[ckan-dev] My profile vs dashboard

Sat Nov 10 13:43:09 UTC 2012

On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:21:42 +0100, Sean Hammond <sean.hammond at okfn.org>  
wrote:

> Yes main difference is public vs private I think. Similar to GitHub,
> your dashboard is a private page you get to when you login that shows
> useful/relevant/interesting stuff for you privately. The stuff on the
> dashboard is not necessarily about you, it can be about info about
> things you follow, messages to you from CKAN, etc.  Your profile is your
> public user page that anyone can see and shows only public info about
> you.

Yes, that sounds sensible.

Dashboard = private
My Profile = public

> Extension point could be good. Would this be something to to user
> template blocks?

Yes, that's it.
Very convenient with jinja. Works even to extending snippets.