Difference between revisions of "Profile Preferences"

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  '''Friends''' - Control who will be able to see the friends of user.
 
  '''Friends''' - Control who will be able to see the friends of user.
  '''Photos''' - Determine who will be able to see user's albums and all of the photos in it. Remember, this is actually the entire album privacy option; photos inherit the privacy of the album. You can also apply the same setting to all albums.
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  '''Photos''' - Determine who will be able to see user’s albums and all of the photos in it. Remember, this is actually the entire album privacy option; photos inherit the privacy of the album. You can also apply the same setting to all albums.
 
  '''Videos''' - Govern who will be able to see videos of user.
 
  '''Videos''' - Govern who will be able to see videos of user.
 
  '''My groups list''' - Sets who will be able to see the groups list of user. This option will only control the groups list on profile.
 
  '''My groups list''' - Sets who will be able to see the groups list of user. This option will only control the groups list on profile.

Revision as of 07:51, 8 March 2013

Overview

Profile Preferences are accessed through the Toolbar navigation from the Profile tab.

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These options allow the user to set various preferences for each individual profile, overriding all options that are set as default in site Backend.

General Preferences

General preferences may be set by going to the home page and select the Preferences link in toolbar navigation. This page will allow you to set:

Activity stream feeds - Number of activity feeds shown in profile page only. This setting is only for an individual Profile Page, it does not work on Frontpage, Groups, or Events activity feeds
Profile Likes - Select whether profile visitors will be able to Like profile
Profile View - Who can see the profile
Your profile URL - Only if native Joomla SEF is enabled will users be able to choose their unique profile URL.

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Privacy Settings

Privacy Settings will allow the user to control various privacy settings in the user's profile. These options are:

Friends - Control who will be able to see the friends of user.
Photos - Determine who will be able to see user’s albums and all of the photos in it. Remember, this is actually the entire album privacy option; photos inherit the privacy of the album. You can also apply the same setting to all albums.
Videos - Govern who will be able to see videos of user.
My groups list - Sets who will be able to see the groups list of user. This option will only control the groups list on profile.

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Emails and Notifications

Settings here allow user to specify its own preferences regarding what kind of notifications would be generated for the individual profile, overriding the defaults set into site Back End. There are two type of notifications users can control. Email notifications are those sent by email, while On Site notification generates alert in the toolbar general notification action
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Blocklist User

Its a simple list of all users that are blocked by profile owner.