Designing Your Profile
The, ‘Design My Profile,’ Settings

Using the, ‘Design My Profile,’ Settings

Each of the Design My Profile settings works in the same way. You have the option to click on, ‘Select Colors,’ in order to choose a color for each of the options in your profile. When you click on, ‘Select Colors,’ a box with a series of color options will appear. You can click on the color you want the setting to be. Once you have finished selecting colors for each option, Save your profile settings and your profile will appear with the colors you have chosen.

An example of the settings in the, ‘Design My Profile,’ settings area is the, ‘Background Color,’ setting.



On the left side is the name of the setting. Next to it is a colored box showing the current color of the setting. There is a link that states, ‘Select Colors,’ which you can click on that will bring up a box filled with colors for you to select from. Next to the, ‘Select Colors,’ link is another box that is often filled with numbers, letters or you may choose to make the selection transparent. If you are familiar with hexadecimal, you may choose to fill in the corresponding hexadecimal value for the color you want. It is easier to click on, ‘Select Colors,’ in order to choose the color for the setting.

The, ‘Background Image,’ Setting

The, ‘Background Image,’ setting is a unique setting because it allows you to upload a background image from your computer at home to use as a background in your profile. The image you can upload will be used in a, ‘Tiled,’ manner – meaning that the image must be small, only about 89k or smaller. The image will be repeated across the background of your profile, and is more pleasing to the eye than a solid color background sometimes.

Background Image: Uploads image from your computer onto your profile background. No bigger than about 89k or so.

‘Design My Profile,’ Settings

Background Color: Changes the color of the background in your profile to a solid color you choose. If you upload a background image using the, ‘Background Image,’ option, the Background Image will appear instead of the background color.

The Menu Bar Below the Disabled World Banner

There is a Menu Bar, just below the Disabled World banner, that you can adjust the color settings for using the, ‘Design My Profile,’ color settings. The menu bar displays a Welcome message, a link for you to either Login or Signup, the number of messages you have waiting for you, as well as the words, ‘Bookmark,’ ‘CHAT ROOM,’ and, ‘LOGOUT,’ displayed on it and looks like this:

 

Top Headers: Changes the color of the bar just below the Disabled World banner at the top of the page your profile is on. This bar displays the message: 'You have (0) new messages', on the left, as well as, 'Bookmark,' 'CHAT ROOM,' and 'LOGOUT,' on it.

Top Headers Text Color: Changes the color of the text in the bar just below the Disabled World banner at the top of the page your profile is on. This bar displays the message: 'You have (0) new messages', on the left, as well as, 'Bookmark,' 'CHAT ROOM,' and 'LOGOUT,' on it.

The, ‘Site Menu,’ Bar

Just below the Menu Bar where you click to Login or Signup is another bar with the words, ‘MyAccount,’ Q&A,’ ‘Browse,’ ‘Blogs,’ ‘Discussion,’ ‘Polls,’ ‘Communities,’ ‘Classifieds,’ ‘Events,’ ‘Games,’ and, ‘FAQ,’ displayed on it. You can adjust the color settings for this menu bar so that it matches the theme of your profile as well. This menu bar is referred to as the, ‘Site Menu Bar,’ and looks like this:



Site Menu Link BG: Changes the background color of the bar at the top of your user profile with the words, 'MyAccount,' 'Q&A,' 'Browse,' 'Blogs,' 'Discussion,' 'Polls,' 'Communities,' 'Classifieds,' 'Events, ' 'Games, ' and, 'FAQ.'

Site Menu Link Text: Changes the color of the text in the bar at the top of your user profile with the words, 'MyAccount,' 'Q&A,' 'Browse,' 'Blogs,' 'Discussion,' 'Polls,' 'Communities,' 'Classifieds,' 'Events, ' 'Games, ' and, 'FAQ.'

Site Menu Link: Hover BG: Changes the color of the background in the text bar at the top of your user profile with the words, 'MyAccount,' 'Q&A,' 'Browse,' 'Blogs,' 'Discussion,' 'Polls,' 'Communities,' 'Classifieds,' 'Events, ' 'Games, ' and, 'FAQ,' when a mouse cursor is over it.


Site Menu Link: Hover Text: Changes the color of the text in the text bar at the top of your user profile with the words, 'MyAccount,' 'Q&A,' 'Browse,' 'Blogs,' 'Discussion,' 'Polls,' 'Communities,' 'Classifieds,' 'Events, ' 'Games, ' and, 'FAQ,' when a mouse cursor is over it.

Your User Name

Everyone who has a profile at Disabled World has a User Name. Your User Name is displayed in the upper left hand corner of your profile and looks like this:



You can change the color your User Name appears in through the Username Text setting.

Username Text: Changes the color of the user's name in the upper left hand corner.

The User Menu Tabs

To the right of your User Name are a series of tabs with the words, ‘Profile,’ ‘Blogs,’ ‘Guestbook,’ ‘Friends,’ and, ‘Favorites.’ You have the option to change the colors associated with these tabs to match the theme you want for your profile too! These tabs look like this:



Username Menu Border: Changes the color of the border around the tabs at the top of your profile that say, 'Profile,' 'Blogs,' 'Guestbook, 'Friends,' and, 'Favorites.'

Top Panel Link Background: Changes the background color of the tabs at the top of your profile that say, 'Profile,' 'Blogs,' 'Guestbook, 'Friends,' and, 'Favorites.'

Top Panel Link Text: Changes the color of the text in the tabs at the top of your profile that say, 'Profile,' 'Blogs,' 'Guestbook, 'Friends,' and, 'Favorites.'

Top Panel Hover Background: Changes the background color of the tabs at the top of your profile that say, 'Profile,' 'Blogs,' 'Guestbook, 'Friends,' and, 'Favorites,' when a mouse cursor is over them.

Top Panel Hover Text: Changes the color of the text in the tabs at the top of your profile that say, 'Profile,' 'Blogs,' 'Guestbook, 'Friends,' and, 'Favorites,' when a mouse cursor is over them.

The, ‘My Details,’ Area

The, ‘My Details,’ area of your profile displays information about you such as your, ‘Orientation,’ ‘Dating Status,’ how long you have been a member of Disabled World, your Star Sign, when you last logged in, and your rating. You have the option to set colors to match the theme of your profile in this area as well. The, ‘My Details,’ area looks like this:



My Details Background: Changes the background color behind the words, 'Orientation,' 'Dating Status,' 'Member Since,' 'Star Sign,' 'Last Login,' and, 'My Rating,' in the My Details section of your profile.

My Details Link Text: Changes the color of the words, 'Orientation,' 'Dating Status,' 'Member Since,' 'Star Sign,' 'Last Login,' and, 'My Rating,' in the My Details section of your profile.

Your Profile Information Areas or, ‘Boxes.’

Your profile has several areas where you can present information about yourself, things you like or do not like, movies, music, and books you are interested in and more. They display the friends you have made at Disabled World and comments from your friends. Many of the settings in the, ‘Design My Profile,’ area affect the appearance of these boxes. These boxes look like this:





Main Text Color: Changes the color of the text in the boxes containing information about you in your profile.

Links Color: If you have a link to a site outside of Disabled World in one of the boxes in your profile, the Link Color is the color the link will be in your profile.

Links Color Hover: If you have a link to a site outside of Disabled World in one of your boxes in your profile, the Links Color Hover is the color the link will be when someone puts their mouse cursor over the link.

Main Menu Headers: Changes the color of the top of the boxes containing information about you in your profile, such as, 'About Me,' 'My Details,' etc.

Main Menu Header Text: Changes the color of the text in the top of the boxes containing information about you in your profile, such as, 'About Me,' 'My Details,' etc.

Main Item Background: Changes the background color for all of the boxes containing information in your profile such as, 'About Me,' 'My Details,' 'Hobbies,' 'My Friends,' 'Movies I like, 'Books I like,' 'Things I Don't Like,' 'My Blogs,' 'My Communities,' and, 'Recent Visitors.'

Main Item Text: Changes the color of the text in all of the boxes containing information in your profile such as, 'About Me,' 'My Details,' 'Hobbies,' 'My Friends,' 'Movies I like, 'Books I like,' 'Things I Don't Like,' 'My Blogs,' 'My Communities,' and, 'Recent Visitors.'

Main Item Border: Changes the color of the border around the boxes containing information about you in your profile such as, 'About Me,' 'My Details,' etc.

Comment Areas or, ‘Boxes.’

There are some boxes in your profile that are used by your friends to leave comments for you to read called, ‘Comment Boxes.’ These comment boxes have settings that you can arrange too, so that they appear in colors that you want! A comment box looks like this:



Comment Background: Changes the color of the background in the boxes where people leave comments in your profile.

Comment Text: Changes the color of the text in the boxes where people leave comments in your profile.

Comment Header Background: Changes the color of the top of the background of the top of the box where people leave comments in your profile.

Comment Header Text: Changes the color of the text in the top of the box where people leave comments in your profile.

The Links at the Bottom of Your Profile

There are some links at the bottom of your profile page. You have the option of adjusting the background and the color the links themselves will appear in, so that they will match the theme of your profile. The area with these links looks like this:



Bottom Background: Changes the color of the background behind the links at the very bottom of the page on your profile.

Bottom Text: Changes the color of the text of the links at the very bottom of the page of your profile.

Designing your profile makes your profile a unique web page that both you and others will enjoy. Your profile is a reflection of who you are and helps others to get to know you better. Creating a color scheme for your profile is fun, it brightens up the Disabled World community, and it makes your profile more enjoyable.


Thomas C. Weiss

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