Users list widget

Use the Users list widget to display lists of users. You can display users of different profile types or different roles. For example you can display only forum users and you can choose to display only their nicknames.

After you have dragged the Users list widget on your page, perform the following:

Click Edit button in the upper-right corner of the widget.
The User list window appears where you can configure the following:

Users

On this tab, you can choose the users which you want to display in the list.
  1. In Which users to display? dropdown box, select the profile type of the users which you want to display.
    For example you can display only forum users.

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

  2. Select which users you want to display in the list, by choosing one of the following radio buttons:
    • All registered users
    • One user only
      Click Select a user… button, select the user which you want to display, and click Done selecting.
    • Users by roles...
      Click Select roles… button, select one or more roles, and click Done selecting.
      Only users belonging to the selected roles will be displayed in the list.

List Settings

On this tab you choose how to display the users you have selected.
  • If you select Use paging radio button, the system divides the users into pages.
    In the input field you specify how many users per page you want to display.
  • If you select Use limit radio button, the system displays only a limited number of the users you have chosen to display.
    In the input field, you specify how many posts you want to display.
  • If you select No limit and paging radio button, the system displays all the users that you have selected in Users tab.
  • In Sort users by dropdown box, select a sorting criterion for the users.
  • In List template, select the template which is used to display the users 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.
    For more information, see Create and edit widget templates.

Single Item Settings

On this tab you choose the way to display a user when clicked.
In Open Single user profile in… radio button, select one of the following:
  • Auto-generated page
    When a user is clicked, the information is displayed in a page which is automatically generated and has the same layout as the current page.
  • Select existing page…
    You select a page from the existing pages with certain layout where the user will be displayed when clicked.

    NOTE: In order to display the user, the page you have selected must have the Users list widget added.

    1. Click Select page.
      From the treeview, select the page where you want to display the user.
    2. Click Done selecting.
  • In Detail templates, select the template which is used to display the users 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.
    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.

When you are finished with all the settings, click Save.
The User list window closes and the Users list widget is configured to display the users you have selected.

For more information about advanced configuration options, see Advanced configuration of widgets.

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