Create a New User Type Profile

Additional User Type Profiles let an administrator offer several safe onboarding choices without exposing raw Joomla group management to frontend staff. In QCFUM 2.0.4, creating a Profile requires Pro, Max, or All Access.

Before You Add a Profile

Decide the real user type first. Identify the minimum Joomla groups that user type needs and confirm none of them carries Administrator-style capabilities.

Create the Profile

  1. Open Components > QC Frontend User Manager > Profiles.
  2. Select Add New.
  3. Enter a short staff-facing title such as “Volunteer” or “Member.”
  4. Add a description that tells staff when to choose it.
  5. Select the approved Joomla destination group or groups.
  6. Choose whether the Profile requires approval.
  7. Choose whether the direct-create workflow sends the configured welcome email.
  8. Publish the Profile only when it is ready to use.
  9. Save.

Validation QCFUM Applies

QCFUM requires a title and at least one destination group. On save it verifies that each selected Joomla group still exists and rejects groups with protected administrative capabilities.

The current destination-group limit is 5 per Profile on Pro and unlimited on Max / All Access. The total active Profile allowance is 10 on Pro and unlimited on Max / All Access.

What Happens After Save

QCFUM generates the Profile alias from the title, stores the selected group IDs and behavior flags, and records the Profile save in its audit data. Published, in-tier Profiles become available to the workflows that load User Type Profiles.

Test Before Production Use

  1. Use the new Profile with a safe direct-create test.
  2. Confirm the Joomla account lands in exactly the intended direct groups.
  3. Confirm an approval-required Profile produces the expected pending behavior.
  4. Confirm the welcome-email choice matches the workflow you intended.
  5. If an Invite Pack will depend on this Profile, test that Pack after linking it.

If Add New Is Locked

Basic can edit its included Profile but cannot create additional ones. If saved Profiles are preserved after a downgrade, over-limit Profiles remain stored and can appear locked until the Effective tier again includes them.

Community Discussion

Want to compare QCFUM onboarding designs, User Type Profiles, Invite Packs, or safe Joomla group mappings? Visit the QC Frontend User Manager Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement problems, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.