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  1. CiviCRM
  2. CRM-17271

Change Profile Field Label from Public Pages to Expose Publicly

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Status: Done/Fixed
    • Priority: Minor
    • Resolution: Fixed/Completed
    • Affects Version/s: 4.6.8
    • Fix Version/s: 4.7
    • Component/s: Core CiviCRM
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      Description

      Although documentation, pop-up help text, and many other instructional approaches already exist for warning people about the dangers of data exposure, even intelligent users continue to select "Public Pages and Listings" for fields. Even though it is not the default.

      "Public Pages and Listings". It sounds innocuous enough, doesn't it?

      As developers we could adopt a RTFM or "tough sh__" attitude, but how is that helping a continuing problem of misuse?

      I suggest we change the labels to "Expose Publicly" and "Expose Publicly and for Listings". Granted this will have no effect on the software, but it will have an effect on our users. We will have to change the documentation to match, admittedly, but that is something I can help with.

      Thoughts?

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            • Assignee:
              dgg David Greenberg
              Reporter:
              stoob Stoob
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