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@modemlooper

hehe so should i put this in functions.php?

@modemlooper @boonebgorges
It would be nice if 1.5 was already capable of adding more fields like location, phone,, blah blah blah to the group creation process.

But where do i put this? i already have another function in bp-custom.php.

@boonebgorges

Thank you i’m starting to understand alot more……but where would this and the Group API code go?? in bp-custom.php or in functions.php?

@boonebgorges
does the groups API code only create a new screen or can i also use it to create extra fields?

@pcwriter thanks so much, will check it out.

@modemlooper (if me grabbing your attention this way is rude please let me know)
Thanks…..but are you referring to the API or to the code i posted when you said i’ll have to edit core files. And yes it has been asked many times before but no one ever seems to complete it.

Thank you for your time.

@modemlooper did you see the other code i posted above? which one would be more appropriate to follow to create new fields in the group creation process?

Thank for the confirmation that it creates a new screen. which is cool too but i also need extra fields for city, state, country, phone number and mestre(teacher)

@boonebgorges
so from looking at the code you were implementing something for group docs in the group creation process. am I correct? I get kind of confused because the more and more i look at the code the more and more i start to think that its purpose is to add another Screen to the group creation process and not specifically for more fields.
Correct me if i’m wrong

Hi @boonebgorges
I’m not exactly sure how I save the data from the “create_screen_save()” and “edit_screen_save()” methods in the $_post. I know you’re busy but could you help me out with an exxample?

Thank you for the help….i’m going to try what you just said to the best of my abilities

I also ran across the post which you helped someone else on about 9 months ago…same basic problem.
Here’s the link:
https://buddypress.org/community/groups/miscellaneous/forum/topic/new-group-creation-fields

What do you recommend? Any further help is appreciated

@Stigmartyr
Well adding another table came from another idea I had which was to basically copy everything that has to do with groups and group creations and group functions so that I could add more fields and have somthing of a database of Capoeria schools instead of just basic groups forums with names like “capoeira rocks socks”. ( http://caradacapoeira.com ). but i decided that that would be chaotic and it would just be better to add fields to the existing group capabilities (fields for location/phone number).

@DJPaul
I found this for the front end markup.

`function bp_extra_group_fields_markup() {
// Put your form markup here, eg:
?>
Country

<?php
}
add_action( ‘groups_custom_group_fields_editable’, ‘bbg_extra_group_fields_markup’ );`

and this is for profesing the information:
`function bbg_save_extra_group_details() {
// Grab the $_POST data and do something with it. Simplified example:
global $bp;
if ( isset( $_POST ) )
groups_update_groupmeta( $bp->groups->current_group->id, ‘country’, $_POST );
}
add_action( ‘groups_group_details_edited’, ‘bbg_save_extra_group_details’ );
add_action( ‘groups_create_group_step_save_group-details’, ‘bbg_save_extra_group_details’ );`

Please any and all help is welcome.

If anyone can help test browser compatibility for this theme, especially IE 7/8/9, I’d be very grateful. You can report issues here or on GitHub at https://github.com/davidtcarson/frisco/issues

P.S. I’m pinging you @InterMike just to make sure you get notified about my last post with theme options info and custom.css usage. … I messed up your username in that post so you probably didn’t receive notification.

Thanks for your help testing it out and reporting issues, @InterMike.

I’ve just added a theme options page so that users can choose from a few basic color choices and use a custom.css stylesheet if they want to override anything. Aiming to get some other basic options in there for fonts.

For the custom stylesheet, check off the custom stylesheet option box in theme options, and create custom.css in the root theme directory.

A reminder that Frisco requires BuddyPress 1.5 and WordPress 3.2.1 or 3.3 (nightly build).

You can download the theme at https://github.com/davidtcarson/frisco/

@Stigmartyr
@DJPaul
Thank yo both for your input
I’m pretty good with MySql but not so hot with PHP. I’ve spent two weeks trying to figure out how to add
another field(s) to the group creation so that a few more fields would be standard for the groups (i already know about that plugin that lets group admin put in fields aftewards), hours and hours and hours on these same forums with little help. I ran across group extension API code ( https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/group-extension-api/ ) but i have no idea how to use it. What do i add or edit so that i can have group fields (at creation) for city, state, country and phone number.

Also I should note that I am using the most recent versions of both WordPress and Buddypress on a custom theme using the Template Pack. I am not currently using BBPress or Multi Site. I have already tried reuploading all the original template files.