.. index::
   pair: Blocks; Profile
   Profile

Profile
------------

The artefact blocks in this tab allow you to include information that you provided in the :ref:`profile` into your portfolio. If you want to make changes to the text or the images, you will have to go to *Content* -> *Profile*.

Furthermore, you can also put certain blocks onto your Mahara profile page that only exist for that particular page:

* My Friends
* My Groups
* My Pages
* Wall

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; Contact information
   Profile; Contact information

.. _contact_info_block:

Contact information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/contactinfo.*
   :alt: Add contact information

Add a block with contact information to your page.

.. note::
   Only display as much information as you wish anybody to see. Especially when you make your pages available to the public, i.e. everybody on the internet, or all logged-in users, decide carefully whether you want to display your street address and / or phone number.

.. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/contactinfo_configure.*
   :alt: Configure the block Contact Information

   Configure the contact information block

#. **Block Title**: Choose a title for your block.
#. **Email Address** Decide whether to display one of your email addresses that Mahara knows.
#. **Fields to show**: Decide which fields shall appear on the page. Put a checkmark in front of each one that you want to show. Displayed are only the ones for which you provided content.
#. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; My friends
   Profile; My friends

.. _friends_block:

My Friends
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/myfriends.*
   :alt: Add the friends block

Add a block that displays your friends' profile pictures and their names to your profile page. This is a default block on your profile page.

You only need to place the block into your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; My groups
   Profile; My groups

.. _groups_block:

My Groups
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/mygroups.*
   :alt: Add the groups block

Add a block that displays your groups to your profile page. It is a standard profile page block.

You only need to place the block into your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; My pages
   Profile; My pages

.. _pages_block:

My Pages
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/myviews.*
   :alt: Add the pages block

Add a block that displays your pages to your profile page. It is a standard profile page block. This block should stay on your profile page because it is an easy way for other users to access your pages.

You only need to place the block into your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.

.. note::
   When a user views your profile page, he only sees the pages to which he has access. That also means that you see all your pages while others may see none or just a few.

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; Profile information
   Profile; Profile information

.. _profile_info_block:

Profile information
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/profileinfo.*
   :alt: Add profile fields

Add a block with profile fields to your page.

.. note::
   Only display as much information as you wish anybody to see. Especially when you make your pages available to the public, i.e. everybody on the internet, or all logged-in users, decide carefully whether you want to display your street address and / or phone number.

.. figure:: /images/page_editor/blocks/profileinfo_configure.*
   :alt: Configure the block Profile information

   Configure the profile information block

#. **Block Title**: Choose a title for your block.
#. **Fields to show**: Decide which fields shall appear on the page. Put a checkmark in front of each one that you want to show. Displayed are only the ones for which you provided content.
#. **Profile Picture**: Choose to display one of your profile pictures or none.
#. **Email Address** Decide whether to display one of your email addresses that Mahara knows.
#. **Introduction Text**: If you do not want to display the introduction text from your profile, you can write another one just for this page here. However, it will be lost when you delete this block.
#. Click the *Save* button to accept your changes, or click the *Cancel* button to leave the block's content as it is. The *Remove* button is shown only when you place the block into the page and have not yet added any artefacts.

.. index::
   pair: Blocks; Wall
   Profile; Wall

.. _wall:

Wall
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

.. image:: /images/page_editor/blocks/wall.*
   :alt: Add the wall block

Add a block that displays your wall to your profile page. It is a standard profile page block.

You only need to place the block into your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.