Do you customise your profile much?

Started by Ho-Oh October 23rd, 2010 10:38 PM
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Profile customisation has been around since April 2008, and has been used by a lot of people. Profile designers on PC usually create stunning profiles to express themselves, or just because they like pretty colours. So!

1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!

I customise mine because I really love designing a nice profile (to me) and I currently really like mine right now. Usually, I prefer to make my profiles only with colour because images take effort, though, combining both images and colour can make really great combinations sometimes. I think having emblems based on profile design is a good idea (because I enjoy giving out one hahaha) just... because it can give users a sense of pride in what they've worked hard on. I actually do like profiles without colours mostly, since it makes the text easier to read in most cases. If I could add anything to current profile design, I'd probably just change the design of it, because as it is, it looks kind of cluttered, but keep the content.

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I customise my profile, but I rarely do update it. I mostly go for a colour scheme that represents my taste in aesthetics and once I'm done, I'm quite happy with keeping it for a pretty long time.

Emblems based on profile design? It feels nice to know others out there appreciate your taste in colour co-ordination and to be given award based on that is a tremendously good feeling. Of course there is a satiric emblem that exists for colour co-ordination, but I digress.

I do appreciate profiles with long biographies, because they tend to sum up the definition of what a profile is to me. It isn't just about fancy decoration and visitor messages, it's also about knowing and understanding the person you are viewing and having a sneak preview of their own world, it's rather fascinating and being let into something like that is quite nice. Also knowing that these people want others to know more about them so openly adds to the rather homely feel that this community already has.

If there were any features I'd like added, it'd be just one, and that is the option to include your own block section that you can customise however way you like. This is a feature already embedded in blogs, so it'd be pretty neat to see in profiles as well.

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
Yes I do so, colour custumisation is the what I can do. /me non-supporter. I don't know why but I prefer colour customisation.
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
Umm.. I think its a nice addition to one's collection of emblems. It is a proof of a profile scheme loved by others.
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Biographies which a lengthy, I often have no time to read. So I think I'm a little biased towards those who design their profile instead.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I want a feature which would allow me to save my profile colour settings, actually. :P

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
I customized it just then :)

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
That would be cool if I had an emblem xp

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I look for content not the design most of the time. I prefer to get to know a little more about a person without coming across as a stalker ;)

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!

Nothing that I can think of as of now other than I would like the Mod privileges of having bigger profile pics ^.^
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I only messed with my profile stuff one or two times, then left it. There's not really much I can do with it, so it doesn't matter much to me. I plan on making a sort of Christmas theme one as soon as December starts, though.
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?: Yes, I do. The colors I use make me feel unique. I'd actually like it if someone customized their profile, but I'm fine with those who want to leave theirs alone.
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?: They're just for bragging rights.
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?: That doesn't concern me.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!: For now, I don't know, so I like the profile features as they are.

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
Yup, I usually match it up with the theme that I have.
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
That'd be nice :D
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I prefer designed profiles, a bio is good but design is better.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
Hmmm......I'm not really sure...other than bigger profile pics, but thats not another feature XD


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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
I'm too lazy, and I actually like non-customized ones more because it matches the forum style I am on.
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
It's awesome :3
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Of course. Biographies are more important than colors.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I can't even think of any new features that PC doesn't already have. Unless they added an arcade, then they could add a section to profiles for games where they are number one. But I doubt that will ever happen.
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
I don't, because I can't be bothered. I used to, but the limited options available to regular members means I can't really do anything that interesting. Some customised profiles are nice, but the majority of colour customised ones I see are horrible. Most profiles with image customisation look nice. But I have no real preference, just that it looks at least slightly appealing, and not like a poorly designed MySpace page.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
The ones granted for winning competitions are good. Some of them are silly, but so are a lot of other emblems so I suppose that is fitting.

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I only really care about biographies. A customised profile doesn't really mean anything, a biography does.

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I have no problem with how the profile layout is currently, so I wouldn't change it. Although some others may not like the layout, so change could be good for some people I suppose. I wouldn't add anything, it's already got quite a lot of content, at least compared to profile pages on other forums I've been to.
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
very often, i can never be satisfied with how my profile looks. i'm not picky about other people's profiles, i'm down with whatever represents their tastes. as for myself, i'm constantly holding myself back from changing all three nearly every day.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
i don't pay enough attention to emblems to form an opinion on this question thanks for asking th1o

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
sure, not that i ever read anyone's biography (unless they're short and to-the-point, clever one-liners are always mildly impressive)

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
i think i'd throw in the option to align tabs a certain way, i'd like for mine to be centered.

i'd also like to remove that whole bar under the profile picture with the send message/usernotes/last activity etc and rename the "contact info" tab "contact" and place pm/vm links there oh um looking at it now it already has those links there WHY ARE THERE SO MANY REDUNDANT LINKS ON PC and rename the infraction tab user notes which could display um infractions and user notes. just think it'd look cleaner, i think... here's a picture of an example with centered tabs and that bar removed:

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i mean thats just MY profile but surely you can imagine it with yours

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I do change my profile often as I get bored with it quiet often then just change it to something I find attractive looking to myself, but being a normal member there really isn't much you can do other than change the colours of your profile, I'd love to be able to add background pictures and such. Parents fault this time for not letting me donate. But others profiles I'm not too bothered by, if their profile is nice looking then I may comment on it to them, otherwise I really don't pay attention to them (unless you're VMing them and you can't read the text when you're typing it. ;;).

The emblems I never really pay attention to either, they are nice to see and everything but to be honest I've never really been a huge fan of them, they're just a nice trinket on the side of the plate. Some of them are nice to see like these competition ones or being active or something and some you just can't understand unless you are part of the big picture. But to give an emblem out of someone's hard work on a profile is a nice idea, it gives them a chance to see that they work hard and get something for it.

Biographies I write are long and descriptive most of the time because I prefer longer Biographies but those short and snappy ones that are sarcastic amuse me quite often, so really it's more the content of the biography rather. If someone has taken the time to think of an interesting Biography, I'm happy, even if it's short.

To change the profiles, I'd just completely change the layout. I'm not a fan of the layout, I'd rather have it completely different or at least an option for another way to show you profile. The content in the layout is good but the actual set-up to me is rather boring, I'd love to be able to customise it so you could change it into different layouts. There was a member with a really good picture of what I would like to see the profile like but I can't find them or the picture so yeah, no example. T.T

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I do customise my profile, yes. I dislike profiles with eye blinding colours and hard-to-read-text. I often find myself getting a headache after visiting a proifle like that. It's odd. ;; Profiles that appeal to me are those with soft, gentle colours with readable text.. I don't mind backgrounds and such since they make the profile more unique. Not saying non-supporters can't have unique profiles with just colours, though. :'D

Having emblems based on profile design is a good way to experiment, I guess. If you want something so badly, you'll work for it ~! Though I don't pay much attention to emblems based on profile design that much anyway.

Of course, biographies are a great way to get to know someone. Be it those long, in-depth ones, or the short ones. I don't mind either. Profiles with no biographies are alright too, but idk, profiles with a bio seem more appealing to me.

I'd like it if we could re-arrange the tab placement (visitor messages, about me, etc. etc.) and possibly the layout of the whole profile. Like a drag & drop sort of thing. For example, I'd love it if I could have the box with my avatar and birthday etc etc to the left, rather than the right side. Of course, the profile layout now is perfectly fine. Nice and organized.



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1. I do customise my profile, but I do not go all out like some people do. I just play around with the colors and profile background. I try to make the colors match my current signature or avatar.

2. I think that having emblems based on profile design is a nice thing to have, some people get really happy when they earn one.

3. Of course.

4. I honestly don't know. I think they're fine the way they are.

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
I customize my profile but I don't change it too often (a change is coming soon, however.) I like a mix of color and image customization as long as it's still neat and readable.
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
I'm cool with it. It's why I enter the PC Prettiest Profile Contest.
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I don't visit bios and such, but I have to appreciate anything where effort is put into it.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I'd like to be able to move content around and maybe more options for image customizations.

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
Yes. Every once in a blue moon, I'll switch around the colors. It's something that I'm content with keeping forever, as long as it's a nice setup. I don't think I've switched my profile colors in months, in fact.
The only preference I have for profiles is that they're readable.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
Like the emblem system itself, it's a nice feature, I suppose. Not one I deal with often, though.

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Honestly, I hardly ever read bios. I don't care if they have a long bio or none at all. If they want to take the time to write a 5-paragraph essay of a bio, more power to them, I suppose. *shrugs*

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I think profiles are fine as is. So I don't have anything to add. :(

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
No I don't because nothing I put together ever comes out looking good. Not really I tend to not notice what other people have on their profile.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
If you take the time to make your profile look nice then it's fine by me.

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Doesn't matter to me either way. Like I said I barely notice when people design their profiles and I rarely if ever read a long biography.

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
Nothing that I can think of. Everything seems fine to me.

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1. Do you customize your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customization, color customization or image customization?
I do customize mine to the extent of my abilities. I'd customize it further if I could but certain things are impossible. (such as adding background images for content areas without a specified background color...imagine the fun you could have with a transparent pixel image. :p)
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
I think it's a good idea so long as we can be assured that the judges are fair arbiters, and previous winners cannot win another emblem like that for a fair period of time...like a year at least...if not longer.
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I do actually. A naked profile is just as functional as one which has been prettily decorated, and I like knowing about people. A complete bio is helpful to me when getting to know the person...so I'm aware of any obvious possible incompatibilities.
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
The ability to not specify a background color for every element of the profile, allowing the background image's transparency to show what is behind it. By allowing this, we get more flexibility. Equally useful, would be transparency controls, and more granular editing. Instead of just breaking it down to things like "Primary content area" and "Secondary content area"...more granular editing would be nice...especially because font colors don't always play nice...especially where people's usernames appear formatted as usual

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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
No, I don't. I do now know why, I guess I don't know how on this site. xP
2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?

I don't know, I never got one?
3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?

Yes
4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!

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[jq]1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?[/jq]
Although I have not had many different total themes, I do always have a theme. I prefer profiles with images; however, some profiles can be effective with only colors. Likewise, an all image profile can have low quality and/or annoying, flashing images.

[jq]2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?[/jq]
Emblems awarded for good profile design are fine as they encourage others to not have awful profiles. Save my eyes.

[jq]3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?[/jq]
Hm not really. I have not seen too many elaborate biographies. I believe one can express one's self better with colors and images than with words.

[jq]4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc![/jq]
Ability to arrange a Top Friends.

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I never did it because I honestly couldn't really care less .____.;; Plus customizations don't show up on Safari.. everyone's looks like default to me so there's no point.
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
The only customization I've done to my profile was replacing the colours and slightly adjusting the borders and padding. The simpler, the better. Most customised profiles in general come off as being far too garish.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
The less emblems this community has, the better. Hell, just abolish emblems altogether.

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
I've yet to find a profile that actually has worthwhile content in the biography section.

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
Profiles are fine the way they are.
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
Psh. Too much of a hassle. The best it's getting is what it is now 'cause I did that when I wasn't feeling lazy.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
That's like giving gold medals for uniforms. -_-

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Heck yeah. I prefer to read about you creeps people rather than looking at the cries for help that you put up.

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
Facebook compatability! XD
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1. Do you customise your profile? If you don't, why don't you? And do you have a preference for profiles with no customisation, colour customisation or image customisation?
Yup, I just try to match it with my theme.

2. What's your opinion on having emblems based on profile design?
It'll look good :D

3. Do you still appreciate profiles with good content in their biographies, etc, but not actually designed their profiles?
Eh, either way is good for me.

4. If you could add another feature to your profiles, what would it be? For example, changing around the content placement, allowing new content to be put in different parts of your profile, etc!
I actually like the way they are :O