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My Account Link

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The My Account link in the navigation gives details associated with your account. Probably the most useful of these details is the status of your pages in the approval queue.

My account menuClicking on the My Account link will take you to a simple page stating how long you've been a member of your site. There are also two other tabs on this page: Edit and IMCE files. On the Edit page, you can change which time zone you are in.

The IMCE files tab allows you to upload images and other files to your site. Existing files are listed on top above a preview panel. To get an image to appear in the preview panel, select the image from the list and it will be displayed.

Upload form

Below the preview panel are buttons to browse and upload your file. Use the browse button to select the desired file from your local computer and click the upload button to send it to the server.

My Checkouts

CheckoutsMy Checkouts is the first link under the My Account section. One this page is a list of all the pages that you currently have checked out. For each page, the checkout time is listed as well as how much time is remaining on the checkout. There is also a delete link for those checkouts with time remaining. This will only release the checkout and not delete the page or any changes made to the page.

My Drafts

My Drafts

If you submit content changes after your checkout period has expire and someone else has checked out the same content, then a draft will be created. Any draft that you currently have will be listed on the My Drafts page. Proceeding the draft title are the options to view the draft and to edit the current version of the page. With these two windows, you can compare your draft with the current page and incorporate any changes. Following the title is the date the draft was created as well as the option to delete the draft.

My Queued Requests

My Queued Requests

Once on the My Account page, the My Queued Requests link will appear in the navigation. Going to that page will display a table of your pages that are awaiting approval. From this page, you can preview any of the pages in the queue. You can also make additional edits to the page before it gets approved. Finally, you can retract any of your changes. This will remove the page from the queue and delete your edits on that page.

Settings

Once on the My Queued Requests, page, a link for Settings will appear in the navigation. On the Settings page, you can decide if you want to be notified by e-mail when your requests are approved or rejected.