Getting Started on Housemate Finder for Professionals

This video will guide you step by step on how to log in as a user, edit your profile (including adding a profile picture and cover image), and return to the Professional Dashboard. It includes subtitles, and a transcript is available below.

Important Information Before You Begin

• Visibility Options:
  Under each profile question, you will see visibility options: Everyone, All Members, My Friends, or Only Me. These options indicate who can view the information you provide.
• Required Questions:
  The first four profile questions must be answered before you can save your responses. These questions are:

   

  1. Name
  2. Current Location
  3. Birth Date (displayed as age, not actual birthday date)
  4. Desired Housing Location
• Filtering Matches:
  The Housemate Finder Directory uses the following questions to filter potential matches:

   

  • Desired Housing Location
  • Housemate Gender Match
  • Age (Birth date field)
  • Housemate is a Smoker Yes or No
  • Medicaid Waiver Status  Yes or No
•  Visible Questions:
  These questions are visible to any user searching the Housemate Finder Directory, include:

   

  • Birth Date (shown as age)
  • Desired Housing Location
  • Gender
  • About Me
  • Hobbies & Interests
  • Community Involvement
  • Housemate Preferences (such as Gender, Age, Smoking/Non-Smoker Status, and Medicaid Waiver Status)

Video Transcription

In this video, we’ll guide you step-by-step on how to assume the identity of housemate finder you manage and edit their profile.

We’ll wrap up by showing you how to add new housemate finders for management.

On your dashboard, under login as user, we’ll select Monica and start by editing her profile picture.

I’ll click on Monica’s profile picture, then on the next screen, select choose file to upload a photo from my computer.

Once the picture is selected, I’ll drag the highlighted box over her face and click crop image.

I’ll click change cover image and choose the cover image I want to use.

I then return to Monica’s profile where I can see the profile picture and cover image.

Next, I’ll click edit to update the profile questions.

In the… information fields, start typing address and dropdown menu will appear.

Be sure to select the address from the dropdown list.

Important, the first four profile questions must be answered to save your responses.

Now let’s continue filling out the remaining profile questions.

The more profile questions you answer,

the better your chances of finding potential housemate finder matches.

Below each question, you’ll also to see who can view the information, all members, my friends, or only me.

We recommend caution when sharing personal details, such as phone numbers and email addresses.

These last questions are important because they’re used as filters in the housemate finder directory.

Click Save changes to save your responses.

Now, I’ll return to Monica’s profile page where I can view the changes I made.

I can see that 75% of her profile is now complete.

On Monica’s profile I can also manage her friends, messages, notifications and settings.

I’ll click the green button that says “go back to admin” to return to my professional dashboard.

On my dashboard, I can also add a new housemate finder by clicking “Add new housemate finder” member form or request management of existing users and completing the form.

This concludes the tutorial.