Member - edit profile

Wild Apricot provides numerous member self-service features, one of the basic ones is the ability for members to edit their own membership record (profile) and Access by others (what information other members and the general public can view. This feature is not available to Lapsed and Archived members.

Each member (or contact) has their own record within the Wild Apricot member database system. Both the administrator and the member can update and edit this record, with certain security measures in place.

In order to update the profile each member has to log into the site first.

Here members can reset their password using the Forgot password link. (See Password recovery)
Upon successful login, this box changes to:

Depending on their membership level, members granted access to restricted sections, see Website Pages with Restricted Access, are automatically taken to the Members-only section of your website.

Profile

Clicking on the View profile link takes the member to their own membership record:

The very top section of this form lists key membership information - Membership level, status, date joined and renewal date.
The rest of the sections are shown depending on your member database setup, see Customizing your member database.

To update/change profile, the member clicks on the [Edit Profile] button:

To save the changes, member clicks on the [Save] button and the data is automatically updated in Wild Apricot member database.

Access by others

Access by others link allows you to specify the specific fields that are visible to everyone, members-only or hidden from everyone else.(See Privacy settings)

Note that you can also hide your profile altogether by un-checking the Allow to show profile option.

Click on [Save] button to save settings, [Cancel] to exit without saving.

My Directory Profile

Click on My Directory Profile to see how your profile is displayed to others based on your Access by others settings:

Subscriptions

This allows you to enable / disable your email settings. (See Member - emails settings)

Photo Albums

Following this link allows members to manage their photo albums: (See Upload and manage member photo albums)