The BP Profile Tv Widget allows users to embed a Ustream or Livestream video player on the sidebar of the user’s profile page using custom profile fields from their profile form.
BP Profile Tv Widget
If you could stub out the functionality of the plugin I’d be happy to consider it
Hello,
Since I want to use BP as an extension for a real life game, I would like to add 1 or more fixed fields to a user profile, which can be edited by admin (for each user individually) but not by the users themselves.
For example, I would like to ad a field with the ranking of the user to their profile.
Does anybody know how this could be made possible?
@DJPaul I know you have closed the ticket as won’t fix.
However, I’d invite you to consider this:
I think the functionality that we are after is “conditional” or “nested” fields. i.e. a list of states loading based on country selected.
The data (countries/states/cities/etc) need not necessarily be packaged with BuddyPress….maybe admins can load their own lists via csv etc…what’s important is the BEHAVIOR of the field…loading lists for a sub-field based on the value chosen for a field…
Come to think of it, conditional/nested fields could have many more applications than just addresses.
@Marcella,
Wow! What a thoughtful and detailed reply! Thank you so much for all of this.
ps. A plugin would be AWESOME – you now have 2 votes (gotta start somewhere!)
r-a-y,
Awesome solution. I think that will work. Thank you.
-Mike
hey dude, all depends on how many people would want it as a plugin and it may have already been done before.
with David having a very specific case it was ok here but would need some more work to be practical.
if you need some help getting something like this working you could describe what you need, what theme you have etc and maybe take it from there.
not to hijack this thread but Wow this was exactly what I have been looking for but being a beginner this would be hard for me to implepement….no thoughts of relasing this as a plugin marcella?
Buddypress doesn’t make it easy to allow “profile types” out of the box, you will either need to hire a developer or use a plugin, this one might get you half way their – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-user-account-type-lite/
@djpaul also suggested to someone else with a similar-ish question, of using xprofile fields and a some custom coding. https://buddypress.org/community/groups/how-to-and-troubleshooting/forum/topic/interactive-profile-fields-during-registration/ (Theirs some great discussion on that thread regarding similar things that you might be interested in reading)
Hey @davidveldt this should do it if you are using the default theme. Otherwise you should integrate as you see fit.
theme/registration/register.php
You can add any groups or fields as you require. The groups and fields here are arbitrary.
` ‘player’, 4 => ‘coach’, 5 =>’parent’, 6 => ‘instructor’); ?>
$role) : ?>
<div id="” class=”role-fields”>
<label for="”>
<textarea rows="5" cols="40" name="” id=””>
<input type="hidden" name="signup_profile_field_ids" id="signup_profile_field_ids" value="” />
`
Create some profile groups to cater for each role. You can find the group id within the BuddyPress admin… In the url bar or investigate your database.
You should set-up the $roles array above to match your requirements.
Within the loop you can show any fields you have created within that xprofile group. If you have a select box within that group you would add the following code as outlined in the bp-default register.php
`
<label for="”>
<select name="” id=””>
`
Finally add the following jQuery where you house any other code of similar ilk.
`
jQuery(“.role-fields”).hide();
$roles = jQuery(“#roles”);
jQuery(“#field_2”).change(function()
{
$role = jQuery(this).val().toLowerCase();
jQuery(“.role-fields”).hide();
jQuery(“#” + $role).toggle();
});
`
Here’s a pastebin for all that above. http://pastebin.com/QFdTdstz
No need for tabs or accordion this time.
Hope that helps you on the Road.
Oh I can help you with that, lemme set up a local test area.
If you create a new xprofile group, then you could move some of those profile fields to these new groups and it won’t show up on the registration page.
To create a new xprofile group, login to the WP admin dashboard and navigate to “BuddyPress > Profile Fields” page. Next, click on the “Add New Group” button located in the header text.
@Marcella,
Yeah, that’s how I pictured it as well. Trouble is, I’m not great with jQuery so that’s going to take some studying up. This project might be saved for a rainy day.
How do you NOT show all the profile fields during registration?
I have 15 profile fields.
Only 4 are required during registration.
BP Register page shows ALL the profile fields at registration and intimidates people who want to sign up.
How can I have 15 profile fields (or more) for members to define themselves AFTER they register and start using the site, but SHOW ONLY the 4 required fields at time of sign up?
Thanks.
-Mike
I would like to display next to a post, an area that shows details about the author – however I would like to get the author information from their buddypress fields & avatar.
Any tips are appreciated.
Thanks
Just an example here, running with Paul Gibbs start point.
Create xprofile fields as normal.
Each career group would also have its own xprofile group.
Player would have his / her own set of fields.
Coach would have his / her own set of fields.
Parent would have his / her own set of fields.
Instructor would have his / her own set of fields.
None of the above would be required fields. (as far as BuddyPress is concerned (unless you roll some PHP codes))
You’d have another xprofile group specifically for required fields (this would be your first group).
You would make the “type” part of the required group and set it as a select box.
You could then write your registration form mark-up matching the requirements of jQuery tabs or jQuery accordion.
The “type” would be the last item on the required fields. Once that was selected you could then show or hide the corresponding jQuery ui-tab-panel that holds those form fields.
You could then on-the-fly make those fields then required using some jQuery also but a bit hacky.
Hmmm good point. Definitely worth checking out, however I still run into figuring out how to show/hide info depending on what they select from the drop-down. Not sure how to go about this…
Sounds like a lot of info for the sign up form. What about jus putting a dropdown with the ‘person type’ in the first profile field group (which is the one that appears on the registration page by default), and then putting further type-specific fields into their own profile groups.
With a little bit of coding, you can deny visibility or access to these other profile groups depending on user type, without too much diffficulty.
Hello Everyone,
I believe this topic has been asked before, and I’ve seen it on the WordPress forum but it hasn’t been resolved, so I wanted to bring it up again.
I’d like to make my registration form a little more interactive. Meaning, different profile fields depending on which type of user you select at the beginning. On my site (an athletic site), users can indicate whether they are a player, coach, parent or instructor. If you are a player, I want questions pertaining to their position, for example, to show. If you are an instructor, you may be interested in displaying your company name or website and so on.
Does anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this? Currently, profile fields are heavily geared towards players and it seems awkward for other users. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance
If I am understanding you correctly you want people to be able to search for others by category?
You could add a profile field with a drop down selection box with the categories you have in mind.
I don’t know if you can select more than one so you may have to add this field 5 times if you want them to choose up to 5 categories.
I’m fairly new at this myself but I’m sure all the profile fields are searchable.
Anyway – just a thought.
I am running WP 3.3.1 with BuddyPress 1.5.3.1, and bbPress 2.0
There seems to be no BASE group installed. When I attempt to set up my Profile fields I get this error:
There was an error saving the group. Please try again
You have no groups.
What’s up with that?
You lost me at “but new members registering in these fields should never be visible only to the four basic fields “
Hi!
I installed a new WordPress 3.3 and at a buddypress 1.5.3.1
In the Settings / General menu, I granted the option Anyone CAN register.
The buddypress wizard ran, created the necessary page-in the buddypress / profile fields menu, I created new fields, but new members registering in these fields should never be visible only to the four basic fields (username, e-mail, password, passworg)
Do you know what someone might screw up?
welcome
Thomas
Hi
Our site is going to be a community of members who are either ‘academic’ or ‘professional’/ We capture this information on sign up and know if a user is either one or the other.
The site will display members ‘posts’ in various places and we filter by most recent, most comments, featured, etc.
What I want to do is allow the visitor to filter between ‘academic’ or ‘professional’ at any point, to only show users of one or the other.
Is there some PHP or a plugin to help me show/hide users with these profile fields?
Any help appreciated, going mad with this one.
Thanks,
Ian
Whenever a new member goes to the Create an Account page, the Profile Fields are filled in with the last registrants details. This is not cool!
How do I stop this from happening.