Getting Started - My Account Settings and Profiles

My Account

Select My Account in the Welcome! menu, and you can change your Account user settings and create your profile information.

When your account was created, Your user name, email, and password were setup. You may have also provided your directory info (real name and zip code), which is used in the User Directory and available to all AnyOrg members. You may change any of this information on the My Account Screen as well as set any user preferences for your account.

Once you go to My Account you will see a horizontal list of links just below the header. When these links are selected, there may be a secondary list below depending on your permissions. You will not that View is selected, showing you a view of your account record. Others are:

  • Apply for Role - Depending on the role your user has been assigned you will have different permissions. You can apply for a role with increased permissions on this screen. Roles may also be assigned for individual users which will provide additional features. The more permissions you have the more items might be in list of links at the top of the page.
  • Bookmarks - Is a list of your site bookmarks you have selected on the site. As you look at a page you will notice a link at the bottom where you can bookmark it. Kind of like a favorites list.
  • Edit - On this screen you can edit your account settings (more on this below)
  • Messages - You might have gotten a private message from someone else on the site, you can view them here.

Profile Info

As you view the My Account screen you will see a number of links to "Create your ...Profile. Before filling out all your different profiles we recommend starting with the first and most basic, "Profile Info".

Basic profile is meant to provide a "thumbnail" introduction about you, your personality and contact preferences for any member at AnyOrg.com. You might decide to share this information with any user, not just members of groups you belong to, so be selective about what you write. There are three main "fields" where you can write information about yourself.

  • Your Tagline - a favorite saying or label you might give yourself.
  • About Me - What would you like people to know about you? Your interests
  • AnyOrg.Com Preferences - Enter information here about your preferences regarding how you want people to contact you and how you intend to use AnyOrg.com. Hint: if you are new, you might want to mention that or let people know you are open to being contacted by certain groups like friends, neighbors or co-workers. Or perhaps you might want people to know how often you might check emails or would prefer to be contacted by phone by people who know you.