Websim - Profile Guide

Websim - Profile Guide

1. Benefits of a Websim Profile

What is a profile page useful for?

A Websim profile page can showcase your projects, contain links to your business or social media, and artistically convey your personality and interests to any visitors. Think of it like your digital business card!

Full Customization

One of the most directly editable profile pages in the digital environment right now, similar to bygone platforms like myspace, Websim allows you to use just about anything HTML to make your ultimate digital profile. add in visuals, music, and anything else you can think of to make this page share who you are with your fellow users. This is more similar to creating your own personal digital space than creating a boilerplate social media profile with just basic customization. Be creative, and try things out!

2. Creating a Profile Page

Making a profile page from scratch

Any Websim page can be a profile. Simply click the gear icon in your projects sidebar, and set the text of the link section to just "profile". Unless you already have a page set as your profile, this will send users to this page whenever they click your profile picture, or type your @ username into the prompt bar. you'll notice the link to said project change to 'Websim.ai/@username'. This means your profile page can be as unique and interactive as any other incredible Websim page!

Screenshot showing Kat's Profile settings with options to edit title, URL, and delete the profile

Remixing an existing profile page (Easier!)

One easy way to create a profile is to simply remix an existing profile. Check out existing examples like my profile, CubeyCreator's profile or mh3's profile and prompt onto it with something like, "Make this a profile page for user @yourusername instead". Starting from an existing profile should give you a good starting point for the page, and in some instances, this may be all you need to do in order to get a fully functional profile page showing all of your data.

3. Displaying Projects and Likes

Websim Metadata API experimental feature

If you go to your Websim settings through the top right 3 dots menu, you can enable experimental features in advanced settings. Doing this will allow you to enable 'Websim Metadata API', which can return information like your projects, followers, following, profile pictures and more. Simply enable that checkbox and prompt something like 'Show me the followers of user @yourusername. You can add more detail and there is more data stored in the API than just those examples, but this is always in flux and still experimental so it will take testing to discover all the possibilities.

Note: For a more in depth look, check out Websim Metadata API Documentation by user mh3. This user-made guide dives into documenting the possible uses and accessible information using the experimental Websim Metadata API feature.