When you login to the ITWorldCanada Events Umbrella, you will see your personal profile page. It provides you with an overview of your activity.
To access your Profile page, go to the Umbrella Login section and sign in with your name and password.

To sign in to the ITWorldCanada Events and see your personal profile page, type in your name and password in the Umbrella Login section, and then hit the Login button. If the Login section is not displayed, then you are already signed in.

The ITWorldCanada Events Umbrella  Social Platform user profile page below is the example of what you will see when you log in to the Events Umbrella.

You can launch all of your community activity from your profile page. You can also access the community blogs, media, forums, and groups.

 Profile

Your profile provides other users in your community with personal information about yourself that you want to make public. Your profile is editable, so you can update or delete information as required.

In this example, the user has downloaded her personal avatar. You can do this from your profile. When you download your avatar, it will display in place of the placeholder.

You can click on Your Name  to view your profile data.

Your biographical information displays in the upper middle of the page. Your profile page shows detailed information about your activity and any activity by other users that is related to you. For example, in other user's profiles, you can see more information about an individual's profile in the Umbrella, as well as functionality for adding this person as a friend, sending messages and emails to this person, and adding announcements. 

When you click on your friends' username, their  profile opens. You can indicate to visitors public profile sites you want to share with them.

The Shared Feeds section is similar to the Shared Favorites section. It displays RSS feeds that you want to share with your friends.

The Announcements section contains special information you want to headline or want to stand out. You can add an announcement by clicking Add an Announcement below your avatar or avatar placeholder.

The My Groups section shows the groups to which you belong.

The My Files section allows you to see files you have uploaded to your profile that you want to share with your friends and visitors.

Finally, the My Activity section provides you with a summary of your umbrella activity. It will note that date and time on which you published a post or comment and when you jointed a group/events, forum or blog, or added a friend.

You can update your profile by clicking Edit link

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Conversations

One of the features of the Umbrella is the ability of Umbrella members to converse with each other. The conversations section of the home page lists your conversations with other members of your community. You can begin a conversation by clicking start a conversation in your  profile.

You can check you Pending Friend Request also, the image above shows you one pending friend request is there to manage. You can Accept that request or Reject that request by visiting that link.

When you receive a message from another Umbrella member, it displays as Friends(Number of unread conversation).

You can click on the conversation title to open a dialog window from which you can reply to the message.

Forums, Blogs, Media, and Groups

The Forums, Blogs, Media, and Groups sections provide you with links to your most recent discussions, postings, media downloads, and groups to which you belong. You can also access the main page for each of these sections. When you go to the main page, you will find a list of all the activity in the community.

Favorites

The Favorites section displays the list of forums, posts, and media that you have specifically identified as a favorite.

When you find a discussion, post, or media file that you really like, you can identify it as a favorite simply by clicking a link. For example, as shown above, Fawn has selected some media favorites. Suppose that when browsing through the forums you find a post that you want to add as a favorite.

When you click Favorites, you can specify whether to add the forum or the post to the favorites list.

The item then displays in the Shared Favorites list on your home page.

Your Groups

The "My Groups" section lists the groups to which you belong as well as provides a link so you can view all groups in the community.

A group is a mini-community with its own membership consisting of up to one blog, media gallery, and forum. All of a group's content is accessible by members of the group.

My Files

The "My Files" section lists the files you have uploaded to the community and provides a link that will take you to a file download page if you have permissions to download files.

If you click View all and upload files, and if you have upload permission, you will see a download page from which you can download a file. The file will then display in the My Files list.

User Action Links

The user action links always appear in the Community Login box in every page in the community.

The username link  always takes you to your  profile. Edit opens the Edit Your Profile page. Logout signs you out of the community.