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Volunteerism
Here is where you can establish how volunteer Needs are displayed to users when they visit your site. You can also set up waitlists and enable a geolocation filter from this area.
Go to Settings > Main Settings > Volunteerism.
Use the User Landing Page dropdown to select the page.
Select which view you want with the Default Need View dropdown.
Select which order you want with the Default Need Sort Order dropdown.
Select whether you want to show full Needs or enable a waitlist with the Show Full Needs dropdown.
Toggle the button On beside Users can filter needs using geolocation if you want this filter to be enabled, or toggle it Off to disable it.
Click Update Volunteerism Settings to save your changes.
Setting | Description |
User Landing Page | This is the page a user lands on when they log into their account on your site. |
Default Need View | This is how volunteer Needs are displayed to the user. You can choose to show them in a grid or list, or on a map or calendar. |
Default Need Sort Order | This is the order in which volunteer Needs are displayed to users. The default choice is to show the most recently updated volunteer Needs first. |
Show Full Needs | This is where you enable or disable waitlists on your site. You can choose to display Needs even when they have reached their set capacity, not show them, or enable the waitlist for users to be put on in the event a spot opens up. |
Users can filter needs using geolocation | Toggling this On enables a geolocation filter that users can use to find volunteer Needs within their area. You can disable this at any time by toggling it Off. |