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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Hi everyone!
Is there a way to limit the privacy settings for members? When they set it for private then all of their posts disappear and that has become an issue for my site. Can we lock it down to just Global?
Thanks!
updated by @perrie: 09/29/16 01:57:46AM
Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
8 years ago
3,603 posts
Hi Perry, you can set each quota for if you want to allow them to be able to set their own privacy or to have them set to globally visible.
Go to your Profiles Module, then the Global Config tab... and set each quota's privacy settings as you like here:
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updated by @strumelia: 04/28/16 08:48:07PM
perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Strumelia,

Darn! I looked at that page a dozen times, but the one thing I didn't realize to do was to change it to profiles and notice to uncheck the box!

Thanks for the 411! You're the best!
perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
For some reason, I still have members who can change their profile privacy settings. Is anyone else experiencing this?
douglas
@douglas
8 years ago
2,790 posts
I'm not seeing an issue on my dev site.

Make sure you've selected the quota the user in question is in when your changing the privacy settings in the ACP > Profiles > Profile > Quota Config section.


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Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
8 years ago
3,603 posts
Are you sure those members are in a quota that you have UNCHECKED the 'show privacy options' box for?


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Hi Doug,

I made sure that was set right.

Hi Lisa,

Yes, they are all in the "example" quota. That is why I am a bit confounded.
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,326 posts
If you are viewing a profile update page as admin you will still see the privacy options.
Also, if the profile is themselves an admin they will see the field.
Only if they are ordinary users and in a quota with that field disabled will they not see it.
hth


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
I realize that Paul, but I have ordinary users who are changing their privacy options all the time. I just checked on my test account, and I couldn't do it (no options available)... so there must be a glitch in the system
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,326 posts
I've just logged into your site as ordinary user 'pasher' (in the example quota) and am not seeing the field to change my privacy. Are you sure that members who are still able to change their privacy status are in quotas with this field disabled?


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Yes, I am sure. Look at this member: http://thenewstalkers.com/badfish
perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Never mind. For some reason he was in the community quota. Now I have to check all my membership. I am not sure how that happened.
perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Wait, I take that back... look at this member: http://thenewstalkers.com/profile/settings/profile_id=103/id=103
douglas
@douglas
8 years ago
2,790 posts
perrie:
Wait, I take that back... look at this member: http://thenewstalkers.com/profile/settings/profile_id=103/id=103

That user is in the Master Admin group, so you should see the privacy field. Check the "Account" tab section when modifying the profile.


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
I just checked and it doesn't say that from my end.
updated by @perrie: 06/22/16 03:30:27PM
paul
@paul
8 years ago
4,326 posts
So when you login as 'jdychn' you see the privacy select field? If so let me have her password so that I can check it out.


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douglas
@douglas
8 years ago
2,790 posts
perrie:
I just checked and it doesn't say that from my end.

You're right, somehow I was not looking at the same profile as you posted. Sorry!


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Paul,
I do not have her password , but when I checked her settings, it was set to private. I changed it.
Doug, No Prob! I do stuff like that all the time.. just ask Paul, LOL!
updated by @perrie: 06/23/16 08:20:55AM
Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
8 years ago
3,603 posts
This is marked 'solved' now...but I'm curious- what was causing the problem ?


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
I still don't know. Good point, LOL!
michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
Strumelia:
This is marked 'solved' now...but I'm curious- what was causing the problem ?

its marked as solved because the current conversation is tacked on to the end of a previously solved question. Would have been better to open a new thread. Note the jump in conversation date from 2 months ago to 2 days ago.
updated by @michael: 06/24/16 12:05:46AM
douglas
@douglas
8 years ago
2,790 posts
I really don't think there is an issue here. If you login as the user, you should not see the privacy settings since that is how you have the quota setup. If you are logged in as an admin, you'll see the privacy setting no matter what the quota settings are set to.

Try logging in as a regular user and see if the privacy settings are showing.

Hope this helps!


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Strumelia
Strumelia
@strumelia
8 years ago
3,603 posts
Ah, interesting.
I'm wondering if the following is maybe what's going on?...just a theory:
Maybe when Perrie first asked about not allowing members to set their own privacy (let's say for example in her 'regular member' quota), a bunch of them in that quota had ALREADY set their profiles to Private. So then when she adjusted her site settings to not SHOW the privacy setting options to all the members in that quota...it did just what it was supposed to do- it then HID the privacy setting options from all those members. However maybe it doesn't actually reset their options back to public (the site default)...it just takes away their future ability to change their options by HIDING them.
Thus, could it be that these members Perrie is still seeing as 'private' simply had set themselves to private BEFORE she hid their privacy setting options from them?


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perrie
@perrie
8 years ago
435 posts
Lisa,
I think that is a really excellent theory. That member in question most def had their privacy set to private and I had to change it. I had that happen with at least 4 other members. Your explanation is the only one to make sense.
douglas
@douglas
8 years ago
2,790 posts
I think maybe we just misunderstood the issue.

I've not tested it, but it could be as @strumelia stated.


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michael
@michael
8 years ago
7,714 posts
Strumelia:...maybe it doesn't actually reset their options back to public (the site default)...it just takes away their future ability to change their options by HIDING them......

This is correct. Unchecking the "Show Privacy Options" would make the privacy options not visible. It would not change anybodies privacy settings. The option still would be visible to the admin user. The admin user can still change that users privacy settings.