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Try this on for size. Hackish but functional, until real exclude arguments exist (they’re coming in 1.3, I promise!) Put it in your bp-custom.php

`function bbg_disallow_name_edit( $has_profile ) {
global $profile_template, $bp;

if ( ‘edit’ != $bp->current_action || !bp_is_my_profile() )
return $has_profile;

foreach( (array)$profile_template->groups as $group_key => $group ) {
foreach( (array)$group->fields as $field_key => $field ) {
if ( $field->name == BP_XPROFILE_FULLNAME_FIELD_NAME ) {
unset( $profile_template->groups[$group_key]->fields[$field_key] );
$profile_template->groups[$group_key]->fields = array_values(
$profile_template->groups[$group_key]->fields );
break 2;
}
}
}

return $has_profile;
}
add_filter( ‘bp_has_profile’, ‘bbg_disallow_name_edit’ );`

@rogercoathup hmm yes like the sound of personalised content, in fact like the sound of that a great deal. think I was struggling to fit the profile checkboxes in to the equation despite having played around with using profile fields to, in some manner, confer extra meta data on members but penny finally dropped, and I’m wondering whether this can be taken further.

@tak5haka It’s a really nice idea, I had played with profile fields to see how effective it was to use radio button choices and/or checkboxes to use in profile checks to control display actions. Completely agree on personalisation of data, stickiness etc.

how does the synchronization work?
I’d love to get a plugin to match certai nfields against certain other fields win wp profile and bp profile!

@boonebgorges released a plugin to control which fields are auto linked – have a search for that.

You can also turn them all off by removing the appropriate filter (do this in your functions.php or bp-custom.php). I can’t remember the filter off the top of my head – have a search on these forums – it’s been covered plenty of times.

@djpaul

You once mentioned having a proprietary solution for user lists using xprofile fields.

In redesigning my organization’s website I need to 1. display certain users (organization members in various departments) in a directory and 2. limit certain kinds of content creation to these lists (group creation only for organization members). We still want the site open to the public and use it to recruit new staff so I can’t just close down registration. Also, I can’t use wp roles because write permissions don’t line up with our organizational groupings (eg, some organization directors will be contributors while others are editors).

I’d be interested to know what you’ve come up with and would be willing to purchase it if it meets our needs and fits our budget.

There’s no off the shelf plugin for this, but it is possible to develop a solution (a lot more than a workaround!):

You could either do this by having a profile type for businesses, or developing a solution around custom posts / custom fields.

You’ll then have to build your own custom listing directory – not too hard! The BP profile directory already has a built in search that you could adapt / use directly.

We are building similar in a number of current BuddyPress client projects – and Poolie has also developed a very nice listings site based on BuddyPress: http://plazaa.de

Sure have you considered the group document plugin? Each Shop Profile could be a group. Install the plugin and see if that can help.

@hnla

Thanks for the help. I understand how to create additional groups and fields. In there it says only fields added to the base group or ID=1 will be displayed on the registration page. Looking at Dorothy’s page it looks like she has multiple groups in there. I wanted to do the same. I don’t see a way of creating a group under that base group.

I could create all of the fields under the base group but this will cause display issues under the profile. I want certain info to display in a certain order (company and contact information). Code in register.php only calls one group. Not proficient in php enough to change it to call one or more by ID. Obviously the base group is 1. Can change this to any other but need to add multiple. i.e. group 1 and 3. Any ideas would help me a lot.

<?php if ( function_exists( 'bp_has_profile' ) ) : if ( bp_has_profile( 'profile_group_id=1' ) ) : while ( bp_profile_groups() ) : bp_the_profile_group(); ?
missing closing at the end i know
Do you know also why all of the information in a profile display as a link? Please see http://marketplace.questus5.com for more information. Thanks in advance for any help.

@questus5

Look at your bp admin section, you will see the custom profile link you use that to create new groups and fields, as long as a new group is created under the ‘Base’ level then it will appear on the registration page.

@dorothysulzmann
As a workaround I would move the three type selections labeled ‘Fan off’? to just after the primary details and use the tree types as just that to confer a user type to each member but also run a simple jQuery show/hide on the further groups so all are hidden and then a check is performed to catch the radio selection and the appropriate group revealed with perhaps a ‘none’ control selection default.

The proper approach would be to complete a section and then pass the form control fields in a session or buffer to the next view to complete further sections but with BP that will likely start to get complicated, as techguy says there is no quick easy way to do this but with client side scripting it wouldn’t be that difficult.

thnaks @boonebgorges ,
somehow first place where I get mistake is your mentioned `if` before `bp_has_profile`
taking all together I got this code for profile-loop.php :

`

<?php
$field_id = xprofile_get_field_id_from_name( ‘Account Type’ );
$field = xprofile_get_field( $field_id );
$value = $field->data->value;

if ( bp_the_profile_group_name() == ‘Account Type’ && $value == ‘Selection 1’ ) {
(if ( bp_has_profile( ‘profile_group_id=1,4’ ) ) ?>

<div class="bp-widget “>

<tr>

}

`

does this code make any sense for anyone?
Am I correct, that even if I will get this code to work, it still returns only one selection of radio button?

thank you!