User Guide: Profile Customization

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WAFRN links all your posts to your profile, a digital "home" on the platform. This guide aims to help you find and use the tools to make it your own.

This guide was last updated on 1/19/2026, corresponding with desktop web build v2026.01.04-DEV.

Default Profile

All WAFRN users have some basic functions available for profile customization. These options are accessible from your "Settings" menu, under the "Profile" submenu.

A wide screenshot of the WAFRN settings page. The cursor has selected "Settings," and the Settings options are now visible to the right of the sidebar. The default view, "Profile," is visible. At the top, there are options to change the Avatar and Banner. Below, there are fields called "Name," and "Description." Then, there is a subheader called "Fediverse Attachments". The user has one "Property Name" filled as "pronouns," and the "Property Value" has been blurred. Finally, there is a button to "Add attachment" below this line.

Here, you can choose a profile picture and a cover photo to display on your page.

A close-up of the "name" field, a short-entry text box, with the contents blurred.

You can also change your display name - this is the one people will see most prominently on your posts.

A close-up of the "Description" field, a long-entry text box, with the contents blurred.

To tell people about yourself, you can fill out the Description field. This field accepts HTML/Markdown formatting and WAFRN-custom emojis, just like Posts.

For more information about how Bluesky integration impacts your profile, see the Bluesky guide.

A close-up of the Fediverse Attachments section. There is still a field labeled "pronouns" where the value is blurred, but now there is a second line below it. "Property Name" has been listed as "Property", and "Property Value" has been entered as "Value."

Fediverse Attachments are extra fields that display on federated social platforms. These can be used for literally anything. The property name will show up in bold. The property value will show up as standard-weight text. You can decide how you want to use these.

Some people on the fediverse have software that shows a user's pronouns next to their name on their posts. The software will read the user's profile for a Fediverse attachment named "pronouns", and will then display the associated value. So, if you want to make your pronouns more visible to at least some people on the Fediverse, you can use that too.

A WAFRN profile on a default theme. The banner photo is colored over in black, and the profile photo is colored over in white. The fields are covered and labeled based on how they appear in the settings, with "Name" covering the name field, and "Description" covering the description field, to show where that information will go. The handle and the Bluesky handle are also covered, with a note showing where the Bluesky handle appears "if enabled." Below, the Fediverse Attachments include a "pronouns" line, and a "Property" line. Next to "pronouns," the contents are blurred. Next to "Property," the word "Value" appears, from the settings in the previous screenshot.

Profile Privacy

To change the way your profile functions, go to "Settings", then to the "Privacy" submenu. At the top, you will find the "Profile Privacy" section.

A screenshot of the "Privacy" submenu of the Settings page. The cursor has clicked on "Privacy" on the left-hand side. In the middle of the page, the subheader "Profile Privacy" appears, with the mentioned settings below. "Manually accept follows" and "Enable asks" are both checked.

Here, you will find options to control:

You can change these to your heart's content! If you don't end up liking them, you can always change them again.

CSS

WAFRN allows users to make custom profile themes with CSS. These custom themes sometimes break when the site updates, but generally they stay pretty intact. Note: When you set a custom theme, it will also add the custom theme to your dashboard. Other users will only see it on your profile, but you'll see it everywhere, except other users' profiles. This also means it will impact what you see on settings pages, so if you are unable to access key features of the site, you may want to remove your custom theme temporarily. If you cannot remove the custom theme or are in need of assistance, please contact your administrator team.

Here's a template to help you get started:

https://codeberg.org/wafrn/wafrn/src/branch/main/docs/theming.md

Here's another tool which might be helpful as you work:

https://devdocs.io/css/

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