Area settings

The per-area settings page: core details, apps, permissions, dashboard layout, archive.

Settings sits at the bottom of every area's sidebar (visible to moderators + realm admins only). It's a single long form with six sections.

Section 1 — Core details

Name (required) + Subtitle. The supported person's name, or whatever your realm uses, plus an optional tag like a room number or care category.

Section 2 — Style options

  • Colour — pick from Red, Blue, Yellow, Green. This colours the area's tile on the dashboard and the avatar ring inside the area.

  • Avatar — toggle between a built-in avatar (choose from a person-avatar grid) or a custom uploaded image.

Note — Avatar uploads accept PNG / JPG / GIF. There's no description editor in Settings today — the area has a description field in the data shape, but no UI form for it.

Section 3 — {{Area}} utilities

A drag-reorderable list of every app, each with an on/off switch. Turning an app off hides it — it doesn't delete the data.

Includes a Reset utilities to their default button — useful when an area was created before Inbox / Workflows / Calendar were available and you want to re-derive the full list.

Section 4 — Permissions

Where access is granted — see Who can see this area.

Section 5 — Dashboard settings

Pick the layout (Default / Noticeboard / Forms / Utilities). When Default is selected, seven widget toggles appear:

  • Welcome Message, Noticeboard, Unread About Sections, Latest Form Entries, Reminders, Last Diary Entry, Recent Activity.

When Forms is selected, the Featured Forms multi-select + a "Recent submissions" count input appear.

Section 6 — Archive

Red Archive this {{area}} button at the very bottom of the page. See Archiving an area.

Heads up — Settings changes don't apply until you click Save changes on the sticky bottom bar. If a member is on the area when you save, they'll see the change on their next page reload.

Last updated 21 May 2026 · by Carerealm · Suggest a feature or change to this article
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