How do I configure Community Builder?

In this tutorial we will be exploring the Community Builder configuration.

In this tutorial we will be exploring the Community Builder configuration.

Begin by navigating to Components -> Community Builder -> Configuration.

Begin by navigating to Components -> Community Builder -> Configuration.

Name Style allows you to select how you want to capture names when users are registering
Name Format allows you to select how to display the user's name
Date Format allows you to select how you would like dates displayed
Email Handling allows you to select how users can contact each other via email on your site
Emails sent From allows you to select the from and reply-to settings for emails sent from CB
Email Links allows you to select if you want to show email contact links for the users
Website Links allows you to select if you want to show links to user's websites
Online Status allow you to select if you want to show the online status of users
Let's move on to the Registration tab

Name Style allows you to select how you want to capture names when users are registering
Name Format allows you to select how to display the user's name
Date Format allows you to select how you would like dates displayed
Email Handling allows you to select how users can contact each other via email on your site
Emails sent From allows you to select the from and reply-to settings for emails sent from CB
Email Links allows you to select if you want to show email contact links for the users
Website Links allows you to select if you want to show links to user's websites
Online Status allow you to select if you want to show the online status of users
Let's move on to the Registration tab

Require Admin Approval allows you to select if you want to moderate user registrations
Require Email Confirmation allows you to select if you want users to have to confirm their registration via email
Registration Email Name allows you to choose the From name on registration emails
Registration Email Address allows you to choose the from email address on registration emails
Registration Reply To Email Address allows you to choose the reply-to email address on registration emails
Pending Approval Subject allows you to set the subject of the email that users receive when their account is pending approval

Require Admin Approval allows you to select if you want to moderate user registrations
Require Email Confirmation allows you to select if you want users to have to confirm their registration via email
Registration Email Name allows you to choose the From name on registration emails
Registration Email Address allows you to choose the from email address on registration emails
Registration Reply To Email Address allows you to choose the reply-to email address on registration emails
Pending Approval Subject allows you to set the subject of the email that users receive when their account is pending approval

Pending Approval Email allows you to edit the email that gets sent to users when the user's account is pending approval
Welcome Subject allows you to choose the subject of the welcome email sent to new users
Welcome Email allows you to edit the welcome email sent to new users

Pending Approval Email allows you to edit the email that gets sent to users when the user's account is pending approval
Welcome Subject allows you to choose the subject of the welcome email sent to new users
Welcome Email allows you to edit the welcome email sent to new users

Introduction text for registration allows you to set intro text for your registration form
Concluding text for registration allows you to set text to display after your registration form
Enable Terms & Conditions allows you to select if your site has a T&C
URL To Terms & Conditions allows you to set the URL to your T&C
URL for first login visit allows you to set a URL to redirect users to the first time they login after registering. Useful for a thank you page

Introduction text for registration allows you to set intro text for your registration form
Concluding text for registration allows you to set text to display after your registration form
Enable Terms & Conditions allows you to select if your site has a T&C
URL To Terms & Conditions allows you to set the URL to your T&C
URL for first login visit allows you to set a URL to redirect users to the first time they login after registering. Useful for a thank you page

Let's move on to the User List tab

Let's move on to the User List tab

Users Per Page allows you to set the number of users to show per page
Allow Link to Profile allows you to choose if the username should link to the user's profile
Let's move on to the User Profile tab

Users Per Page allows you to set the number of users to show per page
Allow Link to Profile allows you to choose if the username should link to the user's profile
Let's move on to the User Profile tab

Username allows you to choose if the username should be editable
Required Fields in Admin allows you to choose if the required field settings should be followed in the administrator
Allow Access To allows you to choose what group of users can view profiles
Minimum hits-interval allows you to choose the number of minutes between hits to count as seperate hits
Community Builder Template allows you to choose the template to use for profiles
2 columns layout widths allows you to set the width of the columns in a 2 column layout
3 columns layout widths allows you to set the width of the columns in a 3 column layout
Nest Tabs allows you to choose if tabs should be nested on the profile panel
W3C XHTML 1.0 Trans. compliance allows you to choose if CB should used valid XHTML output
Let's move on to the Images tab

Username allows you to choose if the username should be editable
Required Fields in Admin allows you to choose if the required field settings should be followed in the administrator
Allow Access To allows you to choose what group of users can view profiles
Minimum hits-interval allows you to choose the number of minutes between hits to count as seperate hits
Community Builder Template allows you to choose the template to use for profiles
2 columns layout widths allows you to set the width of the columns in a 2 column layout
3 columns layout widths allows you to set the width of the columns in a 3 column layout
Nest Tabs allows you to choose if tabs should be nested on the profile panel
W3C XHTML 1.0 Trans. compliance allows you to choose if CB should used valid XHTML output
Let's move on to the Images tab

Path to ImageMagick allows you to specify the path to ImageMagick on your site. Leave as auto to have CB detect it automatically
Path to NetPBM allows you to specify the path to NetPBM on your server. Leave as auto to have CB detect it automatically
Image Software allows you to choose which image processing software to use
Picture allows you to set if users should have a picture in their profile
Allow Image Upload allows you to choose if users should be able to upload images to their profile
Use Image Gallery allows you to choose if users should be able to choose an image from a gallery
Max Image Height allows you to set the max height of uploaded images
Max Image Width allows you to set the max width of uploaded images
Max Image Filesize allows you to set the max filesize of uploaded images
Max Thumbnail Height allows you to set the max height of thumbnails
Max Thumbnail Width allows you to set the max width of thumbnails
Let's move on to the Moderation tab

Path to ImageMagick allows you to specify the path to ImageMagick on your site. Leave as auto to have CB detect it automatically
Path to NetPBM allows you to specify the path to NetPBM on your server. Leave as auto to have CB detect it automatically
Image Software allows you to choose which image processing software to use
Picture allows you to set if users should have a picture in their profile
Allow Image Upload allows you to choose if users should be able to upload images to their profile
Use Image Gallery allows you to choose if users should be able to choose an image from a gallery
Max Image Height allows you to set the max height of uploaded images
Max Image Width allows you to set the max width of uploaded images
Max Image Filesize allows you to set the max filesize of uploaded images
Max Thumbnail Height allows you to set the max height of thumbnails
Max Thumbnail Width allows you to set the max width of thumbnails
Let's move on to the Moderation tab

Moderator Groups allows you to choose the lowest level user group to be CB moderators
Moderator Approve Users allows you to choose if new users need to be approved by a moderator
Send Moderators Email allows you to choose if moderators should be sent an email when their attention is needed on the site
Allow User Reports allows you to choose if users should be able to report inappropriate behavior on the site
Require Upload Image Approval allows you to choose if newly uploaded images require moderator approval
Allow Profile Banning allows you to choose if moderators should be able to turn off a user's profile
Let's move on to the Connections tab

Moderator Groups allows you to choose the lowest level user group to be CB moderators
Moderator Approve Users allows you to choose if new users need to be approved by a moderator
Send Moderators Email allows you to choose if moderators should be sent an email when their attention is needed on the site
Allow User Reports allows you to choose if users should be able to report inappropriate behavior on the site
Require Upload Image Approval allows you to choose if newly uploaded images require moderator approval
Allow Profile Banning allows you to choose if moderators should be able to turn off a user's profile
Let's move on to the Connections tab

Enable Connections allows you to choose if users should be able to mark other users as friends
Display Type allows you to choose if the connections the users make displayed or not
Display Connection Path allows you to choose to dispay the path between user's connections and profiles
Mutual Consent allows you to choose if user's need to approve others adding them to their connections
Notification & Notification Method allows you to choose if and how users are notified of new connections
Cross Connections allows you to choose if both parties get a connection setup when one user requests a connection
Connection Types allows you to set the choices for connection types
Let's move on to the Integration tab

Enable Connections allows you to choose if users should be able to mark other users as friends
Display Type allows you to choose if the connections the users make displayed or not
Display Connection Path allows you to choose to dispay the path between user's connections and profiles
Mutual Consent allows you to choose if user's need to approve others adding them to their connections
Notification & Notification Method allows you to choose if and how users are notified of new connections
Cross Connections allows you to choose if both parties get a connection setup when one user requests a connection
Connection Types allows you to set the choices for connection types
Let's move on to the Integration tab

Version checking on Configuration allows you to choose if CB should check for new versions automatically. This is not an auto-update feature

Version checking on Configuration allows you to choose if CB should check for new versions automatically. This is not an auto-update feature

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