There are two capabilities I’d like to implement in Community Builder that I can’t figure out how to do, which have to do with the results of users searching the user database on the front end:

1) When all search fields are blank, and a user clicks “Find Users”, he/she is presented with the entire user database. Instead, I want to tell the user they must input some sort of search criteria; that all blank entries are not allowed. How can I do this?

2) There are two users that I do not want to be searchable. The system administrator, and one other special account I have set up. Is it possible to block certain users from being searched on and displayed?

2) - open community builder/List management
- select your user list, click edit
- in field "User Groups to Include in List:" select user groups you want to be searchable.

(so in your case simply by ctrl+left mouse button click off the superuser, special, admin etc.)

Hello Kyle,

Yes, jupco's reply worked just fine (thanks, jupco!). But for my other issue, adding the external menu link for the search mode URL produced the same results - with nothing entered in the search fields, the entire database is displayed after clicking the Find Users button. Do you have any other suggestions?

Regards, Dave