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When I go to:

? ?home -> myname?-> Account -> Identity -> Account Profile -> Edit

I see a "Profile Privacy" setting which gives me the option to make my profile public.? ?

I have the following questions about public profiles:

• Is it only information on my "Account Profile" which is made public?? ?
• Will people be able to contact me if I make my profile public?? ?
• Can I see what my profile looks like to the public?? ?
• Is there a way to search for public profiles?

Thanks
Ben Slade
Kensington MD

On 13 Nov 2019 17:44, Benjamin Slade wrote:

* Is it only information on my "Account Profile" which is made public?

When I set my own group profile to public, I can see the following when not logged in:

Photo
Display Name
User Name
Joined date
Location
Web site
Link to all messages by me
My "bio"

So, additional information that is visible are the date that you joined and a link to all messages posted by you (if such messages can be viewed by the public). And your chosen privacy setting is not visible.

* Will people be able to contact me if I make my profile public?

Only if you put your contact details in your "bio". You can put your e-mail address in the bio, and make it a hyperlink, if you want to.

* Can I see what my profile looks like to the public?

Yes. Make it public, and visit it using a different browser. The URL is: /g/<groupname>/profile/@<profilename>

* Is there a way to search for public profiles?

Fortunately (or unfortunately) not. From the home page, you can search for groups, but not for people. If the group's messages are public, then members of the public can visit the group's messages and search for a person by name (but not by e-mail address or by profile name).

Samuel

Re: View profile at?/g/<groupname>/profile/@<profilename>

Thanks. That's very useful. This info should really be in the help pages.

The following is a rant which doesn't require any specific response:

<rant>
The ?page at:

home ->?myname?-> Account -> Identity -> (Global) Account Profile (defaults) or (Group Profiles -> <group name>) -> Edit

doesn't have a title.? It also doesn't tell you whether you're editing the "Account Profile" (really the Global Account Profile defaults), or the account profile for a specific group.

When editing the account profile for a specific group, it should say something like "(default)" for the fields which are using the default.

Also, if editing the account profile for a specific group, there should be a link to the very nice page you pointed me to.
</rant>

Ok, I feel better now.? Thanks

Ben

On 13 Nov 2019 22:57, Benjamin Slade wrote:

The page at:
/myname/?-> Account -> Identity -> (Global) Account Profile (defaults) or (Group Profiles -> <group name>) -> Edit
doesn't have a title.

Yes.

[BTW, no need to click HOME before going to /myname/.]

Many pages on Groups.io either do not have titles or do not have titles that reflect which page it is. (In this comment of mine, "title" can mean both/either the text that appears in the taskbar or in the window bar and/or some sort of heading near the top of the page itself.) Breadcrumbs are also broken on many pages.

To fix this, I imagine each instance should be reported individually to the bug tracking system.

The bug tracking system at this time, I believe, is simply to send an e-mail to [email protected] (no further instructions are given on how to report bugs, except that the bug report should be well-formed). I'm not sure if users who submit bugs, can follow their progress, but I know of no way that *other* users can.

It also doesn't tell you whether you're editing the "Account Profile" (really the Global Account Profile defaults), or the account profile for a specific group.

Yes.

The only way that a user can know where he is is if he knows how the global setting's page differs from the group-specific settings pages.

1. The global page has this warning near the top: 'Changes made to this profile will also be made to each group profile, with the exception of those fields that you have previously customized in each group profile. To edit those customized fields please go to the specific group profile and click "edit".'

2. On the global page, you can change your user name (the @name).

Of course, this is only a problem for users who open links in multiple tabs simultaneously or who use browsers where pressing the back button and then the forward button again deletes content previously entered.

Also, if editing the account profile for a specific group, there should be a link to the very nice page you pointed me to.

Yes, I fully agree.

RFEs should be posted to the beta list... but not right now. Due to the Yahoogroups thing, the beta list is temporarily closed for non-transfer related discussions until about the end of the year (see ). We should remember to revisit the issue after that.

Samuel