Read mode

The system displays information about the user, which is read-only and cannot be edited.

In Fine tune the selected type, make the following settings:

  1. Select one of the following:
    • User logged to their account
      The system displays information about the user that is currently logged in.
    • Selected user
      The system displays information of a user different than the user that is currently logged in.
      To select the user whose details are displayed, perform the following:
      1. Click Select a user button.
        A list of all existing users appears.
      2. Select the user and click Done selecting.
  2. If you have more than one user profiles created, a dropdown box appears where you must select the profile which information you want to display.
    The system displays information only from the selected profile.

    EXAMPLE: You have created profile type Forum, where in addition to the basic user information, there is a field Nickname that each forum user completes. If in the dropdown you select Forum profile type, only the nickname of the user is displayed.

    For more information about profile types, see Administration: User profiles.

  3. In Template, select the template that is used to display the user information on the webpage.
    You can create a custom template by clicking Create New Template. You can edit existing templates by selecting them and clicking Edit template.
    For more information, see  Create and edit widget templates.

    NOTE: The Auto generated fields template displays all fields defined in the profile type and uses the settings that you defined for each custom or default field in the settings of the profile type. These are the settings that you defined on the Appearance tab of each field.
    For more information about custom fields, see Overview: Custom fields.
    For more information about profile types, see Administration: User profiles.

  4. You can choose a class name for the Profile widget if later you want to set a CSS style for this particular widget.
    To do this click More options and enter a name for the class in Css class input field.

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