@ultimateuser Do you mean write values directly into bp_xprofile_fields ?
I wrote some dirty SQL to do just that.
` $insertsql = $wpdb->prepare(“INSERT INTO {$tablename} (group_id, parent_id, type, name, description, is_required, order_by, field_order, is_default_option, option_order ) VALUES (%d, %d, %s, %s, %s, %d, %s, %d, %d, %d )”, $group_id, $parent_id, $type, $region, ”, 0, ”, 0, 0, $option_order );`
To be honest, I was hoping there would be a better way.
@Mikey3D another thank you from me 
It’s not entirely clear how you would integrate this into BuddyPress itself, since every installation will have different “links” between profile fields. What kind of interface would be used to allow site admins to dictate such dependencies? If anyone is interested in providing a patch, or building a plugin, it might be worth looking at something like Drupal to see if they’ve implemented similarly dependent metadata fields, and how they’ve done it.
Hmm I see, what you mean by to be done on the frontend is by editing the source code right?
I think this feature have been requested by others also and I think this is pretty basic functionality.
Hope this feature will be integrate to buddypress in the near future.
This will most likely have to be done on the frontend with javascript.
Brush up on your jQuery! Look up “jquery conditional form fields” on Google.
Hello,
How can I link fields in profile/registration?
For example:
If I chose data A in field 1 then field 2 needs to be filled.
If I chose data B in field 2 then field 3 must be filled with only limited selection of data (so the data that can be filled in field 3 is controlled by the selected data in field 2).
Thanks
@Mikey3D Thank you very much!
Im trying to figure out how i can add some more fields to the profile beside each post in the forum single page user-meta.
http://www.skateage.com/groups/skateboarders/forum/topic/this-sequence-blows-my-mind/
that is the way it looks at the moment… If you notice, i have added the users post counts already.
I would like to add a link to send a private message ass well as add other profile fields that have been added using these two plugins:
http://buddypress.org/community/groups/extended-user-profile/
and
http://buddypress.org/community/groups/buddypress-xprofiles-acl/
This is more than likely a very easy thing to achive… Im simply not familiar with how to call on the current forum poster to add the profile info.
I have done an extensive search for the answer to this question but could not find much… if any answers.
here is what i want to do and could use your help. I want to use BuddyPress almost like a dating site but it would match teams with players. There would be no free membership, basically one level for players (annual), and two for teams (one 90 day and one annual). No one needs to be here except for members and what I want is the following:
The home page to be the login page or registration page
If they register, they fill out all the fields I want and then pay.
The TEAM level ONLY would be able to search and see the profiles. No one else. They also would have much less fields to fill out for their profile.
I’ve tried using S2Member and BuddyPress but can’t figure out how to make it all work. Would be willing to pay for help too.
Thank you.
have you considered moving some xprofile fields to the top of the middle column above the tabs? This area would make a lot of sense for some of the profile info maybe some of the ones you are having trouble with space.
@pcwriter,
Thanks for that. white-space:normal; helps with my x-axis fields and it works perfectly.
Now, however, I am trying to limit the height of my “about me” field. I’m using max-height:400px; but white-space causes the browsers to ignore the limit. What I really want is: white-space:normal; max-height: 400px; overflow-y:auto; but firefox is the only one that shows it properly. The others all revert to scroll bars, even safari.
Ugh.
Whenever a user uses commas on their “About Me” field on their profile, it makes words in between 2 commas a hyperlink? How do I remove this feature?
I have the same question as well. I have created a couple more field groups in Buddypress profile fields section on the dash. Alas, none but the base group shows up in registration. Any help on how to get around this would be fantastic!
The page you were looking for was not found.
Hi new to buddyPress and reasonably new to WordPress I’m getting and “page not found” message on the member page and most of the profile pages but not all the pages, groups, activity all seem to be there. Permalinks and mod rewrite working fine and I’m getting the correct URLs, member pages are “there” but with no content.
The latest version of buddyPress is running with WP 3.1 in a subdirectory. I’m wondering if the correct tables have been initialised I’ve got these:
wp_bb_forums
wp_bb_meta
wp_bb_posts
wp_bb_terms
wp_bb_term_relationships
wp_bb_term_taxonomy
wp_bb_topics
wp_bp_activity
wp_bp_activity_meta
wp_bp_friends
wp_bp_groups
wp_bp_groups_groupmeta
wp_bp_groups_members
wp_bp_messages_messages
wp_bp_messages_notices
wp_bp_messages_recipients
wp_bp_notifications
wp_bp_xprofile_data
wp_bp_xprofile_fields
wp_bp_xprofile_groups
Any pointers in the right direction greatly appreciated
Did this ever get off the ground?
Hi all,
is it possible to give the user the ability add their own custom fields to their profile? ie on the frontend?
Does anyone know of a plugin to do this? Or a hook or something?
Is there some way we can make use of the admin functionality that allows this, and make it available client side?
*puzzled* I contributed to some and have used various approaches of my own all post dating 1.1 or the transition to the 1.2 stream, but yes guess some are a little complicated but then BP isn’t that simple a thing to code for requiring as it does a little more than basic knowledge.
hnl: Yep.. I did that.. but they where all old and did not use the BP 1.2 method of displaying the profile fields and seemed to add a a lot of extra unneeded parameters to the snippet. Hopefully it’ll be easier for php noobs to find and implement now 
A search of the forum would have thrown up a few posts on this subject that have this and alternative examples.
I would like users to choose from a drop down box their zip code when filling out their profile. How would I go about doing this? Hoping there is a tutorial for adding databases with accompanying fields to BuddyPress Profiles? I have a sql database for zip codes. Thank you,
Jason
Works absolutely perfect Boone.. I’ll put it up on BP-Tricks as well.. this is useful stuff! Thanks!