Is it possible to prevent viewing the list of all site users?

eminem08 · Jul 28, 2020

I do not want the site users to be able to find someone through the search in JomSocial. Is it possible to disable user search and the page listing all site users?

There was a setting in the CommunityBuilder component that allowed you to disable viewing the list of all site users.

Earlier on my site, some people tried to send spam to different users they found in the comments on the site. I am afraid that these people will now be able to send spam to every user of the site through private messages, even those users who did not write comments on articles on the site.

I would be quite happy if site users could find on the site their friends who are on their list on Facebook, Twitter, that would be enough. I do not want spammers to take advantage of the currently available list of all site users.

Is there some kind of tweak to hide the list of all site users and make it only available to admins?

Ninja · Jul 29, 2020

eminem08
Hi
If you want to hide them for Public view, you can make the Friends and members menu access level to Registered.
Also you can set the default privacy to Members only :
disable the guest search from configuration > site settings
and privacy settings http://prntscr.com/tq8mve

If you want to hide the search options complete it will be done by editing the PHP files let me know if you want to do this for all users.

eminem08 · Jul 29, 2020

Ninja I want to hide any attempt to find someone on the site.

1) I want to hide the magnifying glass for searching people on the site (for all user groups except super administrators)
2) I want to make the page with the list of site users inaccessible (for all user groups, except for super administrators)
3) Hide the field for searching site users
4) I have already hidden the display of the "Members" menu from everyone except super administrators (but users can still get to this page through a search)

Thus, the page with the list of site users must be inaccessible to registered users (this page can only be accessible to super administrators).

It would be nice if such a setting appears in the next update of JomSocial.

You can write here which files on the site can be corrected (and which lines in these files) to hide the list of users now. I can edit the required files myself.

Ninja · Jul 29, 2020

eminem08
Hi
You can find the files in /components/com_community/templates/jomsocial/layout/members/people.browse.php file.
All the layout files are in the layout folder.
Sorry this change is not possible as option as its core part of the community and used from years to allow members intract with each other, there is privacy option in which use can hide his profile details so that already cover the part.