# Can't understand how the SOLID profile page works

**URL:** <https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893>\
**Category:** Solid: The Basics\
**Created:** [April 13, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893 "2020-04-13T17:15:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![walter.almeida](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/walter.almeida/32/1974_2.png) [@walter.almeida](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/walter.almeida)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/1 "2020-04-13T17:15:37Z")

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I am trying to play with my profile there :  
[https://walteralmeida.inrupt.net/](https://walteralmeida.inrupt.net/)

And I am getting frustrated… I cannot figure how this works. I tried to create new adress books, I created a private notepad, and it does not seems to really work… If I go to my “Your stuff” page, I see none of the things (address books, notepad) that I created. Where are they supposed to be listed ?

Still I can somehow access what I created through their URI, but I don’t manage to find them back on my profile page / my stuff. Is the solid profile page just an experiment, and not fully working?

Thank you  
Walter

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**Author:** ![Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Vincent](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/Vincent)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/2 "2020-04-13T18:06:50Z")

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The interface you’re looking at is called the Data Browser, and there’s a user guide here: [https://github.com/solid/userguide](https://github.com/solid/userguide)

That said, the interface is pretty much a prototype IMO, and needs lots of UX work, as you noted.

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**Author:** ![walter.almeida](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/walter.almeida/32/1974_2.png) [@walter.almeida](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/walter.almeida)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 7:56pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/3 "2020-04-13T19:56:22Z")

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Thank you @Vincent for the link.

Is there an alternative to this data browser ? is it something missing / that would be useful to have ?

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**Author:** ![jeffz](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/jeffz/32/600_2.png) [@jeffz](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/jeffz)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2020, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/4 "2020-04-13T20:09:58Z")

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The data-browser gives you the most complete view of a pod and its linked data relationships. There are a number of ways to view a pod’s documents including - [Solid Filemanger](https://github.com/Otto-AA/solid-filemanager) and [Solide IDE](https://github.com/jeff-zucker/solid-ide) but these mostly do not deal with the linked data in the documents other than offer you a way to edit them manually.

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**Author:** ![Smag0](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/smag0/32/310_2.png) [@Smag0](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/Smag0)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/5 "2020-04-14T06:12:18Z")

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I think your question

> [@walter.almeida](#):
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> If I go to my “Your stuff” page, I see none of the things (address books, notepad) that I created. Where are they supposed to be listed ?

is about the publicTypeIndex [https://spoggy.solid.community/settings/publicTypeIndex.ttl](https://spoggy.solid.community/settings/publicTypeIndex.ttl) that list all that Stuff 😊 more about it here [https://github.com/solid/solid/blob/master/proposals/data-discovery.md](https://github.com/solid/solid/blob/master/proposals/data-discovery.md)

It could also be completed with a specific settings.ttl file. [Create new inbox - #2 by james.martin](http://forum.solidproject.org/t/create-new-inbox/2879/2)

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**Author:** ![alexcorvis84](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/alexcorvis84/32/1276_2.png) [@alexcorvis84](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/alexcorvis84)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/6 "2020-04-14T07:36:45Z")

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As @vincent stated:

“The interface is pretty much a prototype IMO, and needs lots of UX work, as you noted”

@walter.almeida we’re working on a new redesign of the default databrowser, we have called it [OHMYPOD!](https://github.com/empathyco/oh-my-pod) Still is a work-in-progress project, but maybe you can find it interesting. Any comments are much appreciated! 😉

This proof-of-concept application tries to improve the user experience (UX) with Pods (Personal Online Data Stores) making it more human, friendly & understandable.

Hope you like it!

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**Author:** ![walter.almeida](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/walter.almeida/32/1974_2.png) [@walter.almeida](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/walter.almeida)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/7 "2020-04-14T09:47:48Z")

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Oh yes indeed, I saw the presentation on Zoom the other day !

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**Author:** ![walter.almeida](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex017/user_avatar/forum.solidproject.org/walter.almeida/32/1974_2.png) [@walter.almeida](https://forum.solidproject.org/u/walter.almeida)\
**Post date:** [April 14, 2020, 9:48am UTC](https://forum.solidproject.org/t/cant-understand-how-the-solid-profile-page-works/2893/8 "2020-04-14T09:48:22Z")

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Thank you for the links, yes it makes it cleared. Thanks
