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authorRémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>2017-01-15 11:45:24 -0500
committerRémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>2017-01-15 11:47:21 -0500
commit91d87b97cf2f7b0d24be06949a5803e356ff86c7 (patch)
tree075235120691f61989a1bf6803f9f7cbfe7ecb92
parentf1bd9f05e2ca0c165f06c47c32d44f2951265e6e (diff)
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Add an image to the public access documentation and fix wrong profile pathimprove-public_access-documentation
Signed-off-by: Rémy Coutable <remy@rymai.me>
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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ for anonymous users. The group page now has a visibility level icon.
## Visibility of users
-The public page of a user, located at `/u/username`, is always visible whether
+The public page of a user, located at `/username`, is always visible whether
you are logged in or not.
When visiting the public page of a user, you can only see the projects which
@@ -60,10 +60,13 @@ you are privileged to.
If the public level is restricted, user profiles are only visible to logged in users.
-
## Restricting the use of public or internal projects
In the Admin area under **Settings** (`/admin/application_settings`), you can
restrict the use of visibility levels for users when they create a project or a
-snippet. This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
+snippet:
+
+![Restrict visibility levels](img/restrict_visibility_levels.png)
+
+This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
by accident. The restricted visibility settings do not apply to admin users.