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Configure the front-end Contact Dashboard in Joomla

CiviCRM can expose a Contact Dashboard where logged-in front-end users can view their subscribed groups, membership(s), contribution(s), and registered events. To make the dashboard available, add a link to a front-end site menu.

Verify the Contact Dashboard in the Joomla Administrator interface

  1. Navigate to My Contact Dashboard from the CiviCRM Shortcuts block on any CiviCRM page.
  2. Check that you see contact-related information for the contact linked to your administrator record.

Add “My Contact Dashboard” as a menu item

  1. Login to Administrator if not already logged in.
  2. Click Menu on the top navigation bar and select the menu you want to add the link to (for example, mainmenu).
  3. Click the New icon (top right).
  4. Click Menu Item Type and select CiviCRM Dashboard from the civicrm section.
  5. Enter a Name for the menu item (e.g. “Contact Dashboard”).

  6. Complete the remaining fields (Parent Item, Access Level, Published).

    Do NOT use PUBLIC Access Level for this menu item. Users must be logged in to the front-end for this feature to work. Otherwise CiviCRM has no way to identify the person's contact record.

  7. Click Save & Close.

Verify permissions in CiviCRM

  1. Navigate to your CiviCRM Home.
  2. From the Administer menu, choose Users & Permissions, then Permissions (Access Control).
  3. Select Joomla Access Control.
  4. Under Registered, l ook for CiviCRM: Access Contact Dashboard. Make sure this is set to Allowed.
  5. Scroll to the top and click Save & Close.

Test the front-end menu item

Navigate to your front-end site and test your new menu item.