How do I change my email in my profile?

May 5, 2006 10:13 AM

How do I change my email in my profile?
posted by zia to Bugs at 10:13 AM (14 comments total)

Ummm... the email field under the preferences link? Am I missing something?
posted by team lowkey at 10:16 AM on May 5, 2006

Yeah, change to a new email and also remember to check off if you want other members to be able to see it (non-members can't)
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:28 AM on May 5, 2006

team lowkey and mathowie:

Thanks for not totally piling on zia here. It's worth noting that it's somewhat unintuitive to find where to change your profile. People are used to seeing "Profile", or being able to change their profile when looking at their own (i.e. clicking on "twiggy" when I see "logged in as twiggy")...

It does take a second to realize "oh, Preferences over there, that might be it".

Of course there's a challenge in deciding if that's really worth bothering to adjust... probably not, as it's minor... but it does sort of deviate from what people are used to on typical sites.
posted by twiggy at 10:45 AM on May 5, 2006

Of course there's a challenge in deciding if that's really worth bothering to adjust

I'll just add it to the faq. Most people seem to be able to figure this out.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 11:06 AM on May 5, 2006

It's worth noting that it's somewhat unintuitive to find where to change your profile.

That is true. Even when answering the question, I had to scan the page a few times thinking "I know there's a profile link tucked in here somewhere. No, not that profile, the editable one". I always have to find it by process of elimination. It's probably worth it to add a "Change your profile" link on the profile page, if you are logged in and viewing your own profile.
posted by team lowkey at 11:07 AM on May 5, 2006

perhaps adding [edit profile] next to "username's profile" ?
posted by terrapin at 11:27 AM on May 5, 2006

If you look at your own profile page, I could easily have a "edit profile" link prominently displayed on the page itself. I'll do that later today.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:42 AM on May 5, 2006

Consistancy alert! Profile and Preferences refer to the same thing, only one is editable. Could we standardize the naming conventions?
posted by blue_beetle at 11:46 AM on May 5, 2006

"Preferences" allows you to make changes to stuff like type size and face and color scheme, which doesn't apply to one's "Profile" necessarily.
posted by modofo at 12:00 PM on May 5, 2006

'Change [or "Edit"] Your Profile/Settings'
posted by Eideteker at 12:06 PM on May 5, 2006

"Edit Your Profile" makes the most sense on the profile page. "Change" could mean "switch to a different profile", and there's no need for a Settings or Preferences adjoiner. If you're on the profile page, you want to change your profile. If you wanted to change your preferences, you would be looking for the preferences link. Just because they go to the same place doesn't mean the link has to cover all contingencies.
posted by team lowkey at 12:21 PM on May 5, 2006

An edit your profile link was added to the page, when viewing your own profile. It'll jump down to the profile-specific options on the preferences page.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 3:10 PM on May 5, 2006

Is this where I ask how to add a goatse recursion to my profile?
posted by fenriq at 12:46 AM on May 6, 2006

Yes it is, but it's not where you get a correct answer.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 10:56 AM on May 6, 2006