Help:Preferences

Once you have created an account and are logged in, you can change your preferences. This help page is to help you understand what you can do with your preferences. Once you have changed your preferences, they will be the same across all Wikia.

User profile
This is the first tab. First of all, you can give your real name and e-mail address. While both are optional, giving your e-mail will allow Wikia to e-mail your password to you if you forget it. If you also "Enable e-mail from other users", then others can e-mail you from your user page or user talk page by using the "E-mail this user" feature in the sidebar under the search box. You can also change your password in this tab.

Signature
Next you can create a signature for yourself. This will appear whenever you type four tildes ( ~ ). By default, your signature is Your user name.

Non-raw signature
Next is a box with "Raw signatures" beside it. Checking this box will allow you to greatly customize your signature, explained below. If you plan on leaving your signature as it is, then you do not have to click this box.

Raw signatures
If "Raw signature" is checked, then:
 * Nothing is added to the text that you specify. What you specify is what is used between the two dashes and the timestamp.
 * Wiki markup and some HTML markup can be used: the wiki-code is processed, and the HTML is passed on, allowing the browser to interpret it. Please do not make large signatures.

For example, with the box checked, you can make a signature like this: Your custom user name talk. This will appear as: Your custom user name talk