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Elise
@elise
09/14/16 04:07:12PM
249 posts

How do I remove items so they don't show in a profile "latest activity"


Using Jamroom

paul:
That explains it then. Move them to your Groups profile using the Change Owner tool, then you can put yourself back into the Members quota.

The problem is resolved now that I know what it is :) I did not realize the link was not displaying because of *permissions*. I thought it was a 404 that got a redirected to the main group page. Thanks!

paul:I hear what you're saying about quotas/profiles/users etc. and appreciate it can be a difficult concept to get ones head around, but they are the 'backbone' of Jamroom and what gives it its infinite versatility to build any type of website. Yes, it does mean that JR is targeted at the more 'tech-savvy' user, just like you, so please stay with it. Things will fall into place as they have with many 100s of other users

Don't get me wrong: I am willing to learn what I need so I can use this platform. Going live has gone very well (omg, love the kickbox module) and I had no user complaints. They just picked up where they left off from Ning. Overall, a big win. I'm not leaving. I love you: you rescued me from 9 years of Ning!

But I have observed, through my own experience and other forum posts, that the highly flexible concept of Quotas/Profiles/Users/Roles (Master Admin) leads to many support requests that you have to personally investigate. Like this one. It feels inefficient.

Maybe hearing this comment again will lead to a great idea on how you could have another flavor of Jamroom that is more intuitive for non-coding users, like Ning owner (aka Jamroom for Dummies).

Or maybe Ning owners are not your target user base in which case you can happily skip along :)

Either way, I felt it was worth mentioning.

xxxx

Elise
updated by @elise: 09/14/16 04:10:06PM
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 12:40:31PM
249 posts

How do I remove items so they don't show in a profile "latest activity"


Using Jamroom

Ahhhh so this is a ning import problem.

I don't have any groups under my profile, they're all in my Groups profile. When I did my second import to top off my network, these 3 were added again and assigned to my profile.

I know you love the versatility of Quotas and Profiles and Users but I wonder how much time and effort it's costing you to have to explain this to your less experienced users, over and over again. I read the docs. I read tons of forum posts and I still don't get it. Which leads to questions like this. Users and Roles (as in Admin, Moderator, Group Owner, etc) would be plenty for my kind of usage.

Thanks again for your sainthood patience.
I could not figure this out without your help!
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 12:24:32PM
249 posts

How do I remove items so they don't show in a profile "latest activity"


Using Jamroom

No offense but this quota thing is driving me crazy...

I thought you said that member who were NOT in a group quota could still read it.

I don't want my members to be able to create groups willy nilly. So I disabled it on their profile, assuming they could still access the groups.

Is that not accurate?
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 11:15:52AM
249 posts

Is Geo Location a static Signup field?


Using Jamroom

Yes, it does thanks!

PS: this is not an editable field is you've imported it from Ning. I had to replace that profile field with {jrGeo_location template="%region%, %country_name%"} to make it dynamic.
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 09:54:21AM
249 posts

Is Geo Location a static Signup field?


Using Jamroom

Oh, I am reading another thread and it turns out that the field I am thinking about (profile_location) is a Ning concept. Sorry, I'll post that in the right category.
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 09:07:50AM
249 posts

Is Geo Location a static Signup field?


Using Jamroom

Do you know the answer to my question?
Is the geolocation shown on the profile dynamic (at login) or static (at signup)?

Yes, caches reset. I do this a lot because I went live yesterday :)
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 08:58:37AM
249 posts

How do I remove items so they don't show in a profile "latest activity"


Using Jamroom

This link (the first one) forwards me to the generic group page instead of the item (a comment on a deleted group discussion).
http://empathcommunity.eliselebeau.com//group_discuss/3553/what-was-zahariel-banned

That's not where you end up?
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 08:14:46AM
249 posts

Is Geo Location a static Signup field?


Using Jamroom

Is it updated per login? or static from signup?
Yes, she changed provider.
Elise
@elise
09/14/16 07:34:13AM
249 posts

Is Geo Location a static Signup field?


Using Jamroom

A user is telling me she moved and the geo location shown on her profile is inaccurate. Does this field get updated at Login? Or it's static and if we want to change it, we need to go in the datastore?

If so, where?

Thanks!
updated by @elise: 12/14/16 05:42:00AM
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