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Editing your profile

Forum profiles are a great way to help the community get to know you, so why not personalize it? Profiles allow you to upload signatures, avatars, profile pictures and information about yourself.
Note: You must be logged in to edit your profile.

Editing your profile information

• Head to the forums and select settings in the upper right-hand corner.
• Scroll down and select edit profile from the list of options on the left-hand side of your screen.
  • Here you can edit your in-game username, email & password, details about yourself and much more.

Adding a signature

• Start first by obtaining an image you'd like to upload, whether it's through a website (right click + save as...) or a screenshot (printscreen).
• Now head to Imgur.com.
• At the top of the page, select 'upload images' and 'browse your computer' for the image you'd like to upload.
• Once selected, click 'start upload'.
• After the image has processed, copy the BBCODE link on the right-hand side of your screen. This link should be surrounded by [img] tags.
• Now go back to the forums, select settings in the upper right-hand corner, scroll down and look in the list of options on the left-hand side of your screen. Click on edit signature under the My Settings section.
• Paste the link that you copied from Imgur.com and click save signature.

Adding an avatar

• Start first by obtaining an image you'd like to upload, whether it's through a website (right click + save as...) or a screenshot (printscreen).
  • You may either use a URL (not recommended) or a downloaded image to upload your avatar.
• Now head to the forums and select settings in the upper right-hand corner.
• Scroll down and select edit avatar from the list of options on the left-hand side of your screen.
  • Uploading via URL: Simply paste the direct URL (URL ending with .jpg, .png or .gif) in the box provided and select save changes.
  • Uploading via downloaded image: Click choose file, search your computer and select the image you wish to use as your avatar. Click save changes.

Adding a profile picture

• Start first by obtaining an image you'd like to upload, whether it's through a website (right click + save as...) or a screenshot (printscreen).
  • You may either use a URL (not recommended) or a downloaded image to upload your profile picture.
• Now head to the forums and select settings in the upper right-hand corner.
• Scroll down and select edit profile picture from the list of options on the left-hand side of your screen.
  • Uploading via URL: Simply paste the direct URL (URL ending with .jpg, .png or .gif) in the box provided and select save changes.
  • Uploading via downloaded image: Click choose file, search your computer and select the image you wish to use as your profile picture. Click save changes.