User Profiles #418
Description
So right now we have kinda imitation of profiles for each section through markup templates User Menu. to access those pages we need to go to specific section first and then open link from User menu.
So we are limited by sections and we do not have one unified profile. If I am viewing my records from Section 1 and want to view my records from Section 2, I need to click on Section 2 menu link and then go to section markup area and in Usermenu click on link from dropdown.
I did not liked it even back in the days when I used Cobalt on J3, this is very bad solution to have user profiles. so I was using third party extensions like Easysocial, Jomsocial, Community Builder or Easyprofile.
Jomsocial was last updated in 9 Dec 2024.
Easysocial was last updated in 12th August 2025, but previous update was only in 16th January 2024, so its too long gap and Stackideas lately are very silent and I am sure noone is willing to trust them lately because of this.
Easyprofile was last updated in 2023 and did not even provide version for J4
Community Builder was last updated Feb 17, 2025, but even if it is very stable and does not need update its price is very high, just 99euros for 3 month subscription. and 259euros for annual subscription.
I have not even checked but I guess integration plugins are not yet updated for all of this extensions, right?
so instead of creating new integration plugins, why not simply create own Unified profile for JoomCCK?
for example something like this:
https://preview.themeforest.net/item/listdo-directory-listing-html-template/full_screen_preview/26507441
with similar pages as on that link:
Dashboard where will be general stats about users published records, and other activities like Bookmarks, comments, ratings and so on, just numbers in a cards like those colorful cards on that page, noone needs that scheme of Visits with chart.
Profile this page already exists in JoomCCK, it just maybe will need some improvement
Listings this is page also exists already but separately in section so will just need to display sections in tabs inside this page to have all records in one page.
Messages if you have some instant messaging extension you you can integrate it too. otherwise I do not see importance of this page.
Reviews list of comments left by user or if others have left comments on users records.
Favorites here also two lists one which user has favorited and another if others have favorited his records, but this second one is not mandatory if we just display in dashboard how many times were his records favorited , it also maybe enough.
most of this pages already exist but they are separate for each section and displayed as tabs, but I think doing it opposite will be better to create one profile and display inside sections as tabs, should be more effective for UX.
Of course you can release it as separate addon for JoomCCK and sell it for extra price. I am ready to pay for such profile solution, because I am tired of using those 3rd party solutions and then manually setting up profiles.
But I think those pages should not use just same template as in section listing. because here will be useful more compact templates.
of course I am ready to help with creating templates if you create those pages.