Manage your account settings
Settings is the signed-in account page for reviewing and updating your profile details. Conduit places account updates and logout on this page; account creation belongs to the sign-up page.
| If you need to… | Go to |
|---|---|
| Prepare to use account settings | Before you start |
| Open the account settings page | Open Settings |
| Identify the profile fields and controls | Understand the Settings screen |
| Change your profile details | Update your account details |
| End your signed-in session | Log out from Settings |
| Handle an empty password or returned error | Handle settings branches and errors |
| Sign in | Sign in |
| Create an account | Sign up |
| Personalize profile details | Personalizing your workspace |
| Follow the broader first-day path | Your first day |
Before you start
Settings works with the profile values belonging to the signed-in account. The page receives those values when the current account is available, so sign in before opening Settings and have the details you want to review or change ready.
Prerequisites
- Be signed in.
- Have the profile details you want to review or change ready.
- Know whether you want to change the profile picture URL, username, short bio, email, or password.
Open Settings
The Settings route is /settings, and a signed-in header contains the Settings link.
Prerequisites
- Be signed in.
Steps
- Select Settings in the application header.
Result: The application opens /settings.
Understand the Settings screen
The Settings screen contains five profile fields, an update control, an error area, and a logout control.
| Field | Type | Use it to… |
|---|---|---|
| URL of profile picture | Text input | Enter the address of the profile picture. |
| Username | Text input | Enter the account username. |
| Short bio about you | Text area with eight rows | Enter a short profile description. |
| Email input | Enter the account email address. | |
| New Password | Password input | Enter a replacement password. |
The form also contains Update Settings and Or click here to logout.. Returned settings errors appear in the error area above the form. While an update is in progress, Update Settings is disabled.
Update your account details
Use this procedure to change one or more profile details on the Settings page.
Prerequisites
- Be on
/settings. - Have the values you want to enter ready.
Steps
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Enter the value you want to change:
If you want to change… Enter it in… Your profile-picture address URL of profile picture Your account name Username Your profile description Short bio about you Your account email address Email Your replacement password New Password -
Select Update Settings.
If New Password is empty, the update omits the password. The form sends the values to save your account details.
Result: Update Settings submits your changed account details.
Log out from Settings
The logout control ends the signed-in account session from the Settings page.
Prerequisites
- Be on the Settings page.
Steps
- Select Or click here to logout..
Result: The signed-in session ends.
Handle settings branches and errors
The form handles two cases: an empty New Password is omitted from the submitted update, and Update Settings is disabled while the update is in progress.
Prerequisites
- Be on the Settings page.
Steps
- Choose the case that matches what you see:
| If you see… | Do this |
|---|---|
| Update Settings is disabled | Wait for the current update to finish before selecting it again. |
| You want to keep the current password | Leave New Password empty, then select Update Settings. |
| A returned error appears above the form | Read the returned key and value, correct the related field, and select Update Settings again. |
Each returned error appears as its key followed by its value.
“No fixed message; each rendered item is key followed by errors[key].”
Result: The form responds to the in-progress update, empty password, or returned error.
After Settings
After you select Update Settings or Or click here to logout., use Sign in to start a signed-in session or Sign up to create an account when either task applies.
Result: You know where to continue for sign-in or account creation.
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