Your profile page

1. On your homepage, click on   your profile picture.
2. In the menu, click Profile.

You can also go directly to medium.host/me to be redirected to your profile page. Please note that this is not your profile page URL.

1. On your homepage, click on   your profile picture.
2. Click Settings from the menu.
3. In the Profile information section, you can:
   1. Change your profile name.
   2. Enter a bio of up to 160 characters. It may include a link.
   3. Change your profile image by clicking the Update button and uploading an image from your device.
   4. Remove your profile image by clicking the Remove button.
4. You can learn more about your profile URL in this article.

Accessing the profile page editor

1. On your homepage, click on   your profile picture.
2. Click Settings from the menu.
3. Click Profile design.

In the edit mode, you can click between Home and Story views in the top navigation bar to see how your changes reflect in each.

In the editor panel on the left side, you can:

• Customize profile homepage header
• Turn on or off your blogroll

Customizing your profile header

Click Header in the design editor panel on the left side to open customization options for your profile header.

Applying an image or color to your header

In the Color and Image sections, you can make the following changes:

• Apply a color or image to your header’s background. 
• Choose between a solid image or color or a gradient overlay. 
• Adjust the display type and position of your image, if applicable.

Adding a logo or customizing your display name

In the Name section of the header dropdown, you can add and adjust a logo for your profile. If you don’t have a logo to upload, you can edit the color of your display name here instead.

Tip: When adding a logo, upload it as a .PNG file so that its background is transparent.

Blogroll

Select Show your blogroll in the Blogroll section of your design page to automatically show a list of writers and publications you follow, sorted by who has most recently published.

Blogrolls are turned on by default. At this time, you can't choose what accounts to show in your blogroll.

You can pin stories on your profile page to always have them at the top of the feed.

1. On your profile page, click the  three-dot button on the lower right hand side of the story card.
2. Choose Pin story from the menu.

You can pin up to five stories at a time, and the most recently pinned piece will have top priority.

Pinned stories appear only on your profile page on desktop. Mobile apps don't support pinned stories at this time.

1. On your profile page, click About on the navigation bar. If logged in, you can go to medium.host/me/about.
2. If you’ve never added your About content, click Get started to start adding content. If you’d like to edit your About content, click Edit to start editing the content body.
3. Click Save when you are done to save your changes.

Basic formatting

• Bold: Select the text you want to format to open the text toolbar and click the B button to apply the formatting.
• Italics: Select the text you want to format to open the text toolbar and click the i button to apply the formatting.
• Links: Select the text you want to convert into a link to open the text toolbar, click on the chain icon 🔗 in the toolbar to hyperlink the selected text, paste or type in a link (e.g., medium.host), and press Enter.

Headers

• Headers: To set a header, select any text that isn't the title or subtitle and click the large T icon.
• Subheaders: To set a subheader, select any text that isn't the title or subtitle and click the small T icon.

Adding images

1. Click on Insert photo.
2. Upload an image in either .jpg or .png format from your desktop.