How to change your user profile banner

This guide explains how to change your user profile banner on the forum.

1. Go to Your Profile

You can reach your profile in any of these ways.

1a. Click the avatar beside your name in the upper-left corner of the page. my profile avatar.PNG

1b. Click the control panel icon in the upper-right corner of the page, then User Profile Banner. control panel my profile.PNG

1c. Find one of your own posts and click your username. user name profile field.PNG

2. Open the Banner Settings

Click the Customization logo on the right side of the control panel, then Manage User Profile Banner. customization logo.PNG

3. Upload Your Banner

Click Upload, then browse to the banner image of your choice. upload banner.gif

You can click Submit now, but you won't see any "about me" information within the banner.

Original user profile with about me info: no banner.PNG

User profile banner without about me info: banner without about me info.PNG

User profile banner with about me info: banner with about me info.PNG

To see the "about me" information, you must set the colours for the text and links. Click the Text Colour or Link Colour box. text and link colours.PNG

Use the colour picker, then click Apply. colour picker.PNG

You can also change the Container Background Color or Border Color if you wish. Once you have finished making changes, click Submit. text and colour submit.PNG

Resetting the Colours

To reset the colour changes for Container Background, Text, Link and Border colour, set the (a) value to 0, then click Apply. colour picker reset.gif