Profile View

The Profile view displays the public Profile for a WebID and lists their public friends.

Available Icons

Several icons are displayed:

• About - Display information regarding the Profile
• Contact - Display the Contact view of the Profile
• Person - Display the Person view of the Profile
• Friends - Display public friends together with a link allowing the Profile to be viewed as a basic data resource
• Source - Display the source of the Profile
• Under the Hood - Access advanced functionality

tip

If you have edit permission to the Profile, you can edit the Profile in both the Contact and Person views.

Friends

Any public friends of the WebID are displayed on the Friends view, together with a link allowing the Profile to be viewed as a basic data resource:

Add Public Friends

If you have edit permission to the Profile, you can add more public Friends by dragging a WebID onto the Basic Information target.

Remove Public Friends

If you have edit permission to the Profile, you can remove public Friends by:

1. Hover the mouse pointer over the Goto This icon next to the friend's Profile image/name.
2. A Remove icon is displayed.
3. Click the Remove icon to remove the friend.

Show Your Profile

To view your profile as other people will see it:

1. Select Show your profile from the dropdown menu in the top-right corner.
2. Your public profile is displayed in the Profile view.

Edit Your Profile

You can setup a public profile that will be visible to visitors to your Pod.

To edit your public profile:

1. Select Edit your profile from the dropdown menu.
2. In the Profile page, enter/select:
   • One or more Profile photos by dragging-and-dropping an image file onto the photo panel
   • Contact information about yourself that you want to make public. You can add multiple Addresses, Phones, and Emails
   • Public contacts by dragging-and-dropping WebIDs onto the target icon
   • The background and highlight colors in which your public profile should be displayed