9.4 Public Links

The parts of Beacon described below are generally only available to the Site Administrator.

Click Public links on the Home Page to set the parameters for your public links. These may be used in your U3A website to provide access to services and information.

The Public Links page is divided into 5 sections:-

a) Member Services

These URL’s may be copied to create links for online Membership Applications and logging in to the Members Portal. When copying a URL, make sure that the entire link is included.

b) Public Information

These URL’s may be copied to create links to the Public Groups list and the Public Calendar. Adding &hdr=0 suppresses the page header (U3A logo and name) as shown in the Public Calendar picture below.

Public Groups

Public Calendar

c) Configure Members Portal

The tick boxes control the options available to members when members log-in to the Members Portal.

 An additional option introduced in September 2023 is to enable/disable members requesting a replacement membership card.

d) Configure Group Information
The tick boxes control what will be displayed in the versions of the Groups List available to the Public and to Members (via the Members Portal).

 

e) Configure Calendar
The tick boxes control what will be displayed in the versions of the Groups List available to the Public and to Members (via the Members Portal).

Revision History

v1	2020-04-04	Graeme Bunting	First version
v2	2023-09-20	Graeme Bunting	Section c) updated to show "email replacement card" option