Glide 101: Setting Up User Profiles

If you're building a Glide app for anyone besides yourself, you'll want to make sure you've properly set up:
👉 Users Table
👉 User Profile
👉 User Privacy and Authentication
👉 User Onboarding.
In this @glideapps 101 video, I walk you through each of the 4 elements of setting up user profiles.
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00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Select a Source
02:59 - Designating a User Profile Table
05:00 - User Privacy and Authentication Settings
07:33 - Setting Up a Whitelist
11:05 - Ensure Email Addresses Are Accurate
12:48 - User Data Security
14:08 - User Onboarding
15:18 - Using a Welcome Screen
16:13 - Storyset Images
17:40 - Add Edit Profile Button
19:45 - Determining if a Profile is Complete
21:19 - Funneling Users Through an Onboarding Experience (Hiding and Showing Tabs)
25:02 - Outro

[@mansolomd]

Thanks. Even though I knew how to do this I still learned a few cool tricks. Like Storyset.

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Ya, it’s a goodie!

[@marcelkei9756]

Awesome work Robert!! This will definitely provide me with the foundation for creating a template as the baseline to my future projects in Glide.

[@RobertPetittoWA]

That's what I like to hear! Let me know if you need assistance.

[@champln]

Best Glide tutorial 's channel. So I have some questions. If I made the expert consult app that any users can see all experts information, but only owner expert himself can edit their information. How to setting up the edit button? thank you.

[@erwinblom]

Bob is the best!

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Too kind 😊

[@altaie70]

Thank you Robert👍

[@RobertPetittoWA]

My pleasure!

[@МаксимКанивец-в3н]

Robert, how to make an element in Glide inaccessible to changes, "gray" and read-only? Including buttons visible but not active?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Depends on the component. Action Row component is the only one that has a disabled state → give the button a condition that isn't satisfied. Every other component needs to be a regular button with a "shuffle order" action

[@profcesarcarvalho]

Hello, how could I create a public application where there will be user registration and each one with their own profile and unique area

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Exactly as I described in this video, no? To allow users to see a unique screen assigned to their profile, make sure you filter the screen to where “email > is signed in user”

[@User_PC_Loadletter]

Amazing.... Thanks!

[@RobertPetittoWA]

You’re welcome. Glad you found it helpful!

[@glincapierrelouis]

This video is so helpful! It is possible to create different dashboard for different user each can see only Features or option I want them to see? like if I build a 1 and 1 apps to manage client and employee but each of them gonna see different information on their app? client can see booking, order a service, see order He already did, make payment, leave reviews etc. and employee see their task, clack in, clack out, add pictures on their task, etc?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

I let you a reply on the other video.

[@wingspanpro]

Robert, I am a long-time follower and have overcome several hurdles because of you. Thanks for that! I hope you can help me with this challenge. Glide has designed its pricing plan for internal business apps. It is no longer favorable to consumer-facing app builders. If one is looking to build a marketplace app with features that allow users to sign up under a freemium model and save their preferences, glide is no longer the app for them. Would you agree? I am spending a lot of time figuring out how to make it work for a freemium directory or marketplace model, but this isn't the right platform. A thousand freemium members is not a good business model if you must pay $3 monthly to maintain each "user's" free account. Thoughts? Thanks!

[@RobertPetittoWA]

The maker plan allows unlimited personal users. Does this meet your needs? If so, use coupon code ROBERTMAKER to get a free month of maker plan to try it out.

[@wingspanpro]

@@RobertPetittoWA I have a grandfathered Legacy Starter (Maker) plan. 15 private users and 1000 public users. What is a personal user? So, I can have 1000 registered users; then after 1000, it will be $3/user/month? But you are saying I have have unlimited personal users? I am guessing this means "personal" users who use the software, but don't register and then we give them access to a limited set of features unless they register and pay for premium features.

[@quenting.6460]

Thanks Robert !!! for the share, always great explained. Do you have any forum where we can share our work ? In order to see if we can improve the app through the free mode interface.

[@RobertPetittoWA]

The Glide community forum is the best place to share ideas.

[@quenting.6460]

@@RobertPetittoWA found it, many thanks.

[@mikooaxdcdz]

Could you make a walkthough on how to make a budget app in glide?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Hi Miko. I take requests for full builds from those who have pledged membership to my channel. Let me know if you do and I’ll be happy to consider it!

[@nnnjoe7]

I want to build an app for a retirement home housing 150 aged residents. They will need access to the app to record their daily options for Meal choices and absences. I want each resident (user) to login to the app with a password or some unique ID like their phone number, but not the e-Mail ID because most of them do not have it. Can this be done in Glide?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Only way to sign into a Glide app is through email at the moment. If you’re okay with this, let me know and we can work out a build.

[@notimeforcode5770]

Hi Robert. Thanks for the video, One question: you said if the user has a role, it counts as a private user. How many public users can I have in my app. Thanks.

[@RobertPetittoWA]

It varies per plan. Check the pricing page to learn more: Https://join.glideapps.com/plans-and-pricing

[@Cowbelles-Cowpokes]

How do we allow people to sign up if we don't have them in a table already? Do you have a video for this?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

When they sign into your app, they’re automatically added to the users table. Does this answer your question?

[@malivendors]

@@RobertPetittoWA How can a user create a password for their profile once they login through signing with an email address only?

[@guitarakademiet546]

Is it possible to have user profiles based on individual sheets?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

You mean one (spreadsheet) sheet per user? No, not really.

[@tntalways420]

Top Drawer💪

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Much appreciated

[@pierredeman66]

Very helpfull

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Thanks! What did you find most helpful?

[@pierredeman66]

@@RobertPetittoWA Because I did not work with Glide for around 8-9 months (health reasons), a lot has changed (for me) and this was giving me some more info on certain things. These things could come in handy in the future. For example, the way users could log in and what they could do or see in their profile. Limit user logins to domains.

[@EquipaAcademiaLR]

Creating my own Login system in Public mode, can I send my application link to an unlimited number of people, even while using the free mode (which has a limit of 10 people)?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

If they’re not signing into the app and the app is not requiring sign in, yes.👍

[@tanmoydas5334]

Is there a way I can pass userId to glide url, and retrieve that userId and show data based on that userId using Call API from my BE server

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Take a look at my QR code -> Form video. Might give you some ideas.

[@warrior_chick]

Hey Robert! I have a question on this topic. I did something like this and I though it was working fine, but I just tested it with a new user and noticed when people create an account (at least via Google account) it will not redirect to the Onboarding page. I've set the visibility like you have and even put it as the first page and everything, but I didn't want it listed on the navigation so it wouldn't clutter the menus. Can you, once again, lend me your wisdom to try and solve this hiccup, please?

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Typically the on boarding screen should be the only screen that’s visible after signing into the app which means you’ll need to set the visibility condition where “profile completed on” is empty. Every other tab should be “profile completed on” is not empty. Make sure the “hide in navigation” box for all of the tabs are unchecked.

[@RobertPetittoWA]

Also, make sure you’re filtering the on boarding tab to where user email is the signed

[@warrior_chick]

@@RobertPetittoWA Thank you so much. Once again, your insights helped save the day. There were a few more roadblocks I came across, as one does with these things, but I believe I now have the onboarding experience fully functional. You're the best! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐