User Profile & Settings

• Click on your Name (upper right of the screen) and select Profile from the drop-down menu
• On the far right of the screen, click Edit to change any of the Personal or Company information that you wish to update.
• On the left menu, click Picture if you wish to upload an image of yourself or you may choose a pre-loaded icon. 
• On the left menu, click Password to change to something you can easily remember.

The 'Network' feature provides notifications on the activity of users that you choose to follow. The types of activities include:

• Additions or edits to pages or blog posts.
• Comments or Replies added to a page or blog post.
• Updates to a User's Status (see below):
• Updates to a user's Profile.

You can enable networking by selecting an individual's name from the right side of this page or by clicking on Follow when you mouse over another user's picture.

The 'User Status' feature allows any Confluence user to broadcast a short message rapidly, which other users can see on various activity streams throughout Confluence. These short messages could include:

• A description about what you are working on.
• A question you may want answered quickly.
• A hyperlink that you share immediately with other users.
• Any other message you may want to share quickly with other users.

To set or update your User Status:

1. Click your Name (top right menu) and choose Update Status. 
2. Enter a short message (140 characters maximum) that describes your current status or what you are working on.
3. Click Update to publish your new or updated User Status to the activity streams, your Profile page, and your Status Updates page.

This page in your User Profile displays a list of all pages, spaces, and blogs you have marked as a Favorite by clicking the icon which can be found in two places:

1. When you click on any of the top level tabs (categories), you will see a list of spaces. Clicking on a star icon will mark the space as a Favorite.
2. From any page or blog within a space, click on the Tools menu and, in the drop-down menu, click the Favorites icon.

You can deselect any page, space, or blog as a Favorite by clicking the star icon (changes color from orange to gray).

The Watches page in your User Profile displays a list of all pages, spaces, and blogs you have marked to be informed (e.g., via email) of any changes to the content.

To manage your Watches:

1. Go to the Watches view for your user profile, as follows:
   
   • Click on your Name at the top of the page.
   • Select Watches from the dropdown list.
   • You can also click on the Watches tab from the Profile menu. 
2. Click the envelope icon next any unwanted Watches to turn them off.

The Drafts page in your User Profile displays a list of all pages that you are currently editing.

A Draft is a 'snapshot' of unsaved page content, which Confluence creates automatically at regular intervals while you are editing a page or blog post. This can minimize lost productivity if your Internet connection is lost before you save your work. You can retrieve page content from your last saved Draft in this section.

Click on your Name (upper right of screen) and select Settings from the drop-down menu or use the tab at the top of the Profile screen. 

Click Edit at the bottom of the page which will make it possible to alter four settings:

• 1. At the top of this screen, by selecting from the drop-down list of Spaces, you may change the default Home Page that opens when you login to Confluence.
  2. The second block allows you to change preferred Language (automatic is usually the best setting).
  3. You may also change the Time Zone, as appropriate to your location.
  4. Check the box to enable Keyboard Shortcuts (e.g., a "k" on any screen provides links that can be copied/pasted).

On the left menu, click Email, then Edit to adjust the settings used to determine how you will be notified by Confluence when various updates occur. Each option contains a brief description as to how that particular option operates. (Note: You should not need to reset the Editor function unless you are an advanced user).