You've learned how to add files to download in your Profile Page. Adding a file to a view is a quick way of giving people access to that file. Obviously, the person opening the file needs to have the computer program to open the attachment the other end. This is sometimes the reason why it is better to embed an image or video into your site, then they can view it in Mahara without the need for the person to download it and then find a program to open it with. We will be looking at how to do this in the next chapter.

We also added a blog post to our Profile Page. Remember, you are allowed to display an entire blog, a single blog post, or the last ten posts that you wrote. Remember, if you have checked any of your recent blog posts as being "draft only", these blog posts will not be displayed here. Mahara gives you these options, as it is often preferable to display the most recent, or last post, rather than displaying an entire blog, some of which could contain scores or even hundreds of blog posts. You will notice that in this third type of blog display block you are given a drop-down list asking you to determine if other people can copy this element of your view or not. Think about whether you want people to copy your blog or not. As you can link to other blogs and feeds outside Mahara, maybe you would like the world to do the same, or maybe you want to keep this blog as an internal one. The choice is yours. We will talk all about view copying and templating in the next chapter.

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