Profile

The profile page allows contacts to edit and/or view information on their profile. The following configurations are available:

• Selecting Expose reveals the desired information field.
• Selecting Editable allows contacts to enter their information into the field.
• Selecting Mandatory requirescontacts to enter their information into the field.

After your configurations are complete, click Save.

Locations

The locations page allows the collection of address information from contacts. The following configurations are available:

• Selecting both Expose and Editable allows contacts to add and edit their address information.
• Selecting Mandatory requires contacts to enter at least one address in order to update their member profile.
• If Editable has been selected, the Use a Geo-Fence to control addresses feature can restrict the addresses contacts add to an area or areas pre-defined by a shape or shapes saved to the organization's shapes folder. Any addresses outside of the geo-fence contacts attempt to add to their profile will not be saved or used for location based alerts. Follow the steps below to set a geo-fence:
  1. Select the checkbox next to Use a Geo-Fence to control addresses.
  2. Click the Edit Geo-Fence link.
  3. Select the desired shape from your organization's available shapes by selecting its corresponding checkbox.
  4. Click Save.
• Selecting Add addresses even if outside of fence with a geo-fence applied allows any addresses contacts add to be saved and used for location based alerts. This feature allows a user to review a report of any addresses added that are outside of the organization's geo-fence.

After the configurations are complete, click Save.

Alert Subscriptions

The alert subscriptions page determines which of the organization's alerts are either able to be selected by contacts, or are automatically assigned to their profiles.

• Selecting Display contacts to decide whether or not to subscribe to notifications triggered by the alert.
• Selecting Required automatically assigns the alert subscription to all contacts using the member portal.

After configurations are complete, click Save.

If the organization has Automated Weather Alerts enabled, information regarding weather alert status, quiet periods and templates can be found in the following articles:

• SMARTWeather Settings Best Practices
• Refreshing Your Weather Alert Geo-fence
• Configuring Weather Alert Quiet Periods

Information

The information page determines what additional information is exposed to contacts using the member portal. The following configurations are available:

• Selecting Expose reveals the desired information field to contacts.
• Selecting Editable allows contacts to enter their information into the field.
• Selecting Mandatory requires contacts to enter their information into the field.

After the configurations are complete, click Save.

Delivery Methods

The delivery methods page determines which delivery methods are available to contacts to receive notifications on. The following configurations are available:

• Selecting Allow Members to re-order delivery methods lets contacts specify the order in which they want to be contacted.
• Selecting Expose reveals the desired information field to contacts.
• Selecting Editable allows contacts to enter their information into the field.
• Selecting Mandatory requires contacts to enter their information into the field.
• Set the minimum number of required contact paths contacts will need to enter by selecting the value from the dropdown menu.

After configuration are complete, click Save.