Manage fields of interest

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Manage the category list of professional interests and review user-submitted entries. Users select from these categories on their profiles to indicate their areas of expertise or focus.

Open the Fields of interest page

  1. Open the Admin Panel.
  2. Click Interests in the left sidebar.

The page has two tabs: Categories and Review queue.

The Admin Panel sidebar with the Interests menu item highlighted, showing the Fields of interest page with the Categories tab open
The Interests page in the Admin Panel sidebar

Manage categories

The Categories tab shows all interest categories available on your platform. A counter at the top displays the total number of categories.

Add a category

  1. Click + Add category in the top-right corner.
  2. Type the category name in the text field.
  3. Click Save to confirm.

Rename a category

  1. Click the category name field to edit it inline.
  2. Update the name.
  3. Click Save to apply.

Reorder categories

Use the up and down arrows on the left side of each category row to change its display order.

Delete a category

Click the delete icon on the right side of the category row to remove it.

The Categories tab showing a list of interest categories with reorder arrows, editable name fields, Active badges, Save buttons, and delete icons
The Categories tab with existing interest categories

Review user-submitted entries

When users type a custom interest that does not match an existing category, it is sent to the Review queue for admin approval. The tab badge shows the number of pending entries.

Each entry displays the submitted category name, the username of the submitter, and the submission date and time.

  1. Click the Review queue tab.
  2. Review each submitted entry.
  3. Click Approve to add the entry as a new category, or click Reject to discard it.
The Review queue tab showing user-submitted interest entries with submitter usernames, timestamps, and Approve and Reject buttons
The Review queue with pending user-submitted interests

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