Your Mahara profile view will be accessible by all logged in users of mahara.bath.ac.uk.  It is also possible to make your profile available externally to the wider public. (For more information see the FAQ “Who can see my profile view on Mahara?”)

Your profile is easy to set up. First you need to add all the background information (artefacts) , then edit your profile page to bring together the elements of the view you want to display (blocks).

Use the blue help buttons on the page to access additional information.

Background information – Edit Profile

Click on the Profile tab at the top of the page and the Edit Profile section will open.  Here you can add all the background information you might want to be pulled through into your profile (and any other view that you choose).  This information will not be displayed automatically in your profile – you can choose what to show in each view you set up. Sections in red with an asterisk must be completed:

  • About Me - ‘Preferred name’ will override the displayed Firstname Lastname in your profile and elsewhere on Mahara
  • Contact Information - You can add more than one email address and choose which to use as the default for your Mahara messages
  • Messaging
  • General

Background information – Profile Icons

You can upload up to five images to use with your profiles and other views through Profile, Profile Icons.  These need to be at least 16 x 16 pixels in size.

Set one of the images as a default to be displayed in your profile. You can use your other profile icons in other views – but remember that all images are accessible to all logged in Mahara users!

Edit profile page

By default your profile page will already display:

  • About Me – general information about the user
  • My Groups – a list of groups the user belongs to
  • My Views – a list of views that the user looking at this profile also has access to
  • My Friends – a selection of the user’s ‘friends’ on Mahara
  • Wall – where other users can post messages

Click on Profile, Edit Profile Page and then use the following options to set up your profile view in the way you would like:

  • You can add blocks by dragging them in from the tabbed options above the profile view
  • Drag blocks around the profile page to change their position
  • Click on the ‘X’ at the top right of a block to delete it
  • Click on the cog icon at the top right of a block to configure it (choose what information to display, which blog to link to etc)
  • Change the width and number of columns by clicking on Change my View Layout (link at top left of profile view)
  • Click on Display my View (link at top right of profile view) to see how it will look to logged in Mahara users
  • Click on Done (at the bottom of the page) to finish