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- Profile
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- .. figure:: images/profile.jpg
- :width: 180
- :align: right
- :alt: An Elgg profile
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- An Elgg profile
- The profile plugin is bundled with both the full and core-only Elgg packages. The intention is that it can be disabled and replaced with another profile plugin if you wish.
- It provides a number of pieces of functionality which many consider fundamental to the concept of a social networking site, and is unique within the plugins because the profile icon it defines is referenced as standard from all over the system.
- User details
- ------------
- This provides information about a user, which is configurable from within the plugin's start.php file. You can change the available profile fields form the admin panel.
- Each profile field has its own access restriction, so users can choose exactly who can see each individual element. Some of the fields contain tags (for example *skills*) limiting access to a field will also limit who can find you by that tag.
- User avatar
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- .. figure:: images/user_hover_menu.jpg
- :width: 180
- :align: right
- :alt: The Elgg context menu
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- The Elgg context menu
- The user avatar represents a user (or a group) throughout the site. By default, this includes a context-sensitive menu that allows you to perform actions on the user it belongs to wherever you see their avatar. For example, you can add them as a friend, send an internal message, and more. Each plugin can add to this context menu, so its full contents will vary depending on the functionality active in the current Elgg site.
- Notes for developers
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- Using a different profile icon
- To replace the profile icon, or provide more content, extend the ``icon/user/default`` view.
- Adding to the context menu
- The context menu can be expanded by registering a :ref:`plugin hook <design/events#plugin-hooks>` for 'register' 'menu:user_hover', the following sections have special meaning:
- - **default** for non-active links (eg to read a blog)
- - **admin** for links accessible by administrators only
- In each case, the user in question will be passed as ``$params['entity']``.
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