To develop a complete user networking experience requires several steps in different areas of the program.
Step 1
Designate roles to access the user networking administrator account on your user networking site. For information, refer to User Networking Accounts.
Step 2
Plan the user networking site and inform everyone involved about your plans.
Step 3
In Parts, the website designer creates the Profile Display parts to appear as the profile pages for user networking members and groups. For example, to display a website user’s profile image, unread messages, and ranking, the website designer can use merge fields to design the Profile Display part for a member’s profile page.
Step 4
If your user networking site includes a home page, in Parts, the website designer must create the part to appear as the home page. You can use any part type as the home page.
Step 5
In Parts, the website designer creates the User Networking Manager part and other parts needed for the user networking site. For example, to allow user networking members to perform user networking tasks from multiple pages on your website, the website designer must create a User Link Module part. For information about the parts required for a user networking site, refer to User Networking Parts.
Step 6
In Parts, the website designer creates the path website users use to access the web page that contains the User Networking Manager part. For example, the website designer can create a link to the web page from the Home page or menu, or the website designer can designate that the page appear immediately after a user networking member logs in to your website.
Step 7
In Notifications, the website designer creates the email notifications needed for the User Networking Manager part. For example, user networking members can receive notifications when they receive a personal message or friend request from another member.
Step 8
In Pages & templates, the website designer creates and publishes the web pages and templates that contain the user networking parts.
Step 9
Users visit the user networking site and sign up to become active members. User networking members can interact with other user networking members and manage their profile information. For information about the user networking experience, refer to Manage User Networking Site.
Step 10
Each time a user networking member updates the email forwarding address on the profile page, the program generates a profile update transaction. You can also select to generate a profile update transaction each time a member creates a user networking group. In your offline database, users download these transactions to update constituent records linked to your user networking members.