The next set of options you need to
update is your profile. This area
lets you configure your personal
settings to individualize your
WordPress.com blog and tell the
world a little more about yourself.
This blog is, after all, about you,
and this is your opportunity to brag
and promote!
To get started telling the world
about yourself, follow these steps:
Click the Users menu in the
navigation menu. 2. Click the Your
Profile link on the Users menu.
The Profile page opens, as shown
in Figure 3-8.
You can adjust all sorts of personal
settings to let your visitors get to
know you better. You can be liberal
with the information you want to
share or as stingy as you want. Its
your blog, after all.
Choose carefully the information
you share on your blog, especially
if you have a public blog on
WordPress.com - public blogs can
(and are!) viewed by a worldwide
audience! If you dont want people to
know your real name, use a nickname.
If you dont want to share a picture
of yourself for fear of shattering
computer monitors worldwide, you can
choose not to upload any picture at
all or to upload a picture of
something that reflects the essence
of you.
(You can post a picture of a book if
youre an avid reader, a picture of a
camera if youre a photographer, and
so on.) The options are endless, and
no real rules apply to what type of
personal information or how much of
it you should (or should not) share
with the rest of the Internet world.
Make your blog your own. Stake your
claim and mark your territory in
this section!
Personal options
In the first section of the Your
Profile and Personal Options page,
you can set four preferences for
your blog:
✓
Visual Editor: Place a check
in this box to indicate that you
want to use the Visual Editor when
writing your posts. Leave this box
blank if you prefer not to use the
Visual Editor.
✓
Admin Color Scheme: This
option changes the colors in your
WordPress Administration panel,
which uses the Gray color scheme by
default. The other option is Blue -
the choice is yours!
✓
Keyboard Shortcuts: These
shortcuts are designed to save you
time navigating through the
different areas of the Dashboard and
Administration panel. Click the More
Information link to read about how
you can use keyboard shortcuts in
your WordPress.com Administration
panel.
✓
Browser Connection: You can
select whether use the HTTPS
connection when visiting your
WordPress.com Administration panel.
HTTPS refers to a secure browser
connection called SSL-encrypt, which
protects your Internet connection
and keeps out potential hackers.
✓
Interface Language: The
Interface Language option refers to
the language that you want to set
for the Administration panel only.
Dont confuse this setting with the
Language option on the General
Settings page, which determines the
language you publish your blog in.
If you want to view the settings in
your WordPress Administration panel
in Italian but want your published
blog to appear in English, you set
the Interface Language option (shown
in Figure 3-8) to Italian and the
Language option (shown in Figure
3-6) to English. Capiche?
✓
Primary Blog: This option is
the URL of your primary
WordPress.com blog. Figure 3-8 shows
that the URL of my primary
WordPress.com blog is
lswilson.wordpress.com. Because
WordPress.com allows you to have
several blogs under one account, if
you have more than one blog, a
drop-down menu appears here, and you
can use it to choose the blog you
want to set as your primary blog.
