Changes to your email address or username will require you to log out and back in before the changes will be effective.  The system does not currently require you to change your password, but it is recommended that you change it periodically.

 

Items in the Personalization section control your personal site settings. The list is created dynamically and may change from time to time.  Alterations to some personalization items may not be effective immediately.  To ensure that changes are effective you can log out and log back into the site.  Personalization item documentation is a growing project and can be found by clicking on or hovering over the attribute label.

 

The My Account section is just a shortcut into the current users record in the Users module.  It was developed with the intention of allowing users who do not have administrative permissions the ability to change their own personal settings.  It is also an important feature in the new [cp:privateLabeling default='Centralpoint' key='ProductTitle' /] security model.  It allows administrators the ability to create and manage users without having access to passwords.

 

This is also the only place where a users Username or Email Address attributes can be modified.  When these fields are modified they are checked for uniqueness.  From this point forward they can only be modified by the user herself.