Every RouteYou user has a personalized home screen on the RouteYou website. From here, you can easily access all content linked to a particular profile or account. The layout of your RouteYou home screen and additional options available to you depend on the type of user you are and your account type.
Most sections on this page are public and therefore visible to everyone. Some items are private and visible only to the profile owner.
Learn more about managing your profile information here
This information is visible to anyone visiting the RouteYou home screen.
- Info sheet
- Brief overview with:
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- An avatar (profile picture) and account name
- The number of followers of this profile and the number of profiles that this profile follows
- Author score
- Any badges
- Countries in which this profile is active
- Summarized information on the activity of this profile on RouteYou
- Action buttons
- Easy and direct access for sharing and following a profile.
The "More" button gives you access to specific content linked to the profile: routes, places of interest, groups, news, events, activities and statistics.
- "Go directly to" section
- Here you will find a direct link to the routes, places of interest, news items and events for the profile.
- Description
- This is where the profile owner can provide information about him or herself or his or her organization to other RouteYou users.
- Content status
- These progress bars indicate how many routes, places of interest or events the profile has already created, as well as how much more is needed to achieve the next badge level.
- Comments
- This section allows RouteYou users to connect with each other.
Is the comment field being used for negative content or are you receiving a lot of spam comments? Contact us using the contact form.
- Profile details
- At the bottom of the MyRouteYou page is an overview of the routes created by the profile, the most liked routes created by the profile, groups in which the profile is a member and places of interest, news items and events created by this profile.
This information is visible to the profile owner only.
- RouteYou notifications
- There is an overview of notifications sent to you as a profile owner by RouteYou at the top of your MyRouteYou page above your profile offer. These are personal messages that are addressed specifically to you. The types of messages we send are diverse and depend in part on your communication preferences.
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- Process status notifications: These show that an action has ended and inform you where to find the results (such as after uploading a route)
- Tips & tricks: Routing tips, events, information about new features and updates, etc.
- Comment notifications: You are notified here when someone has left a comment on your content. A link takes you directly to the comment.
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- Action buttons
- If you are a profile owner, you will see the "Edit" button here.
From here, you can:
- Go to your profile page
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Add a translation of your profile description
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Delete your account
- As a profile owner, you can also use the "More" button to access your purchases page.
- Private content
- Routes, places of interest, groups, news items and events with a "private" status are visible to the author only.
You can set the capacity for using your RouteYou account in your personal data.
If you are not an individual but a professional institution such as a club, food service establishment, tourism organization, sports/recreational organization or other user type, you can display a header and logo at the top of your RouteYou home screen.
This lets you create a link between your own branding and your content on RouteYou.
A RouteYou home screen may look slightly different depending on the account type linked to the profile.
A RouteYou Premium account lets you use your public profile data to further personalize and optimize your RouteYou home screen with:
- A logo that links to your own website or blog
- Direct links to social media channels
A RouteYou Pro account includes:
- Your own customized RouteYou url that links to your RouteYou home screen. This lets your users find your channel quickly and easily.
The structure is [your choice of name].routeyou.com.
Examples: naturalforest.routeyou.com or kortenberg.routeyou.com
- You can also access the "export data" option through the "More" button. The various export options allow you to make a back-up of your data or process it in another environment.
Read more about the export options of a RouteYou Pro account here.