Looking for ideas on user settings

[durangod]

hi,

i need some ideas on user settings  i have password, avatar, email changes, edit profile, and privacy covered in other files. I need just settings ideas. Here is what i have so far...   Can you think of anything i might be missing on the list. I think i have covered most general things, but maybe not...   

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                        auto subscribe new topics forum
                    </li>   
                                               
                    <li>
                       auto subscribe reply topics forum
                    </li>   
                                               
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                       save default theme
                    </li>
                       
                    <li>
                       save box arrangment index page
                    </li>
                   
                    <li>
                       set status   offline, online, away, busy, do not interrupt
                    </li>                   
                   
                    <li>
                       set mood
                    </li>                   
                   
                    <li>
                       receive personal messages
                    </li>                   
                   
                    <li>
                       receive chat invites
                    </li>

                   <li>
                       secret question and answer
                    </li>
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                      newsletter
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we dont track zip code or address so those are not an option.

[GrumpyYoungMan]

What is the aim of your software? What is it you are trying to create? as that'll give me some ideas as to how "big" you need to go?

[durangod]

Its a social core software, meaning that it could be used for dating and other social or community niches
So it cant be too silly or too serious in its themes or default content.  It has to maintain a middle ground as much as possible.

i added  notification frequency,  and blocklist

im not sure what field type to make blocklist, it will be just a bunch of user id's with a comma delimiter like
1,2,4,5,7,8, and so on.   Thought about using varchar 200 but that is a bit much, i doubt if anyone is going to block that many other users to use that space.   So i thought either varchar 100 or even a blob.

Have not checked out mysql field options lately maybe they have a new one that will be perfect.. 

Anything that is just 1 or 0  (on or off ) i am making tinyint 1 unsigned