{"id":1014,"date":"2018-07-04T20:38:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2018-07-04T20:39:14","modified_gmt":"2018-07-04T20:39:14","slug":"configuring-buddypress-user-circles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/buddycircles\/configuring-buddypress-user-circles\/","title":{"rendered":"Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can access the BuddyCircles settings from Dashboard-&gt;settings-&gt;BuddyCircles. The settings screen allows you to control the behaviour of BuddyCircles.<\/p>\n<h3>Slug:-<\/h3>\n<p>Here you can specify what slug you want to use in the url of circle tab. It must be a valid value\u00a0 without any space. Example-lists, list, user-groups are valid value but &#8216;user groups&#8217; is not.<\/p>\n<h3>Who Can Create:-<\/h3>\n<p>You can either allow all user to create circles or limit it by roles as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/slug.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1019 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/slug-300x35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"35\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/slug-300x35.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/slug-480x56.png 480w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/slug.png 602w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/who-can-create.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1016\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/who-can-create-300x194.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/who-can-create-300x194.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/who-can-create.png 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Circle Tab or Use inside friends:-<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Keep circle under <\/strong>option\u00a0allows you to use circle as a top level component or make it work inside the friends component depending on your choice.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top Level Component:- A New circles tab will be added to the user account menu.<\/li>\n<li>Under Friends Component:- If it is selected, No top level tab will be added. A new sub tab will be added under Friends tab.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/tab-position.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1018\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/tab-position-300x31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"31\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/tab-position-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/tab-position.png 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Who Can be added to the circle:-<\/h3>\n<p>This option allows you to control who a user can\u00a0 add to their circle<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All Members:- Any member of the site can be added in the circle.<\/li>\n<li>Friends Only:- A user can only add their friends to their circles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/user-can-be-add.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1017\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/user-can-be-add-300x53.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"53\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/user-can-be-add-300x53.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/user-can-be-add.png 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Circle privacy:-<\/h3>\n<p>You can enable which privacy levels are available to the user while creating circles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/circle-privacy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1025\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/circle-privacy-300x71.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"71\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/circle-privacy-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/circle-privacy.png 356w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Default Circles:-<\/h3>\n<p>It allows you to automatically create default circles for user when their account is activated. It will only create the default circles for new users registered\/activated after the pluginactivation.<\/p>\n<p>You can specify the list of default circles as strings separated by &#8220;|&#8221; as shown below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1123\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options-300x93.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"93\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options-768x237.png 768w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options-480x148.png 480w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-defaut-circles-options.png 797w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Notifications:-<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Enabled notification Types<\/strong>:- You can select the notification methods enabled.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Local Notification:- Uses BuddyPress Notifications to notify the user.<\/li>\n<li>Email Notification:- Sends email to the user.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-notification-types.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1124\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-notification-types-300x52.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-notification-types-300x52.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-notification-types.png 395w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>User Addition to Circle Notification:-<\/h4>\n<p>You can control if the notification for user getting added to a circle is enabled or\u00a0 not. You can also customize the notification message subject and content.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-addition-notifications.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1125\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-addition-notifications-300x142.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-addition-notifications-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-addition-notifications-480x228.png 480w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-addition-notifications.png 647w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>User Removal From Circle Notification:-<\/h4>\n<p>You can control if the user will get notified when removed from a circle or not. Here is a screenshot showing the available options.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-removal-notification.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1126\" src=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-removal-notification-300x165.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-removal-notification-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-removal-notification-480x264.png 480w, https:\/\/buddydev.com\/docs\/files\/2018\/06\/buddycircles-user-removal-notification.png 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can access the BuddyCircles settings from Dashboard-&gt;settings-&gt;BuddyCircles. The settings screen allows you to control the behaviour of BuddyCircles. 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