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1. I’m trying to find a solution for hiding the base profile display name in public view or delete all together. It’s already up next to the avatar. http://cl.ly/2R3e1L1z02332N2T3b1N

#2 – Why are my extra profile fields linking http://cl.ly/2R3e1L1z02332N2T3b1N

Thanks

[Roger Coathup]

Please post your issues as separate topics – it helps finding them, solving them.

#2 is a well known UX problem with BuddyPress – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/certain-buddypress-member-profile-data-getting-hyperlinked/

For #1, you’ll either have to write some PHP to conditionally exclude the name field, or simply hide it using CSS

[valuser]

for #2 https://buddypress.org/community/groups/custom-profile-filters-for-buddypress/ MIGHT offer some relief.

[Roger Coathup]

@valuser – that plugin is nearly 3 years old. Given the hooks, priorities have changed – I doubt it works anymore.

The link I’ve given provides a solution to the problem, with just one line that needs adding to bp-custom.php

[valuser]

Many thanks for the tip. I presume adding the line to the functions.php of a child theme would have the same effect.

Crazily enough the plugin still works perfectly. Haven’t tried the linking to social networking bit yet. But otherwise all good. Separate words can be links with square brackets, and you can exclude fields altogether.

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I tried to hide the base with css but it did not work? Any thoughts on the code needed?

I tried adding this

.bp-widget display-name {display:none!important;}

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So I found the css solution:

I just added the following into my themes css:

.display-name h4 { display: none !important; }
.display-name table { display: none !important; }

This will not show the base profile fields in the public view but will still allow the member to change username.

Hope this helps.

[aussiemike]

@wesleysoccer – was that the css for buddypress theme or WP theme?

Regards
Mike