Admin Control Panel
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The Administration Panel allows you to manage and modify every aspect of your social network.
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User Levels
User Levels allows you to put users into different groups with varying access to features (e.g. Bronze, Silver, and Gold membership plans), you can create multiple user groups. You must always have at least one group - your default group (which cannot be deleted). When users signup, they will be placed into the group you have designated as the default group on this page. You can change a user's group by editing their account from the View Users page. If you want to give all users on your social network the same features and limits, you will only need one user level.
Subnetworks
Subnetworks allows you to organize users into "subnetworks" based on profile information they have in common with each other. You can use this to limit access and privacy between subnetworks, display subnetwork-specific content in your templates, or to simply organize your users.
Advertisement Campaigns
Displaying advertisements is an excellent way to monetize your social network. By creating ad campaigns, you can determine exactly where your ads will appear, how long they will be displayed, and who they will be shown to. The key to generating substantial revenue from your social network is to create targeted ad campaigns. This means that you should make an effort to show specific ads to users based on their interests or personal characteristics (e.g. their profile information). To accomplish this, ad campaigns can be created for specific user levels and/or subnetworks.
HTML Templates
You have complete control over the look and feel of your social network. The PHP code that powers your social network is completely separate from the HTML code used for presentation. Your HTML code is stored in template files that have the same name as the PHP file, with a .tpl extension.
e.g. user_home.php interacts with the database behind the scenes, while user_home.tpl displays the output in HTML & Smarty to the screen and is the one you edit to change the look of the page.
About The Template System:
The template system uses Smarty, which is the most advanced and renown third-party PHP templating system available. Although the templates are primarily HTML, some Smarty tags are used for various purposes. For help with the templating system, please visit the Smarty website. Note that many of the tags you will find in the templates are actually language variables. These are used to display bits of text that have been specified in your language pack. To change these bits of text, you must edit the language file you are using in the "lang" directory on your server.
Language System
The layout of your social network includes hundreds of phrases of text which are stored in a language pack. SocialEngine comes with an English pack which is the default when you first install the platform. If you want to change any of these phrases on your social network, you can edit the pack below. If you want to allow users to pick from multiple languages, you can also create additional packs below. If you have multiple language packs, the pack you've selected as your "default" will be the language that displays if a user has not selected any other language. Note: You can not delete the default language.
FAQ
Q:
How can i disable posting comments for non registered users (Anonymous) ?
A: This is one of the Privacy Options.
User - can modify this on privacy settings page. ("Settings" --> "Privacy Options")
Administrator - can control this via "User Level".
Path: "User Levels" --> choose level and click "edit" --> "User Settings" --> section "Privacy Options", paragraph "Profile Comment Options".
Uncheck "Everyone"
