Core Features

Member lists

Each member gets a Lists tab on their profile. The tab name follows the What to call them setting, and the number beside it counts the lists the visitor is allowed to open. The tab has two sub-tabs:

• All Lists: the lists the member owns.
• My Followed Lists: the lists the member follows.

A list has a name, an optional description, an optional cover image, an optional icon and a visibility setting. Creating a list asks only for a name, then takes you to the new list’s page, where you add people and images.

An empty Lists tab explains what lists are for and offers to create the first one.

The list page

Every list has its own page. It shows the cover, the icon, the name, a Private list marker when it applies, the description and the owner. Three views sit under the banner:

• Feed: activity from everyone on the list.
• Members: the people on the list, 20 to a page, with numbered pages.
• Followers: the people following the list.

The browser tab shows the list name. A web address for a list that does not exist shows “This list does not exist. It may have been deleted.” and returns a proper not-found response.

Add and remove people on the list page

People who may manage the list see an Add people panel on the Members view. It has a search box and a Suggested panel. Search looks at names only, and each result has an Add button. People already on the list do not appear in the results. Each row, except the owner’s, has a remove button.

The owner is marked Owner on their own row and cannot be removed.

Cover image and icon

On the list page, the owner (or an administrator) can add or change the cover image and the icon directly, without opening the edit window. The cover has a remove control. Files must be JPG, PNG or GIF and no larger than 5 MB. A list without a cover gets a generated cover in the highlight color. A list without an icon gets a colored tile showing the first letter of its name.

Public and private lists

• A public list can be opened by anyone, including visitors who are not logged in, and can be followed by logged-in members.
• A private list can be opened only by its owner, the people on it and administrators. Everyone else sees the message set under Visibility.

See Private Lists and Permissions for what changes when a list turns private.

Following lists

Logged-in members can follow any public list from its page with Follow List. Visitors who are not logged in see Log in to follow this list. Followed lists appear under My Followed Lists, in pages of ten.

Activity feed

The Feed view of a list shows the activity of every person on that list, not only the first hundred. It loads more with a Load More button. The site-wide activity stream can optionally include people on lists a member follows. See Following Lists and Activity.

Messaging

Each person on a list has a Message link on their row. It opens the BuddyPress compose screen with that person already filled in. The link is hidden when the Messages component is switched off and on your own row. There is no group message and no message to everyone on a list.

Limits

Site owners can cap the number of lists each member may create and the number of people each list may hold. Both default to 10, and 0 means no limit. The server enforces both, not only the interface.

Accessibility

Dialogs announce themselves as dialogs, move keyboard focus in when they open, return it when they close and close on Escape. Notifications are announced by screen readers. Icon-only buttons have text labels, and the Members view uses ordinary links and buttons, so it can be reached with the keyboard.