After you make your Personal Website public, you can choose whether visitors can contact you through a contact page and customize your cover photo. To get to these settings, go to your Account Settings, then click Personal website.
Manage your contact page
Your Personal Website can include a contact page so visitors can send you a message — even if they don't have an Academia.edu account. We hope this page will help you forge new connections with academics who share your interests.
In this example, messages would go to Hypatia of Alexandria at hypatia@alexandria.edu — no ancient messenger required. In your settings, this will show the email address connected to your Academia account.
How visitors can contact you
If someone wants to message you, they'll need to enter the following information into the Contact form on your personal website:
- Their name and email address
- The subject of their message
- The message they'd like us to deliver
All fields are required.
They'll also see a list of your social channels on this page, if you've added any to your profile.
How to check your messages
Messages sent using this form will arrive to the email address registered to your Academia account. We’ll do our best to filter spam and junk mail from messages sent through your contact page.
You can change your email address in your Account Settings if you'd like to use a different address. We recommend keeping your Academia account email address up to date so you can receive these messages.
Messages from your personal website will include Academia formatting so you can recognize where they came from. They'll look like the image below!
Turn off your contact page
The contact page is optional, and you can turn it off at any time from the Personal Website settings page.
If you do not want visitors to contact you through your Personal Website:
- Go to your Personal website settings.
- Find the Contact page setting.
- Click the toggle to Disabled.
Change your cover photo
- Go to your Personal website settings.
- Scroll to the Personal Website Cover Photo section.
- Click Upload new photo.
- Select an image from your computer.
You can open your personal website to see how your cover photo looks to others.
Tips for a perfect cover photo
Here are some tips to upload the perfect cover photo:
- Use an image that's at least 1200 pixels wide.
- Choose an image you have permission to use.
- If the image looks off-center, try cropping the top or bottom before uploading it.
Or, you can download some images for free from sites like Unsplash or Pexels, or look for images with a Creative Commons 0 (CC0) license.
Delete your cover photo
Click Delete under your cover photo to remove it. The default cover photo will take its place.