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FAQ #4

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Which options can I control under the Edit Settings page?

Public



    Identity



  • Avatar - Here you can upload or remove your avatar, your avatar is the icon that shows up beside any comments, deviations and news articles you post on deviantART. An avatar image file must be a 50x50 px PNG, JPEG or GIF image that is smaller than 15 KB.


  • Comment Signature - Here you can add a personal signature of your choice that will be added to the bottom of any comments or forum posts (viewable only to subscribers) you make on site. Signatures have a max character limit of 255 chars, general images and avatars cannot be added, but you can use emoticons in signatures.

    Sticky Vs. Retroactive Signatures - When you edit your signature, if you choose sticky then any comments you have previously made will remain as they are. If you choose retroactive then all previous signatures will be changed once you save your changes.


  • Literature Author Tag - Your author tag is the icon that appears on the browse page, and your gallery page, next to any poetry or prose submissions you upload to deviantART. An author tag image should be a 20x155 px PNG, JPEG or GIF image that is smaller than 20 KB.


  • Website Button - In this section you can upload a website button to be displayed on your userpage, provided you have entered a URL in the Website URL field, which is located in the devious info section on your userpage.

    A website button must be a 88 x 31 px GIF file.

    To remove your website button at a later date simply click on the link entitled "Reset your website button".

    Be sure to save any changes you make in the end by clicking on 'OK' at the bottom of your settings page.



Personal



    General



  • Personal Information - In this section you may select your Gender. You may also set an email address here, which you should always keep up to date as it is where all important emails will be sent, such as lost-password, verify emails, special site announcements and all order related emails. You can also choose to opt out or in to our newsletter in this section as well.

    In the event your Date of Birth has been reset by staff, you can also manage your Date of Birth here.

    Please note items marked with a star next to their fields will be displayed to the public, so if for example you do not want someone to know your real name you can set whatever you like in this field instead.


  • Change deviantART Password - Here you can change your deviantART password, make sure to choose a good password that no one else knows or can guess easily.

    Please read the news article entitled 'Account Security' , for further information about password security.


  • Regional Settings - In this section you can select the Country you are from as well as set your zip code, you can also select the Currency and Measurements for your Country, your time zone (plus set daylight savings). You may use the Latitude and Longitude settings to allow you to find deviants near you, using the Nearby Deviants button on your userpage or other users' pages.


  • deviantMOBILE - This section allows you to view your current phone settings for deviantMOBILE and allows you to make any changes needed with a simple click on the link entitled 'Update Phone Settings'.

    Please note this section will only be viewable to Subscribers.


  • Blocked Users - In this section you can manage your blocked users listing. You may block up to 100 users from your user page.



    Browsing



       General Browsing

    • Open Deviations - Zoomed Out or Zoomed In: When you visit the page of a deviation you can control whether or not you wish to see the fullview (Zoomed In) right away or the smallview (Zoomed Out) first.

    • Show - Deviations with Mature Content: If your age permits you can select or deselect whether or not you wish to view deviations containing mature content.

    • Browsing Method - Use Dynamic Browsing: This toggles special browsing effects, such as animated menus and immediate category loading.

    • Sitback Options - Auto-play SitBack slideshows: This toggles whether to automatically begin playing SitBack slideshows. Even with this enabled, not all SitBack slideshows start playing automatically.

    • Pageviews Display - See Pageviews: This toggles whether you will see other people's pageviews. If you decide not to, we'll let other people know that you don't care about pageviews when they visit your profile.

       Comments

      Comment View

    • Threaded: Displays comments in a flat style. If there are replies to comments, then a link will be displayed under the original comment saying (1 reply) or however many there are. To read the replies, you need to click on the link.

    • Nested: Displays replies to comments in an indented style.

    • Flat: Will display all comments in a flat style, aligned to the left side of the screen, replies to comments will also appear aligned to the left.



      Show

    • Signatures: This toggles whether or not you will see signatures attached to comments while browsing the site.

    • Avatars: This toggles whether or not you will see avatars attached to comments while browsing the site.



     Pasties



  • Pasties - deviantART Pasties are little windows into the deviantART world that you can stick onto your own website or blog. You could have your most recent deviations always showing on your own homepage, or the top favourites from your favourite category decorating your sidebar. Whatever you like. Here you can create a pastie.



Subscriber



  • Beta Testing - deviantART subscribers are able to get a first hand look at new technologies and features in production by the deviantART technical team by choosing to become a Beta Tester. As an Official deviantART Beta Tester you will be asked to report any errors you experience while using the features and therefore help deviantART run as smoothly as possible. In this section you can choose whether or not you wish to be a Beta Tester.

    Please note, that if you are a Beta Tester, the new features which you have access to may not work correctly. This is the goal of the Beta Tester program, to allow you to share in the experience of bringing a new feature to the public.


  • Rebilling - Here you can enable or disable a deviantART rebilling package.

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