What visitors see on your profile

Your public profile lives at /ppl/<username>. Select View public profile at the top of the Profile tab to open yours. This article reads that page top to bottom and names, for each section, which editor field it comes from — so when a visitor sees something you did not expect, you know where to change it.

Anyone your visibility setting allows can read the page, signed in or not. Everything on it is an action that needs an account. See Visibility, connections, and profile managers for who can reach the page at all.

Cover and hero

The cover photo strip comes from the cover photo manager, or the single Cover photo row if your profile is not in the cover-photo programme.

Below it:

Your name, with your Native Name as the secondary line.
Your headline, derived by Homeward from your work history: “ at ”, prefixed “Former “ when every role has ended. The organization half links to that organization’s page only if the organization has a public profile.
Your profile photo, as a circle.
Your social and website icons, from the Online presence card.
Support — only when you are able to receive donations, which depends on individual approval and a verified receipting organization. It is not something you switch on yourself.
Contact — only when you allow messages.
Connect with — starts the connection-request flow.

The Family avatar stack follows: photo, name, and relation for each family member whose Show on profile toggle is on, each linking to their public profile where they have one.

Bio and At a glance

About . carries your Biography, then an At a glance panel built entirely from other fields you have filled in:

Panel item	Where it comes from
Based in	Your residence location, or your ministry region
Originally From	Your Native Home address, city and country
Country of residence	Your residence address
Languages	The Languages editor
Ministry Focus Areas	Your chosen focus areas, falling back to the causes on your work history
On the field since	The earliest start year in your work history

Empty items are simply left out.

Locations

“Where can be found.” One card per address you have added, labelled “Residence area”, “Mailing address”, “Ministry address”, or “Native home area”. Only addresses with precise precision show street lines, an attention line, and a postal code; generalized addresses show the locality only with a General area note. Masked addresses never show a street, postal code, or map pin. See Contact details and addresses.

Updates, reports, and itinerary

Updates — “Recent field updates.” A grid of your published updates, linking to each one. Drafts are never shown.
Reports — “A record of the work.” Only appears when you have published report-type updates.
Itinerary — “Where will be next.” The entries whose Show on public profile toggle is on.

Work history

“Where has served.” Each row shows the role, the organization (linked when it is public), the date line, your ministry region, your people group served, focus-area badges, and the description.

Programs, partners, and gallery

Programs — “Where is serving.” A timeline of the programs you are attached to, with your Staff or Participant label, people reached, and focus areas. These come from your organization affiliations.
Ministry partners — “People & organizations works with.” Cards from your ministry partners, linked where a profile exists.
Partners — “Organizations works with.” Cards built from your organization affiliations: name, title, description, and programs.
Gallery — “From the field.” The photo strip from your gallery album.

Endorsements

“What people say about working with .” This section is always shown, even when it is empty, because the invitation to write an endorsement is the point. Visitors can write one or report one; both need them to sign in. You cannot remove an endorsement of yourself — see Endorsements.

Stay connected

A closing band, “Stay connected with .”, repeats the Support and Contact buttons — but only the ones available to you.

If your profile is Protected or Private

Visitors who are not approved connections reach a restricted page instead of your profile, with a Connect button and none of your content. Homeward staff and approved connections can still read it.