Help:User Nodes

When you registered, a node with your username as the title was automatically created (under the User: namespace).

Uses

The purpose of user nodes is threefold:

  1. It is a profile page, you may design it however you like
    • to showcase yourself
    • your contact information
    • your work
    • or you can simply leave it blank
  2. It is a communication point a hub around which information useful and interesting to your flows.
    • You may contribute entries to your user node
    • Others may contribute to send you messages and files you may be interested in.
  3. Social network relationships
    • View the members of a your 'hood
    • When viewing another user's user node you can add them to your 'hood by clicking the hookup link.

Finding Your User Node

  • After you've logged-in with your username and password you will see a link at the top-right corner of the screen that looks like this: User:MyUsername .
  • It will also appear under the Users heading on the Browse page.
  • And wherever there is a file or article added by a person their name will be linked to their user node.

Editing Your User Node

  1. Navigate to your user node.
  2. Click edit in the at the top of the screen.
  3. Edit away! If you need more help see Help:Editing.