Module: Enhanced Custom Profiles

Let me know when you had a chance to look into this issue. Thanks, Joe!

hi joe,

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There is also one further option when adding a new field. This is the Custom HTML option. This is not actually a custom profile field but rather it gives you the option of adding your own HTML to the Control Center page. You can also include your own php scripts in this field by using the "<?php" and "?>" tags. This will allow you to customize the Control Center page as you wish. See the attached screenshots for an example of this.

Hm it seems like this doesn't work for me, at least not with php. I wanted to have a custom user field that should only be shown, if it wasn't set yet.
my scenario: Users can (optionally) select their sex on the registration page. In general the sex doesn't change anymore, so I thought it would make sense to only show this select box again in the controlcenter, if the user didn't select his sex on the registration page.

So I tried the following:

1. user_profil_sex_before:

Language: PHP
<?php if($PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["user_profil_sex"] ==0)  {  ?>

2. user_profil_sex

3. user_profil_sex_after:

Language: PHP
<?php  } ?>

But this gives me the following error message:

Language: PHP
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in ../forum/mods/enhanced_custom_profiles/enhanced_custom_profiles.php(125) : eval()';d code on line 1

any ideas? thanks!

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noe
Hm it seems like this doesn't work for me, at least not with php. I wanted to have a custom user field that should only be shown, if it wasn't set yet.
my scenario: Users can (optionally) select their sex on the registration page. In general the sex doesn't change anymore, so I thought it would make sense to only show this select box again in the controlcenter, if the user didn't select his sex on the registration page.

So I tried the following:

1. user_profil_sex_before:

Language: PHP
<?php if($PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["user_profil_sex"] ==0)  {  ?>

2. user_profil_sex

3. user_profil_sex_after:

Language: PHP
<?php  } ?>

But this gives me the following error message:

Language: PHP
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected $end in ../forum/mods/enhanced_custom_profiles/enhanced_custom_profiles.php(125) : eval()';d code on line 1

The problem is that each field is evaluated separately. Please first re-download/install v5.2.1.06 of this module (or at least the settings.php file) as there was a bug which was exposed by this bit of code.

After reuploading the settings.php file, try this set of profile fields which will hide the form element from the user (but not the source code for the control center page).
1. user_profil_sex_before:

Language: PHP
<?php if(!empty($PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["user_profil_sex"]))  print "<!-- "; ?>

2. user_profil_sex

3. user_profil_sex_after:

Language: PHP
<?php if(!empty($PHORUM["DATA"]["PROFILE"]["user_profil_sex"]))  print " -->"; ?>

One note of concern for this method, if the user accidentally selects the wrong sex during registration, they may be a bit irked that they cannot change it later. This becomes compounded by the fact that a dropdown form input may actually select the first item if no formal selection is made. Thus if you have created a user_profil_sex dropdown field with the choices "female,male" and the user does not make a selection, the browser may still send "female" as the selected choice.

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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Thanks, it works now! I now understand how it should be done correctly ;)

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One note of concern for this method, if the user accidentally selects the wrong sex during registration, they may be a bit irked that they cannot change it later.

Yes that's right and I'm aware of this fact...

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This becomes compounded by the fact that a dropdown form input may actually select the first item if no formal selection is made. Thus if you have created a user_profil_sex dropdown field with the choices "female,male" and the user does not make a selection, the browser may still send "female" as the selected choice.

Well my first select item is "please select" with value 1, so if the user doesn't make a selection during registration, he won't be forced to male/female and can still select it afterwards....

Thanks for the update!
I don't want to bug you but imagine you have a drop-down menu of all the states and you require the user to enter his home state. At this moment your module would automatically enter the first selection of the list, in my case:"Please, select your home state.", if the user didn't make a choice. Of course, this would not be a desired result. Thanks for your consideration!

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/30/2009 09:14AM by korsakov.

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korsakov
Thanks for the update!
I don't want to bug you but imagine you have a drop-down menu of all the states and you require the user to enter his home state. At this moment your module would automatically enter the first selection of the list, in my case:"Please, select your home state.", if the user didn't make a choice. Of course, this would not be a desired result. Thanks for your consideration!

First, please note that this is not only the case with my module. This is the way most browsers handle dropdown lists. One way to get around this is to leave the first item blank in the list (ie ",AL,AK,AZ, etc." - note the starting comma). In the future, I may implement something like that to enable making a dropdown field required. This won't be happening until next week at the earliest.

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I am wondering about compatibility issues with the Google Maps module. I am not able to display the map within profile.tpl. Might there be an issue? It only shows under "Edit Profile" within the Control Center if I choose the automatic module placement. Generally, {MOD_GOOGLE_MAPS} cannot be placed manually.

There should not be any compatibility issues, but please note that, because there is no built-in support for displaying custom profile fields in the default profile.tpl, this module implements its own profile.tpl file which can be found (and edited) in the /mods/enhanced_custom_profiles/templates/{your_template} folder.

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Joe Curia (aka Azumandias)
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Thanks for the update, Joe! The trouble I had with Google Maps resulted from an incomplete upload most likely.

Joe, I chose Registration Verification via email within the General settings and I noticed that there is no OKMSG showing up after a successful registration while using this module. Do you have an idea why? Thank you!

I have a couple of drop-down menus. It is strange though that within "Edit Profile" one displays the "Required" * while the other one does not display it. Mh..