How to change default privacy settings

[jothelan]

I have been looking at the privacy settings, and it appears that when someone creates an account on my forum the default settings for "Who Can View My Profile" is "Everyone" and for "Email Visibility" is "Share with friends and staff." This does not seem very private to me. Is there a way that I can go into the admin panel and change this to "Members Only" and "Share with staff only" as the default settings?

Forum URL: communitytranslation.freeforums.net/

[Craig]

Hi

The email setting is drawn from the member's global account settings page.

www.proboards.com/account/settings

Only the member themself can change that setting.

You could implement this template modification to hide the profiles from guests, but be aware that the profiles will be accessible on the mobile view, as normal.

support.proboards.com/thread/435130/template-prevent-guests-viewing-profiles

[jothelan]

Ok, thank you. I have never used code before, so I will have to see if that is something one of my staff members can do.

[Craig]

Don't be afraid to try it yourself. Read it carefully and take it step by step, and you should be fine. If something does go wrong, there is a reset to default link at the top of the template you can use