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Blog Software Tutorial - User Profile
Profile URL's take the form of :
Replace username with the blog username for which to show
the profile (spaces are replaced by underscores).
File profile.html is used to show a user's profile. The below
tags are available to display profile data.
| <BL_ProfileName> | shows blog username |
| <BL_ProfilePassword> | shows password (modifyprofile.html only) |
| <BL_ProfileSkin> | show selected skin name |
| <BL_ProfileNameUrl> | create URL to the profile |
| <BL_ProfileEmail> | shows email in profile (if allowed) |
| <BL_ProfileSignature> | shows signature for this user |
| <BL_ProfilePosts> | number of posts by this user |
| <BL_ProfileComments> | number of comments by this user |
| <BL_ProfileAge> | shows age |
| <BL_ProfileGender> | shows gender |
| <BL_ProfileLocation> | shows location |
| <BL_ProfileWebSite> | shows website URL |
| <BL_ProfilePicture> | shows picture/image |
| <BL_ProfileJoined> | date joined |
| format | see date & time tutorial section for format details |
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Blog template tags <BL_ProfileCustom1> to <BL_ProfileCustom5>
are also available to show the (optional) custom profile field for the user.
Email messages
Directory /blog/emails on your web hosting account containss the email template
files. The same email templates are used, regardless of blog template used.
All of the user profile blog tags described above are available to these email templates.
New blog user signups
If the Approve New Users blog configuration option is set to
Email Verification, new users will receive an email with a URL
and a code to activate their account.
If the Approve New Users blog configuration option is set to
Approve Manually, approved users will receive a confirmation email.
Lost passwords
If a user has lost their password, they can have the blog software email it to them.
The <BL_ProfileForceEmail> tag is available to email templates
only. It provides the profile email address, even if the user opted
not to show it in their profile. This blog tag is required to be able to
set the email address to send the emails to.
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