names. Type in the appropriate info into the text boxes. If you wish to erase any data here, simply delete the text.

As Twitter is associated with this product, it will appear with linked text in your Web section of your Profile widget so that users may click on your screen name to easily begin tracking you through Twitter.

Web

If you have web presences that you wish to display in your profile, here is the place to add them. Again, type (or copy and paste) your data into the appropriate boxes. This will appear in your profile as a link that will open a new browser window displaying the page provided (or a log-in window if the application requires members to log on). You can also delete the text for any item you do not wish displayed.

People I am Following

This widget displays the number of people you are following plus the pictures and links to profiles of these people. These are the people whose actions populate your Recent Conversations widget on your dashboard. Click on any name link to display the person's profile. If you wish to remove a person from this list navigate to their profile page and click the Stop following this person button. For more information on following, visit Socialtext People (Following People) .

If you wish to see a list of people someone else is following, choose the person via the People Directory and view their People I am Following widget.

People Following Me

This widget shows the number of people following you and who they are. Click on any picture or name to visit that person's profile page.

This tool is also handy to see who is following a particular person. Find the person in the People Directory and click on their name or picture to visit their profile page.

Updates

This widget shows your recent actions (such as edits, comments, tags, and profile updates). If you wish to see the Updates information for a different person, choose the person from your People I am Following widget on your profile page or from the People Directory and check out their Updates widget.

The information on this widget can be viewed as an RSS feed. For more information on how to use an RSS feed, visit RSS Tutorial. The RSS Feed link is located near the bottom of the widget.

Workspaces

The Workspaces widget on your profile page shows the workspaces of which you are a member. You can view another person's Workspaces widget by navigating to their profile.

To see the workspaces of which another user is a member, navigate to the that person's profile from a link in the People Directory or any link to that person.

Navigation to Profile page

Navigate to Your Profile

To navigate to your own profile:

click Profile in the Login and Setup Menu , or
click on your name or picture wherever it appears.

Navigate to another person's Profile

To navigate to another person's profile, do one of the following:

Place your cursor on People in the Navigation Menu and click on their name (if you are following this person, they should be listed on the People drop-down menu), or
go to your Profile page and click on this person in your People I am Following widget, or
click People in the Navigation Menu , find the person in the All People page, and click on their name.