User Page: Your Profile Information

Back to the U ser Page

Remember to open your Profile by:

Moving your pointer over your login name in the upper right
In the pop-up menu that appears, slide your pointer down over "Profile"
Hold down the "Control" key and right-click on "Profile"
Select "Open in New Tab" to complete opening your profile next to this user page.

In Your Information or Profile page you are able to edit and maintain your personal information.

Look at these collections of information:

Me - my profile information
Volunteering - managing where and when you will volunteer
Social Login - use if you want to login using your Google account rather than PCMS-specific username & password..
Security - setup for two-factor authentication
Your Information - your personal information (address, phone number, and more)
Login - you can manage your own username and password.

Me

Edit Profile - this is the same as Your Information
Profile Picture - upload your favoriate picture of yourself, your pet, however you want others to recognize you.
Privacy Settings - here you control how others will see you within PCMS.
- Palmwood Church Directory - click on the triangle so it points up to see the fields
  - Click to deselect (uncheck) the box "Show My Profile" if you don't want to show in the Member Directory.
    - When the box is unchecked, all the fields will be hidden. Check that box to show the fields.
  - All of the fields in green will be visible. Click any that you want to hide. Gray fields will not be shown.
- Groups - for each group that I am a member in:
  - Click "Show My profile" to show any of your information.
  - For each of the fields (Email, Phone Number, Mobile Number) click so that it is green to show that field.
    - Mobile Number is needed for you to receive texts through PCMS from your groups.
Giving - click here to see your giving history
- Giving History - Click the Download button here to generate and download a PDF statement of your giving history for this year.
- Latest Transactions - You may see the 5 latest transactions that you have given. Click View All to see all of the transactions that we have recorded for your giving.
Family - For our purposes, the Family is everyone that you are related to.
- This page will show who is in your family. You may add members by clicking the green button Add Family Member in the upper right.
- You may edit a family member's information if your privileges allow by clicking on that person's picture or symbol.
Groups - Groups in PCMS are either organizational teams or LifeGroups.
- If you are not a member of any group, you will not see "Group" in the left menu.
- If you are a group member, you will see all groups of which you are a member.
- Clicking into a group you may:
  - See the messages sent to your group (Messages tab).
  - If you are a group leader you can access the second tab which is Members. In that tab you may see everyone who is part of that group.
  - In the upper right are three green buttons:
    - Notifications allows you to set your notifications preference: None, Once a day, Each new notification, or a daily digest.
    - Edit My Privacy allows you to set your privacy settings (same place as we discussed above).
    - Submit Report allows you to submit an attendance report for your group (If privileges permit).
Needs - allows you to set what types of needs you would want to hear about
- Click on the Enable checkbox for a specific Need Type to get an email from PCMS whenever someone needs that kind of help.
- Click on the Enable checkbox if Subscribed to a particular Need Type to "unsubscribe" from PCMS emails.
Preferences
- You can create and set your own custom email signature line here.

Volunteering

In Volunteering you are able to manage in PCMS where and how often you want to volunteer with Palmwood Church. This information will be made available to our leaders so they can first inquire in PCMS who might be interested and available for a particular work. Then they can contact you to confirm. There are these three sections:

Roster - allows you to see service plans and where volunteers
Scheduling Preferences - how often I am willing to serve, and in which departments.
Unavailability - you can indicate when you are not available for volunteering (date, date range, times).

Social Login

If you want to log into PCMS using your Google account username/password, you can click on "Link Google" either here or on the Home page. You will be asked on the next page to select your preferred Google username, and then your password. In the future then your Google login details will give you access to PCMS.

At this time Facebook login is not available.

Security

This allows you to set up two-factor authentication to make access to PCMS more secure.

Your Information

Your personal information is the main part of this page. There are some important notes about a few of the fields:

Email Address - this is where Elvanto will send you emailed information
Mobile Number - this is where Elvanto will send you text messages.
Demographics - please don’t change this information.
Giving Number - please don’t change this number.
If this record is for your child please make sure these fields are correct:
- School Grade - used for demographic progression as the child grows up.
- Development Child - the child is still in early stages of development, such as toilet-training or learning to walk.
- Special Needs Child - a special needs child is exempted from normal demographic progression based on age or grade.
Security Code - When you have children who will be checked in, the security code is used to confirm that the person requesting to pick up the child is authorized to do so.

Login Details

At the bottom of the Personal Information page (Edit tab) is the login information

Current Password - you need to enter this before you can change and save your username or new password
Username - this may be an email address, or even a unique name, such as "john254".
Password - enter your new password twice and then Save to change it.