… and what are some examples of their use?

Current User is the User who is current Logged In. Current Page User is the User who’s Unique Id is in the URL of the page and has been sent from another page (or linked via a URL). You only get “Current Page User” if you have set Type Of Content for the Page to be User. [image] “Current User” i…

Thank you @NigelG for your extensive response. So if I understand correctly, basically if I don’t plan to have the admin intervene within the app itself, I shouldn’t be messing with “current page user”.

It will only be there if you have set “Type of Content” on your page to be User. Chances are you don’t need it, and “Current User” will be what you want. The “admin user” is only one example of why you might want to set page user. But unless you want to refer to a particular user on a page, who is …

hi @NigelG . In my app, I’m want a user to be able to access a page that has (limited) information about other user. this would be accessed from a link in a repeating group. Can I use the Current User Page feature in this scenario in order to pull the details I need? or is there a better way to achi…

Yes, that is the way I often do it for a “your profile” page. So have the page type as User. Then send the “other” user to the page. That way you have Current User (logged in) and Current Page User (other user) available to work with.

Hi Nigel, in the user profile, how do I replace the unique ID with the current page user’s data field, say username?

Let us say that I (Keith) am using your app. I want to navigate to your user profile page (let’s say it’s called /edit_user) so that I can do something like edit my info (update my profile image or my address or whatnot). There is a button or link in your menu or on the page I am currently on. Tha…

Thanks for your response Keith, I have a repeating group displaying user photo and name. When a person clicks on the view profile button, they are directed to a page called profile. This button also sends current cells user to the page called profile. In the profile page, we can get parametera from …

Hi @vansokip - this thread may help you. Not sure if @samhouston1107 has it working or not. [image] Custom User URL webapp.com/input's Need help Hey guys, I’m trying to find away to append a username into the URL. I’ll like my users to create a username [BigMac] and app…

What is the difference between "current user" and "current page user"?

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Hi @vansokip - this thread may help you. Not sure if @samhouston1107 has it working or not.

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