# Profiles **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 16, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles/54808 "2001-02-16T22:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Yankee\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/7ea924/32.png) [@Yankee\_Blue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yankee_Blue)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles/54808/1 "2001-02-16T22:09:07Z")
Sorry if this has been addressed but is there some change in the profiles page. Can we no longer alter our posted info? Am I doing something wrong (probably) in reguard to changes or is it just not possible anymore with the new software. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2001, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles/54808/2 "2001-02-16T22:47:17Z")
To change your profile info, just go to the top of the page and click the ‘profile’ icon. It should take you to [this page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=editprofile), where, after you enter your username and password, you’ll be zipped off to a page where you can edit your profile info. ---
**Author:** ![Show\_Biz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Show\_Biz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Show_Biz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2001, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/profiles/54808/3 "2001-02-17T02:15:43Z")
It hit me, so it might be what hit you. At one time you didn’t need a password, i.e., the password could be left blank. Then at one point it changed. I think when they stopped allowing blanks at the front and end of names. I was quite confused about why I couldn’t change my sig any more. But it turned out I was just required to have a password, which I hadn’t been bothering with. When I added one, the changes went right through.