My Userpage and Blog: Set-up and Maintenance - Powered by Kayako eSupport Help Desk Software

Setting up and Maintaining the 'My Userpage and Blog' page for your users is easy to do.

To set up the 'My Userpage and Blog' so that your users can take advantage of it, you will need to go to:

AdminCP >> Permissions >> Manage Site Permissions

Scroll down to the Permissions section and set the permission settings for the following:

Can Post Blog
Can Post Comments to Blog Posts
Can Post User Gallery
Can Use HTML in Blog
Can Mark Up Blog

Once set, click the 'Submit Changes' button to confirm your new settings.

When you have your permissions set, the next step is to go to:

Admin CP >> Portal >> Portal Settings

Here you can design custom particle boxes to hold elements that your users can choose to add to their Userpage and Blog page. To do this, you have to build a particle box to hold the coding for the element you want to add--just as you might do for your website FusionBB page. The only difference is that you will be putting a check mark in the 'Blog' box to the far right of the page. This sets the information so that it will appear in the Userpage and Blog area.

In the example above, a Shoutbox will show up in the user's 'My Userpage and Blog' page because a check mark has been added in the 'Blog' column for that item. Please note: if you are adding any of the standard, pre-installed FusionBB particle boxes (such as the Shoutbox) to your members' Blog page, you will just need to put a check mark in the 'Blog' box to enable their use. The 'out of the box' particle boxes are ready for use and do not need to be created by you in order to be utilized.

To design your custom particle box element, first design your particle box, then place the 'gadget code' in the 'Body' box. This might be something you've written yourself or something you've found at a place like the Google Gadget Page.

As an example, if you've found a gadget you want to add at the Google Gadget page, you will need to generate the code on Google and then copy/paste it into the 'New Custom' particle box that you've created, then click the 'Submit' button to save your choices.

You will then need to check the 'Blog' box to set it so that it will show up as a choice in your user's Green pop-up box on their userpage.

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