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Merge branch 'improve-public_access-documentation' into 'master' 

Add an image to the public access documentation and fix wrong profile path

See merge request !8583
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Achilleas Pipinellis 2017-01-19 20:50:09 +00:00
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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ for anonymous users. The group page now has a visibility level icon.
## Visibility of users
The public page of a user, located at `/u/username`, is always visible whether
The public page of a user, located at `/username`, is always visible whether
you are logged in or not.
When visiting the public page of a user, you can only see the projects which
@ -60,10 +60,13 @@ you are privileged to.
If the public level is restricted, user profiles are only visible to logged in users.
## Restricting the use of public or internal projects
In the Admin area under **Settings** (`/admin/application_settings`), you can
restrict the use of visibility levels for users when they create a project or a
snippet. This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
snippet:
![Restrict visibility levels](img/restrict_visibility_levels.png)
This is useful to prevent people exposing their repositories to public
by accident. The restricted visibility settings do not apply to admin users.