Should a profile's 'Latest Activity->ALL' go to the Timeline page?

lornawebber
@lornawebber
8 years ago
334 posts
Hi there.
We have a 'Latest Activity' feed on the profile page showing, naturally enough, the latest activity for that profile. Clicking the All button against Latest Activity takes you directly to the Timeline view, which of course includes all activities by that profile plus everyone they are following.

Shouldn't ALL Latest Activity show a list of all activities for own profile only? Really, that is what we would want it to do. If 'All' just goes to Timeline, it seems rather redundant.

Is this the same for everyone?
updated by @lornawebber: 05/08/16 12:41:45PM
brian
@brian
8 years ago
10,148 posts
Only the profile owner will see the timeline activity for users they follow - anyone else viewing the profile will only see the activity entries for the profile - not the followers.


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lornawebber
@lornawebber
8 years ago
334 posts
@Brian - thank you for your quick response. Sorry, I didn't explain myself properly. I am aware of what you've said about the Timeline view.

My question relates to the Latest Activity list which is on a different page view from the Timeline, and shows only the profile's own activity, not the activities of anyone they follow. (It matters not who is looking at it). What I am asking is, if you select to view 'All' Latest Activity on your own profile page, is it meant to go to the Timeline view?

The point is that it would be more useful if it just expanded the list of your own activities, rather than go to the Timeline.

There is already a Timeline tab on the Profile page, so if the 'All' activities thing goes to the same place, it seems to be redundant.

This is an issue on our site, where for some reason the Timeline search doesn't seem to work, so it's not possible to get a list of just your own activities. This in turn is needed, to follow up on actions you take, because of the lack of notification if anyone responds to your comment/question with a REPLY. So basically, a solution for any of those things would make us happy (happier - we are already happy).
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
lornawebber:...What I am asking is, if you select to view 'All' Latest Activity on your own profile page, is it meant to go to the Timeline view?....

Im a bit unclear on what you're doing here as it relates to ...the Latest Activity list which is on a different page view from the Timeline....

I'm thinking this is something custom, but not sure.

--edit--
If the question is "Is it possible to just have a list of timeline posts made by a specific profile_id?" then the answer is yes:
{jrCore_list module="jrActivity" search1="_profile_id = $_profile_id"}

updated by @michael: 01/30/16 07:27:06PM
lornawebber
@lornawebber
8 years ago
334 posts
I will attach a screen shot. Apologies - I wasn't involved with the initial set-up of the site so I am never clear what is specific to PMP-art.com and what is standard.

The 'All' indicated by a pink arrow, takes you to the Timeline view, same as if you clicked the Timeline tab (circled in pink). I assume the line of code you have given is what is used to populate the Latest Activity section on this screen shot. It shows the 10 latest activities by the profile.

I'll ask Ruth about this, because if it's custom, she's the one who will know what it's doing. Thanks for looking. I'll ask again if it's not something we know how to fix.
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
Thanks for that, I'm with you now.
lornawebber:....Shouldn't ALL Latest Activity show a list of all activities for own profile only....

Yes.

If the url is on the profile, then yes it should only be showing the latest activity for that profile only.

If it isn't, then there's probably been a change to the code in the activity item_index.tpl page.

If possible check if there is and compare it to the default one. If you get stuck, send me your some login details and I'll check it out. pages on a profile should only show stuff from that profile.

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