Profile Options

I've been playing around with JR pretty much FT now. One thing I noticed which I wanted to make a suggestion about was the ability for a user to turn off items in his/her profile.

One of the things I like about Facebook is that I can set what I want to appear in my profile - if I want to hide the images, video, etc. I can with the click of a button. I think there should be an option to hide / deactivate modules if the user wants too. Maybe there is an option for this that I couldn't find???

Obviously, if the system has a bunch of quotas - depending on which quota the user is in will depend on what modules the user has access too. If a system has only 1 quota which offers everything, everything will be active even if the user hasn't populated the section with any information. The user should have the option to "turn off" what he/she doesn't want to see. Maybe the user only wants to use the timeline and the Gallery? Maybe a profile visibility / profile active feature option?

Just my 2 cents.

updated by @jimmy: 11/11/15 09:44:50PM

Profile tabs only show if they have content by default.

You as the profile owner will see all tabs but others won't.
updated by @garymoncrieff: 09/18/15 12:33:59AM

I'm looking at a profile of a member on my testing site and every profile tab is showing even though there is no content in the any of the modules. I can give you a screen shot if you want.

Sure, if I have set not to "show in profile" the tab won't appear. But then the user, in that quota, doesn't have access to the module in the profile at all.


updated by @jimmy: 09/18/15 04:48:46AM

There is a bug with the seamless audio and video modules that means these still show however I have never seen any other show. And remember if you're logged in as an admin you see everything too.

If you are looking at a profile as an admin you will see all the tabs, as the profile owner would.
As for disabling item types, why would a user upload something if he didn't want it to show? If he no longer wants videos (say) to show he just needs to delete them all. Alternaively, add a 'visible' checkbox to item create/update forms then do a bit of template work to only show 'visible' items.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

You're right. I had to look at the profile as another user on the site. I was looking at the profile as the profile owner. I knew about the admin being able to see everything.

Logged in as a member looking at another member, it looks like the there are 3 modules showing and not populated: Audio, Video, and Forum - I don't have Youtube, Vimeo, or Soundcloud setup yet and I don't own: Doc Center, any Groups modules, Issue Tracker, Support Tickets, or Service Shop - not sure if those are site or profile modules.

Yea, it could totally be done with a template modification. I guess I was just thinking that something standard in the profile.php file for all modules where a user could turn off visibility (public profile) and list inclusion (public site) to that module/section. Maybe a new tab in the Profile Settings for individual module "Privacy". So, instead of the user having to set the privacy on the entire profile he/she could also set the privacy on each module.

1. Global visibility
2. Private
3. Profile Owner and Followers
4. Profile Owner and Followers w/o site list inclusion

That would allow more flexibility for, let's say, the forum module where the member only wants it available to his followers but wants everything else in the profile available to anyone. With the privacy setting on the module it would allow more flexibility for the user as far as what he/she wants to appear in his/her profile.

updated by @jimmy: 09/18/15 02:28:29PM

Is there an easy way to delete a users content as the admin?
updated by @perrie: 10/05/15 06:06:05PM

@jimmy noted as an idea/feature request, thanks.

@perrie an admin user can always delete anything from anywhere.

Michael,
What I am talking about is if I want to remove all the content from one member, is there a way to do it without removing them one by one? Also, what happens when a member quits. Does there content stay or does it go?
updated by @perrie: 10/06/15 08:57:30AM

If an admin makes a profile 'inactive' none of their content will show on the site (although it still will be there).
If a profile is deleted, all their content is also deleted.
There is an admin option to allow members to 'self-delete' their profile. By default, it is disabled. I recommend leaving it like this then if a member want to leave your site they need to apply. You can then transfer ownership of any of their content if you want to keep it (install the free 'jrChangeOwner' module to do this) prior to deleting them.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist
updated by @paul: 10/06/15 09:32:38AM

Thanks Paul!

This is an amazing amount of control that we have over these many various member/profile situations that come up in our networks. I just want to say how great it is to have so many options in Jamroom...options that we did not have in Ning.
Thank you Jamroom Team!


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...just another satisfied Jamroom customer.
Migrated from Ning to Jamroom June 2015

So true Strumelia!
And they are making new developments everyday. I think when my site is up and running, a lot of Ning people are going to be shocked. It is the best of 2.0 but even better than before. I am looking forward to posting it there on creators.

Yes. I am so happy with my new Jamroom site. It's so awesome, creative, powerful, and stable.


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Migrated from Ning to Jamroom June 2015

Another question... is there a way to suspend a member from using the site without losing their material? From time to time I have to do this to a member who has misbehaved.

Create a new quota called 'Naughty Quota' (say). Upon creation no modules will be enabled for the quota so leave it like that. Move offender to that quota. He won't be able to create any new items, or update existing ones, but they will still show in lists.
hth


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Paul Asher - JR Developer and System Import Specialist

Naughty Quota... hahahahahaaaa! Love it!


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Migrated from Ning to Jamroom June 2015

LMAO... so do I. But then again, you didn't see my offline message Strumelia. It seems that Paul and I might have the same sense of humor.