Every Dopplr traveller can see a summary of their recent travels on their personal home page on the site, but this information is otherwise hidden from everyone else. Sometimes, it’s nice to share.
That’s why we created the Dopplr public profile, a feature available to every smart traveller using Dopplr for travel planning.
The public profile can be activated from your Dopplr account page at any time. The profile is a flexible, customisable web page that’s open to all, not just fellow travellers on Dopplr. It can be used to display a great deal of information, or very little information at all – depending entirely on the traveller’s wishes.
The profile is divided into four sections. The first is “About you”, and can be set to display information about a traveller’s home city, home page on the internet, forthcoming trips, travel statistics, and travel tips. There’s also an option here to hide the profile from search engines.
The second section is called “Past travel”. Display options here include past trips, notes on trips, accurate or approximate dates, maps, photos, and places from the Social Atlas.
The third section is “Planned travel”. Options here are planned trips, notes about them, accurate dates, and maps.
Finally, the fourth section is “Toys”. These widgets are less functional but more fun. The famous Dopplr Raumzeitgeist widget shows a map of the world, with all your travel destinations plotted by the frequency of your visits. The Velocity widget averages out your speed over all your trips; and the Timeline shows your trips during the last year in a simple chart.
In all sections, activating widgets is done simply by ticking a checkbox. Most of the displayed widgets can also be embedded in other web sites and blogs – simply hover over them to reveal a snippet of HTML code that can easily be used elsewhere.
The public profile is going to be different for everyone, be they a business traveller or a tourist. The custom options mean each traveller can just share the information they wish to. And of course, the entire profile can be hidden from everyone else at any time, with a single click. The profile is a great way to share your travel tips and experiences with friends and colleagues who are not on Dopplr. It’s the perfect visual summary of your movements, and a useful reminder of all the trips you’ve made during recent months.