My profile – Users update their own profiles

It is possible to let users update their own information via their profile on the website. You can determine which information can be updated by users. To make the settings for this function, go to ‘My profile’ in the website tree (this is a secured page). Then go to the module ‘Profile’. In this module, you can add categories of fields and you can add fields to the categories. These fields are linked to the fields in the Organization.

Add new field category

Click on ‘Add new category’. Then enter a title for the category, e.g. ‘Address’. Optionally, you can add some explanatory notes. Under 'Visibility', you can enter for which folder or group this category of fields is visible. By using this option, the page my-data can be used for multiple folders or groups for which different fields are relevant. Then click on ‘Save’ to confirm.

Delete a field category

If you want to delete a category, click on the right of the name of the category. Confirm with ‘Delete’ or cancel with ‘Back’.

Add a field

  1. To actually link the category to data in the Organization, click on the - on the right side of the category.
  2. Click on ‘New field’.
  3. Fill in the title of the field (e.g. ‘Street’)
  4. Choose the correct field from the Organization behind ‘Organization field’. (Learn how to create fields in the Organization).
  5. Indicate whether filling in the field is Required.
  6. Select the option 'Read only' to show the content of the field (from the application Organisation) to the user without giving the option of changing the content.  

Then click ‘Save’.

Delete a field

To delete a field, click on the right of the name of the field. Click on ‘Delete’ to confirm or ‘Back’ to cancel.

Settings

In the module ‘Profile’, you can also find the button ‘Settings’. Here, you can indicate whether the user will receive an e-mail after updating their information. This e-mail can be sent to the user, but also to additional e-mail addresses, such as the secretary of the community. To add other e-mail addresses, enter the address in the field ‘E-mail to’.

Under ‘Sender’, fill in the e-mail address the user will see as the sender of the confirmation e-mail. This is a mandatory field.

Then, enter the content of the e-mail in the text editor. In the place where the updated information should be inserted, use the placeholder {{changes}}.

Click on ‘Save’ to confirm.