User Profile

Which fields appear on the user profile, which ones the user can edit, and related preferences.

Access these settings under Administration > Configuration settings > User Profile. This category contains 29 settings, listed below with the title and comment shipped in the platform's settings fixtures (SettingsCurrentFixtures.php).

The variable name in code is shown in monospace. Use it when scripting via the API or when you need to change those settings at a global level by editing config/settings_override.yaml.

Settings

account_valid_duration

Account validity

A user account is valid for this number of days after creation

Default: 3660

add_user_course_information_in_mailto

Pre-fill the mail with user and course info in footer contact

Add subject and body in the mailto: footer.

Default: false

allow_show_linkedin_url

Allow show the user LinkedIn URL

Add a link on the user social block, allowing visit the user's LinkedIn profile

allow_show_skype_account

Allow show the user Skype account

Add a link on the user social block allowing start a chat by Skype

allow_social_map_fields

Users geolocation on a map

Enable the display of a map in the social network allowing you to locate other users. This includes several positions (current and destination) which have to be defined as addresses or coordinates in separate extra fields. The extra fields must be set as an array here.

allow_teachers_to_classes

Allow teachers to manage classes

Enables teachers to manage class groups and their membership within the system.

Default: false

allow_user_headings

Allow users profiling inside courses

Can a teacher define learner profile fields to retrieve additional information?

allow_users_to_change_email_with_no_password

Allow users to change e-mail without password

When changing the account information

Default: false

changeable_options

Fields users are allowed to change in their profile

Select the fields users will be able to change on their profile page.

enable_profile_user_address_geolocalization

Enable user's geolocalization

Enable user's address field and show it on a map using geolocalization features

extended_profile

Portfolio

If this setting is on, a user can fill in the following (optional) fields: 'My personal open area', 'My competences', 'My diplomas', 'What I am able to teach'

Default: false

hide_username_in_course_chat

Hide username in course chat

In the course chat, hide the username. Only display people's names.

Default: false

hide_username_with_complete_name

Hide username when already showing complete name

Some internal functions will return the username when returning the user's complete name. With this option enabled, you ensure the username will not appear.

Default: false

linkedin_organization_id

LinkedIn Orgnization ID

When sharing a badge on LinkedIn, LinkedIn allows you to set an organization ID that will link to the LinkedIn's page of your organization (to link the organization attributing the badge).

Default: false

login_is_email

Use the email as username

Use the email in order to login to the system

Default: false

my_space_users_items_per_page

Default number of items per page in mySpace

Number of records displayed per page in MySpace tracking sections (users, work statistics, student list).

Default: 10

pass_reminder_custom_link

Custom page for password reminder

Set your own URL to a password reset page. Useful when using a federated account management system.

profile_fields_visibility

Fields visible on profile page

Array of fields and whether (boolean) they are visible or not on the user's profile page (also works with extra fields labels).

registration_add_helptext_for_2_names

Add helper to add two names in registration

Add help text for users to enter two names in the registration form when double lastnames are common.

Default: false

send_notification_when_user_added

Send mail to admin when user created

Send email notification to admin when a user is created.

show_conditions_to_user

Show specific registration conditions

Show multiple conditions to user during sign up process. Provide an array with each element containing 'variable' (internal extra field name), 'display_text' (simple text for a checkbox), 'text_area' (long text of conditions).

show_official_code_whoisonline

Official code on 'Who is online'

Show official code on the 'Who is online' page, below the username.

Default: false

show_terms_if_profile_completed

Terms and conditions only if profile complete

By enabling this option, terms and conditions will be available to the user only when the extra profile fields that start with 'terms_' and set to visible are completed.

Default: false

split_users_upload_directory

Split users' upload directory

On high-load portals, where a lot of users are registered and send their pictures, the upload directory (main/upload/users/) might contain too many files for the filesystem to handle (it has been reported with more than 36000 files on a Debian server). Changing this option will enable a one-level splitting of the directories in the upload directory. 9 directories will be used in the base directory and all subsequent users' directories will be stored into one of these 9 directories. The change of this option will not affect the directories structure on disk, but will affect the behaviour of the Chamilo code, so if you change this option, you have to create the new directories and move the existing directories by yourself on te server. Be aware that when creating and moving those directories, you will have to move the directories of users 1 to 9 into subdirectories of the same name. If you are not sure about this option, it is best not to activate it.

Default: true

use_users_timezone

Enable users timezones

Enable the possibility for users to select their own timezone. Once configured, users will be able to see assignment deadlines and other time references in their own timezone, which will reduce errors at delivery time.

Default: true

user_import_settings

Options for user import

Array of options to apply as default parameters in the CSV/XML user import.

user_search_on_extra_fields

Search users by extra fields in users list for admins

Naturally include the given extra fields (array of extra fields labels) in the user searches.

user_selected_theme

User theme selection

Allow users to select their own visual theme in their profile. This will change the look of Chamilo for them, but will leave the default style of the portal intact. If a specific course or session has a specific theme assigned, it will have priority over user-defined themes.

Default: false

visible_options

List of visible fields in profile

Controls which profile fields are visible to users and others.