Hey Daniel,

Hm, this is a pretty tricky situation. What would probably the best that I can think of right now out of my head is for you to customize the profile page of EasySocial and hide the stream. It's probably just removing several lines of code rather than hacking all the links to point to EasyDiscuss. The file that you want to play with would most likely be /components/com_easysocial/themes/wireframe/profile/default.php

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This is what I was afraid of hearing…

There are countless kind of communities out there which are based on a simple profile - without stream (couchsurfing.com, for instance). Do you believe EasySocial would possibly include the hability of disabling the stream in future updates? I believe it would be extremely useful to many people and many projects…

Meanwhile, I’ll try to play around with the file… but I’m no programmer, and have no idea what to do… it’s going to be endless shots in the dark. Any light on this would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks for this tip, though. And send my greetings to KL!

Hey Daniel,

It shouldn't be that difficult at all to add this into EasySocial but the question is, is it necessary to add such a settings in EasySocial

Can you imagine Facebook without a stream? or Twitter without a stream?

We actually try to minimize as much settings as we possibly can right now to avoid complexity configuration

P/S: Modifying that file is really simple and once you remove the stream from the profile, you can then set the default profile page to be the "About" page

Hello, Mark! Hope no hazy sky this morning in Cyberjaya!

Thanks for the help so far, and sorry for taking long here on a feedback... was really trying to fix things by myself before coming to your help again.

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You said:
“It shouldn't be that difficult at all to add this into EasySocial but the question is, is it necessary to add such a settings in EasySocial”

Well… my community would - at least initially - consist on a simple network of profiles with a rich diversity of fields to fill. And it all would happen through the search tool, combining specific fields. Something as simple as that. I would not need/want now the social funcionalities: stream, friends, events, groups and maybe not even albums.

I guess what you might be thinking… probably that I could get this simplicity for free on other extension. But I want EasySocial looks, the behind-the-scenes funcionality and, most important, the possibility to implement, little by little, some of it’s social funcionalities along time if needed.

But, for now, all I need is an Avatar and lots of Custom Fields. And this is beautifully provided by EasySocial - all the rest is what is bugging me.

So, going back to your question/reflection, if it’s easy to implement as you say, I really believe it would be of extreme use to many people, not just me. CouchSurfing.com and SuicideGirls.com, for instance, are examples of extremely active communities, containing millions of members, and they both are constructed upon really simple, static profiles. With really limited social capabilities. But I am no one to tell you how useful (and actually used!) it is… You are for sure aware of way more communities than I am, and you know for sure they can be as simple as big and useful.

“Can you imagine Facebook without a stream? or Twitter without a stream?”
No.
But I think I missed the point on this question.
No intentions here on recreating Facebook, or Twitter, or the wheel. I have my own little idea (which will be useful to and used by a specific public) and it’s something so simple (and small) in comparison to them, and also in comparison to what EasySocial can do. Please, help me on this. You would be potentially helping many more subscribers.

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Is there a way to, at least, hide the box to post? The stream could stay there, showing some activities, but no one would be able to actually post on the wall - or anywhere. That would already be of huge help to me.

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When I’m seeing someone’s profile, it shows a so-called “Apps” list, with “About” and “Timeline”.
I already set the default profile page to be About… is there any way now I can hide the “Timeline” link from this list? Or, even better, get rid of “Apps” list at all?
That would, also, be already of huge help.

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Thank you again, Mark!
Wish you all a great week!

Hey Daniel,

Sorry for the delay of this reply, have been extremely busy with development works. You can actually just edit the theme file /components/com_easysocial/themes/wireframe/stream/default.php and remove line 31 below:

This would hide the post box altogether.

P/S: It would be advisable to keep your post as simple possible so that other moderators would also be able to assist you rather than leaving the ticket to me