Spring:User preferences help
Use the User Preference page to edit preferences for your profile. There are a few sections to the User Profile, each of which will be covered in detail here.
User data
Your real name
If you so desire, enter your real name into this box. Other people will be able to see your name, and know its you. This setting is optional.
Your Email
If you want people to be able to email you, enter your Email address in this box. This email address will not be given to the person trying to email you, instead they will write a message that will be forwarded to you.
Your nickname
Enter your nickname here. This is the name that will be appended to the end of your posts if you so desire.
Raw signatures
If selected, this will post your signature as plain text, instead of linking to your user page.
Interface language
From the drop-down box, select your prefered language. There are many languages to choose from, so you should feel right at home.
Change password
Use these boxes to change your password. You will need your old password, and a new password to change your password.
Remember password across sessions
Select this option to automatically log into the wiki everytime you visit it. Not recommended for shared computers.
Quickbar
Choose to enable the 'Quick-bar', and where to position it. Default is down the bottom.
Skin
Choose from a variety of skins.
Rendering math
Choose how you want mathematical forumae to be drawn.
Editing
Change these options to change how pages are edited.
Rows & Columns
Change the size of the editing box. A good size is 25 by 80.
Edit box has full width
Select this to make the edit box the full width of the page.
Show edit toolbar
Enables/Disables the editing toolbar at the top of the edit window.
Show preview on first edit
Select this to automatically show a preview of your work the first time you save it.
Show preview before edit box and not after it
Choose if the page preview appears after the edit box, or before it.
Add pages you edit to your watchlist
Select this to automatically add all the pages you edit to your watch list.
Mark all edits minor by default
Choose this to mark all edit minor, unless specified otherwise.
Time zone
Change the time displayed on the pages. I think server time is GMT -1.
Recent changes and stub display
Number of titles in recent changes
Change the default number of recent changes to display on the Recent Changes page.
Hide minor edits in recent changes
Select this to hide edits labeled 'minor' in the Recent Changes page.
Enhanced recent changes
Make the Recent Changes page look really spiffy. This option is not for all browsers, as some have difficulty rendering it.
Threshold for stub display
Changes the threshold of stub article display. NFI what that actually means, but...
Limit images on image description
Choose how big the biggest an image can be on an Image Description page.
Search result settings
Hits to show per page
Change how many hits are displyed by default in the search results.
Lines to show per hit
Lines to show per search hit.
Characters of context per line
How many characters are show of the page content per hit.
Search in these namespaces by default
Choose which sections to search by default. The options are:
- Main
- Talk
- User
- User talk
- Spring
- Spring talk
- Image
- Image talk
- MediaWiki
- MediaWiki talk
- Template
- Template talk
- Help
- Help talk
- Category
- Category talk
Misc settings
Show hoverbox over wiki links
Choose whether to show a tooltip over links or not.
Underline links
Choose whether links are underlined or not.
Broken Link Format
Choose how broken links are formatted.
Justify paragraphs
Choose whether to have normal or justified paragraphs.
Auto-number headings
Choose whether headings are automnatically preceded by a number or not.
Edit pages on double click (JavaScript)
Turn this on to be able to edit a page by double clicking on it.
Enable section editing via [edit] links
Turns the little [edit] links besides heading on and off.
Enable section editing by right clicking on section titles
Turns on or off the ablilty to edit sections by right clikcing on them. Javascript must be enabled for this to work correctly.
Show table of contents
Choose this to show a table of contents when there is more than 3 sections in a page.
Disable page caching
Choose this to disable page caching. Dunno what page caching is, but you can diasable it!
