--- loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2022/10/29 18:13:28	1.1395
+++ loncom/interface/loncommon.pm	2022/11/16 14:24:35	1.1396
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # a pile of common routines
 #
-# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1395 2022/10/29 18:13:28 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: loncommon.pm,v 1.1396 2022/11/16 14:24:35 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -4283,6 +4283,30 @@ sub syllabuswrapper {
     return qq{<a href="/public/$domain/$coursedir/syllabus">$linktext</a>};
 }
 
+sub aboutme_on {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    unless ($uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'}; }
+    unless ($udom)  { $udom=$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    return if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public');
+    my $hashkey=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    my ($aboutme,$cached)=&Apache::lonnet::is_cached_new('aboutme',$hashkey);
+    if ($cached) {
+        return $aboutme;
+    }
+    $aboutme = &Apache::lonnet::usertools_access($uname,$udom,'aboutme');
+    &Apache::lonnet::do_cache_new('aboutme',$hashkey,$aboutme,3600);
+    return $aboutme;
+}
+
+sub devalidate_aboutme_cache {
+    my ($uname,$udom)=@_;
+    if (!$udom)  { $udom =$env{'user.domain'}; }
+    if (!$uname) { $uname=$env{'user.name'};   }
+    return if ($udom eq 'public' && $uname eq 'public');
+    my $id=$uname.':'.$udom;
+    &Apache::lonnet::devalidate_cache_new('aboutme',$id);
+}
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 sub track_student_link {