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Member Profile Templates
The Member Profile Templates area of the Control Panel permits you to edit any of the 100 templates that are used to generate the member profile area and registration page of your site.
Note: The member profile templates are stored as text files on your server at the following location:
themes/profile_themes/
By default ExpressionEngine uses its default set of templates, but you may make a copy of this folder and use it instead. You may also select your new set of templates to be the site default in your Membership Preferences page. If you have multiple sets of templates your members will be able to choose which one to use in their profile area.