This guide covers the different user settings that can help to personalize the experience on the forum.
Resolvists Tier - Everyone
Managing user preferences is essential for creating a personalized and engaging experience. In order to achieve that, the Agora provides a flexible preference-management system that allows you to customize settings such as notifications, privacy options, display preferences, and more.
Step 1 : Accessing the User Preferences Menu
Click on your Profile Photo on the top-right hand corner of the Agora platform and select the person icon, and then select 
Preferences . You can also directly browse this link.
Step 2 : Managing, modifying, and understanding your User Preferences
Once the User Preferences menu is opened, you are prompted to select various menus. Select a dropdown for details on each menu.
Account
Username: This is your registered name on the Agora, and is selected upon joining and sign up. This can only be modified by a site moderator or admin.
Profile Picture: This is the photo that shows on all of your posts and your user profile. You may have it set to system assigned (usually the first letter of your username) or as a custom photo. You may also have the option to have a Gravatar.
Email: This is by default set to the email you used to join the Agora. You can modify this email by clicking the 
icon, or add a secondary email by selecting 
Add Alternate Email .
Name: You may enter your full name here or a pseudo.
Title: If you are a member of a group or have a badge that has an option to be used as a title, it can be selected here.
Flair: If a group you are in has a flair, it can be added to your profile picture here.
Primary Group: This allows you to set one of your groups as “Primary Group”.
Export Data: You may request an archive of all of your data from the Agora by clicking Request archive .
Security
Password: In the event you forget your password on the forum, you may click Send Password Reset Email to follow the steps to reset it.
Passkeys: A passkey is defined as a “password replacements that validate your identity biometrically (e.g. touch, faceID) or via a device PIN/password.” You can create any passkey by selecting Add Passkey and following the steps provided. You can also revoke any passkey at any time.
Two-Factor Authentication: For more security around your account, you can have a “second factor” when logging into the Agora, like a passkey. To manage, select the Manage Two-Factor Authentication and follow the steps. The “second factor” will be a one-time security code or a physical security key.
Recently Used Devices: Any device that is logged into the Agora platform is shown here. You can revoke any one by selecting the and selecting Log Out , or Not you? . The later will reset your password and log out all of your devices.
Profile
About me: This allows you to provide description about you. You can enter any relevant information about yourself that you want to share to the community. All markdown, HTML, and images are supported here. Most features that can be used in a topic can be used in your About Me.
Timezone: Your timezone determines the dates shown on various places in the forum (for example, 2025-11-25T05:53:00Z). You can select this manually or automatically by clicking 
Use Current Timezone .
Location: You can enter where you live in this box. It will show on your User Profile.
Profile Header: This is the image showed at the top of your User Profile. You may upload it by clicking or remove it by clicking the trash can. Profile headers will be centered, and by default will have a width of 1110px.
User Card Background: This is the image showed on your User Card. You may upload it by clicking or remove it by clicking the trash can. Profile headers will be centered, and by default will have a width of 590px.
Featured Topic: You can select any topic on the Agora that you would like to feature on your user profile and card.
Emails
All emails will be sent to your primary email as registered in your Account.
Under this section you can select what you would like to be emailed for, and how often. The options for being emailed include:
- New Personal Message
- Quoted, Replied To, Mentioned, or watched topic/category/tag activity.
- Activity Summary
- All new posts (This will override the activity summary. You will receive multiple emails depending on how busy the Agora is.)
You also have the option to receive an Activity Summary when you have not visited the Agora for some time which will include the most popular posts and topics. You can receive these every 30 minutes, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and every six months.
Notifications
You can specify and refine your notification settings in this section (for instance when to be notified of new likes). These will not be sent to your email - they will just show as a notification in the Agora platform.
You can also select to receive Live Notifications which will be showed directly into your browser when you are active on the Agora. This can be enabled or disabled by clicking Enable/Disable Notifications
You can also create a custom notification schedule. Notifications received outside this schedule will be paused.
Tracking
You will find all tracking settings related to topics, posts, categories or tags that have been flagged as Watched, Tracked, Watching First Post, and Muted. These terms are defined below.
- Watched: You will automatically watch all topics in these categories/with these tags. You will be notified of all new posts and topics, and a count of new posts will also appear next to the topic.
- Tracked: You will automatically track all topics in these categories/with these tags. A count of new posts will appear next to the topic.
- Watching First Post: You will be notified of the first post in each new topic in these categories/with these tags.
- Muted: You will not be notified of anything about new topics in these categories/with these tags, and they will not appear on the categories or latest pages.
Users
In the Agora, you have the ability to ignore or mute any users.
Ignored users will suppress all their posts, messages, notifications, personal messages, and chat direct messages.
Muted users will suppress all notifications, personal messages, and chat direct messages involving them.
In addition, you can allow (or not) other users to send you Personal Messages and Chat Direct messages, or allow certain users to send you these.
Navigation Menu
Under the sidebar, you can modify what to see when you have new or unread items.
Remember that any time you modify something inside of your User Preferences menu, you must click Save Changes to apply your settings.