Your ChatLite profile
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Your profile is a nickname, an optional photo and an optional status message. There is no account behind it. ChatLite keeps it in your browser and shows it to the people you chat with, so it is worth a minute to set it up the way you want to be seen.
What you will do
You will choose a nickname that ChatLite accepts, add or change a photo, write a status message and understand who sees them.
Before you start
- A nickname of 2 to 20 characters. It may use letters, numbers, spaces, underscores, hyphens and periods. Extra spaces are tidied up.
- Optionally, an image file for your photo. ChatLite shrinks the picture in your browser to a size suitable for a profile, so a large photo is fine.
- Optionally, a short status message. It is shown in friend lists and in your profile.
Steps
First time
- On the profile screen, type a nickname in Username. The hint says Use a name between 2 and 20 characters.
- Optionally, select Upload Image to add a photo. The note says Photo is optional and stays in this browser.
- Optionally, fill in Status Message.
- Select Get Started.
Change it later
- On the Conversations list, select Edit Profile in your own profile area, or the profile button in the header. The dialog is titled Profile Settings.
- Change Name and Status Message, and select Change Photo to pick a new picture.
- Select Save. ChatLite shows Profile updated and closes the dialog. Select Cancel to leave without saving.
Copy your ID
- Select Copy My ID on the Conversations list. Your ID is what other people need to add you. It looks like user_ followed by letters and numbers.
How to tell it worked
- First time: the Conversations list opens and shows your nickname under My Profile.
- After a change: Profile updated, and your new name, photo and status appear in your own profile area.
- Friends see the new details the next time their device receives your profile, which happens while you are connected.
If something goes wrong
Please enter your name
The nickname field is empty.
Name must be at least 2 characters
Use two or more characters.
A message that the name can only use letters, numbers, spaces and a few symbols
Remove other symbols and try again. Emoji and punctuation such as exclamation marks are not accepted in a nickname.
Only image files allowed
Pick a picture file such as a photo or screenshot, not a document.
Image upload failed
Try a different picture or a smaller one.
Profile save failed
Check your connection and select Save again.
What ChatLite does not do
- A nickname is a label, not an identity. Nicknames are chosen by users, are not checked and are not unique, so two people can use the same one. The ID is what tells profiles apart.
- Your profile is tied to this browser. If you clear site data or use another browser, you start with a new profile and a new ID, unless you use the optional account described in the guide on chat history and local data.
- There is no password on a plain profile. Anyone who uses your browser on your device is you as far as ChatLite is concerned.
Privacy and data
Your nickname, status message and photo are saved in your browser. They are shared with the people you chat with so that they can see who you are. When you save a profile, ChatLite also gives its server a temporary in-memory copy so that others can find you online. Do not put sensitive information in a nickname or status message, because the people you chat with can read it.
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