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If you go to your settings you'll fist end up in the preferences -> appearance part of the settings, but above that are the profile settings. | |||
==Profile settings== | ==Profile settings== | ||
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====Display name==== | ====Display name==== | ||
Here you can choose the name that will display prominently on your profile and your posts.<br> | |||
A display name can contain spaces and emoji.<br> | |||
====Bio==== | ====Bio==== | ||
Here you can write a short text about you to tell visitors of your profile who you are. | |||
====Header==== | ====Header==== | ||
The header image will only be displayed to people if they visit your profile. It will be displayed on top like a banner. | |||
====Avatar==== | ====Avatar==== | ||
The avatar is your profile image that won't just be displayed on your profile, but also on all your toots.<br> | |||
An avatar can be transparent. | |||
====Require follow requests==== | ====Require follow requests==== | ||
Choose whether you want everybody to be able to follow you instantly, or whether you want to approve follow requests. | |||
====This is a bot account==== | ====This is a bot account==== | ||
This option doesn't do much except mark your profile as a bot. This is e.g. chosen if you predominantly crosspost from Twitter or feed your toots from RSS. | |||
====Suggest account to others==== | ====Suggest account to others==== | ||
This option will display your profile in the [[#Profile directory|profile directory]] and in the [[#Follow suggestions|follow suggestions]]. | |||
====Profile metadata==== | ====Profile metadata==== | ||
Here you can define 4 user fields. Many people use this to link to their homepage(s) or to display their pronouns. | |||
====Verification==== | ====Verification==== | ||
= | You can verify a link in your profile fields by adding the rel="me" attribute to a link back from that homepage to your profile.<br> | ||
There is a link that you can just copy and paste on your homepage. | |||
====Moving from a different account==== | ====Moving from or to a different account==== | ||
Moving is explained in [[Moving instances|this article]]. | |||
====Delete account==== | ====Delete account==== | ||
If you really don't like mastodon of course you can delete your account. After all you are the owner of your data.<br> | |||
This might not delete all your posts people boosted from those people's profiles. | |||
===Featured Hashtags=== | ===Featured Hashtags=== | ||
Here you can select up to 10 hashtags to be displayed on your profile. | |||
==Preferences== | ==Preferences== | ||
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====Interface Language==== | ====Interface Language==== | ||
Choose what language Mastodon communicates with you in.<br> | |||
This doesn't affect the posts in your timelines as Mastodon doesn't have a translate feature. | |||
====Site Theme==== | ====Site Theme==== | ||
Choose between the standard theme, a high contrast theme and a light theme. The high contrast theme will display links and hashtags in blue. | |||
====Enable advanced web interface==== | ====Enable advanced web interface==== | ||
Here you can choose between the [[#Basic interface|basic interface]] and the [[#Advanced interface|adanced interface]]. | |||
====Animations and accessibility==== | ====Animations and accessibility==== | ||
====Crop images in non-expanded posts to 16x9==== | ====Crop images in non-expanded posts to 16x9==== | ||