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Title: more user defined fields
Post by: revjoe on October 06, 2004, 06:19:00 pm

I have found a couple of mods that allow I can make to allow more then the default 4 user defined fields.  The question I have is will this ever become a admin setting that doesn't require remodding with every release?


Joe

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: Casper on October 06, 2004, 07:07:12 pm

Are you talking about user defined picture information fields, or extra user profile fields?

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: revjoe on October 06, 2004, 07:56:12 pm

well I guess the easy answer would be both.   ;)  But personally all I will ever use is picture information fields.

fwiw if there is an already agreed upon architecture for these, I can put some time in to code it for 1.4.

Joe

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: Richy.nl on October 06, 2004, 08:12:03 pm

I would like to add a field by registration of a member. I want to add an extra field with mobile phonenumber information.

How to do that?

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: Casper on October 06, 2004, 08:28:29 pm

Ok, so here is the current situation;

More custom fields for picture info.  The mod to add extra fields is here (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=7803.msg34381#msg34381).  This is not being added to the next version, at least not as yet.

More user profile fields.  The mod is here (http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=7827.0)  This has already been added to the next version, with a total of 6 fields, all admin settable, including one for longer entries such as biogs.

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: revjoe on October 06, 2004, 08:28:55 pm

Richy.nl...

I know i just had a link with instructions on how to do this... Of course I just deleted it!.... Try doing a search on "add profile fields" and see what you come up with..

I found this thread: http://forum.coppermine-gallery.net/index.php?topic=2492.0

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: revjoe on October 06, 2004, 08:33:02 pm

Thanks Casper.... at least I can go in knowing what I am getting myself into... maybe I'll just add an external hack I can call via ssi....

But as I understand it, you are still limiting it to a specified amount of fields?  for example 6 in user profiles?  If I needed a seventh I would have to mod it again?  (like I said, I won't use these at all anyway.  Just making sure I understand the design implied.)

Oh and Casper......thanks again for the quick replies.

Title: Re: more user defined fields
Post by: Casper on October 06, 2004, 08:36:33 pm

Yes, you are correct that if you want more than 4 info fields, or 6 profile fields, in the next version, you will have to add these yourselves.

But I think this is more than the vast majority of users require. we get very few requests for this.  If there is a number of requests to increase this in the standard release, then we will of course consider it, and as these are both fairly easy to do, would probably be done.