Your can add a background image (profile image, cover image) to a project.
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By default a project does not have a cover image (profile picture). Instead
the colour of the project’s cover section rotates each time it loads
the Makerble Project icon is used as the project’s thumbnail (e.g. when on the Homepage looking at the Projects box in the left side bar)
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First check that the Project Profile Image field is on the Project Template that the project is based on
Then you can edit the project and add the profile image
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