6.4. Profiel

The artefact blocks in this tab allow you to include information that you provided in the profile into your portfolio. If you want to make changes to the text or the images, go to Content → Profile.

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

  • My friends
  • My groups
  • My pages
  • Wall

6.4.1. Contact information

Add contact information

Add a block with contact information to your page.

Notitie

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.

Configure the block Contact information

Configure the Contact information block

  1. Block title: Choose a title for your block.
  2. new in Mahara 1.7 Retractable: Tick this checkbox if you want to allow users to reduce the block to its heading on a page. The user can click the Retractable icon retractable to just show the heading.
  3. new in Mahara 1.7 Automatically retract: Tick this checkbox if you want to show only the block’s heading when a user views the page. The user can click the Retracted icon retracted to view the entire block.
  4. Email address Decide whether to display one of your email addresses that you have entered in your profile under Content.
  5. Fields to show: Decide which fields shall appear on the page. Put a check mark in front of each one that you want to show. Shown are only the ones for which you provided content.
  6. 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 for the first time.
  7. You can also click the Remove / Cancel button delete in the top right-hand corner to either remove a newly created block before it is being saved or to cancel any changes and leave the block’s content as it is.

6.4.2. My friends

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 on your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.

6.4.3. My groups

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 on your profile page. There is no further configuration possible.

6.4.4. My pages

Add the pages block

Add a block that displays your pages on your profile page. It is a standard profile page block. This block should stay on your profile page because other users can see all your pages to which they have acceess.

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

Notitie

When other users view your profile page, they only see the pages to which they have access. That also means that you see all your pages while others may see none or just a few.

6.4.5. Profile information

Add profile fields

Add a block with profile fields to your page.

Notitie

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.

Configure the block Profile information

Configure the Profile information block

  1. Block title: Choose a title for your block.
  2. new in Mahara 1.7 Retractable: Tick this checkbox if you want to allow users to reduce the block to its heading on a page. The user can click the Retractable icon retractable to just show the heading.
  3. new in Mahara 1.7 Automatically retract: Tick this checkbox if you want to show only the block’s heading when a user views the page. The user can click the Retracted icon retracted to view the entire block.
  4. Fields to show: Decide which fields shall appear on the page. Put a check mark in front of each one that you want to show. Displayed are only the ones for which you provided content.
  5. Profile picture: Choose to display one of your profile pictures or none.
  6. Email address Decide whether to display one of your email addresses that you have entered in your profile under Content.
  7. 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.
  8. 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 for the first time.
  9. You can also click the Remove / Cancel button delete in the top right-hand corner to either remove a newly created block before it is being saved or to cancel any changes and leave the block’s content as it is.

6.4.6. Wall

Add the wall block

Add a block that displays your wall on your profile page. It is a standard profile page block. Other users can leave messages for you, i.e. write on your wall, and they can decide whether everyone looking at your profile page can see them or only they and you.

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