BuddyPress

I would like to know if there a plugin or other way to create more fields for users fill when he are creating a group. Thanks.

As would I. I am using a buddypress installation to manage organizations as groups, and need to add the org’s address, and other info. Is this possible?

Thanks!

No plugin exists for this at the moment.

This has to be manually coded. If you’re a plugin developer, check out this codex article:

http://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/group-extension-api/

And also check out the groupmeta functions in /bp-groups.php.

There are a few threads about this on buddypress.org. I’d suggest doing a search on Google.

An example can be found here:

http://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/profile-fields-for-groups#post-78706

I would like to know that too , it is strange that nobody didn’t create it till now , because many times the groups are companies , and those have addresses so it should be nice to have all location info of any group on some group “map- location-contact” page .

I put this together some time ago though should still work. change gcode and dress code to what you would like. Save it as what ever you would like, with a php extension and place it in your plugins. Active and gl I also greated some group map plugin some time ago thats floating around on the forums.. you would have to search or wait for gpress.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: BuddyPress Group Dress Code
Plugin URI:
Description: This plugin adds an additional field to group creation for a dress code
Version: 1.0
Revision Date: June 25, 2010
License: GNU General Public License 2.0 (GPL) http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
Author: Charl Kruger
Author URI:
*/

/* Show group dresscode number in group header */
$gdcode_show_dresscode_in_header = true ;

/* - HERE BEGINS THE CODE - */

// create the form to add the field
function gdcode_add_dresscode_form() {
	?>
	<label for="group-dresscode"><?php _e( 'Dress code', 'gdcode' ) ?></label>
	<input type="text" name="group-dresscode" id="group-dresscode" value="<?php echo gdcode_get_group_dresscode() ;?>" />

	<?php 

}
add_action( 'groups_custom_group_fields_editable', 'gdcode_add_dresscode_form' );

// Save the dresscode number in the group meta - perhaps use serialize() and maybe_unserialize()
function gdcode_save_dresscode( $group_id ) {
	global $bp;

	if($bp->groups->new_group_id)
		$id = $bp->groups->new_group_id;
	else
		$id = $group_id;

	if ( $_POST['group-dresscode']  )
		groups_update_groupmeta( $id, 'gdcode_group_dresscode', $_POST['group-dresscode'] );
}

// Get or return the dresscode number
function gdcode_group_dresscode() {
	echo gdcode_get_group_dresscode();
}
	function gdcode_get_group_dresscode( $group = false ) {
		global $groups_template;
		if ( !$group )
			$group =& $groups_template->group;
		$group_dresscode = groups_get_groupmeta( $group->id, 'gdcode_group_dresscode' );
		$group_dresscode = stripcslashes( $group_dresscode );
		return apply_filters( 'gdcode_get_group_dresscode', $group_dresscode );
	}

// show dresscode number in group header
function gdcode_show_dresscode_in_header( $description ) {
	global $gdcode_show_dresscode_in_header;
	if ( gdcode_get_group_dresscode() && $gdcode_show_dresscode_in_header ) {
		$description .= '<div class="gdcode-header">'. __('Dress code', 'gdcode').':  </div>'.gdcode_make_dresscode_for_group().'';
	}
	return $description;
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_group_description', 'gdcode_show_dresscode_in_header' );

// show number for an individual group
function gdcode_make_dresscode_for_group() {
	global $bp, $wpdb, $gdcode_args;	

	$group_dresscode = gdcode_get_group_dresscode();
	$group_dresscode = ' <div class="gdcode-header-col">'.$group_dresscode.'</div> ';

	return $group_dresscode;
}

add_action( 'groups_create_group_step_save_group-details', 'gdcode_save_dresscode' );
add_action( 'groups_details_updated', 'gdcode_save_dresscode' );
?>