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@redgard
seems to be a similar question with a couple of intersting answers here: https://buddypress.org/support/topic/html-or-wysiwyg-in-text-profile-fields/

Hi @ma3ry,

unable to visit the indicated page due to redirection… BP’s xProfile text box contains are autolinked by default for the 5 first words.
This is handy when you use a field called city for example. The city name is autolinked and let each user click on it to find other who may entered the same name.

Of course, an about me box with a long description, which several autolinked words has less interrest. Fortunately, you can deactivate xprofile autolinking.
Two options for this: all or selected.

Here 3 snippets. The first can be used if you want to completely remove autolink from all field values.
The second is a new filter to let you choose the field(s) you want to deactivate. This need two snippet. The first to rewrite a filter and the second to remove / replace the existing BP filter.

Add the snippet to bp-custom.php.

// remove any autolink from profile
function remove_xprofile_links() {
remove_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2 );
}
add_action( 'bp_init', 'remove_xprofile_links' ); 

// custom filter to selectively remove autolink
function my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data( $field_value, $field_type = 'textbox' ) {

    // Access the field you are going to display value.
    global $field;

    // In this array you write the ids (separated by comma) of the fields you want to hide the link.
    $excluded_field_ids = array(2);

    // If the id of this $field is in the array, we return the value only and not the link.
    if (in_array($field->id, $excluded_field_ids))
	return $field_value;
	
	if ( 'datebox' == $field_type )
	return $field_value;
	
	if ( !strpos( $field_value, ',' ) && ( count( explode( ' ', $field_value ) ) > 5 ) )
	return $field_value;
	
	$values = explode( ',', $field_value );
	
	if ( !empty( $values ) ) {
		foreach ( (array) $values as $value ) {
			$value = trim( $value );
			
			// If the value is a URL, skip it and just make it clickable.
			if ( preg_match( '@(https?://([-\w\.]+)+(:\d+)?(/([\w/_\.]*(\?\S+)?)?)?)@', $value ) ) {
				$new_values[] = make_clickable( $value );
				
				// Is not clickable
			} else {
				
				// More than 5 spaces
				if ( count( explode( ' ', $value ) ) > 5 ) {
					$new_values[] = $value;
					
					// Less than 5 spaces
				} else {
					$search_url   = add_query_arg( array( 's' => urlencode( $value ) ), bp_get_members_directory_permalink() );
					$new_values[] = '<a href="' . $search_url . '" rel="nofollow">' . $value . '</a>';
				}
			}
		}
		
		$values = implode( ', ', $new_values );
	}
	
	return $values;
}

/**
 * We remove the buddypress filter and add our custom filter.
 */
function remove_xprofile_links() {
    // Remove the old filter.
    remove_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2 );
    // Add your custom filter.
    add_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'my_xprofile_filter_link_profile_data', 9, 2);
}
add_action('bp_setup_globals', 'remove_xprofile_links');

can anyone tell me how i could for instance output only label for email?

In register.php…

<?php while ( bp_profile_fields() ) : bp_the_profile_field(); ?>

     if( 'Email' == bp_get_the_profile_field_name() )
        echo 'Email: this is the email field';

//etc

You could use that approach for xprofile fields.
But ’email’ is not an xprofile field.
It is hardcoded in register.php ~Line 77

xprofile component use his own tables:
_bp_xprofile_data
_bp_xprofile_fields
_bp_xprofile_groups
_bp_xprofile_meta
See here for detailed structure: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/buddypress-database-diagram/

Somehow related to your question, this topic who explains how to use bp_update_user_meta (update_user_meta belongs to WP)

You need to add the target=”_blank” attribute to the profile field value anchors.

I think the best way to do this is by using str_replace. Add this to your functions.php or bp-custom.php

function profile_target_blank( $field_value, $field_type, $field_id ){
	
   $field_value = str_replace('rel="nofollow"', 'rel="nofollow" target="_blank"', $field_value);

	return $field_value;
}
add_filter('bp_get_the_profile_field_value', 'profile_target_blank', 11, 3);

I’ve tested this and it works. This should open a new browser window/tab for all profile fields that have a URL’s.

@canadianmusicnetwork,

i never used BuddyForms, so i can’t help you with this. Ask on their support if a specific audio field exist or can be added, and how.

That said, WP comes with all of this, but later. Meaning by this that a user will be able to upload an audio file once it is already registered.

It is commonly accepted that nothing can be added to a site as long as a new user is not validated or pending.

On a standart install, i would use a simple text field on a new field group named Audio. And, eg., if you allow 5 files, use 5 fields.

BP strips HTML on prfoile fields, so it’ not possible by default to get the automatted embed like in a post. Why is unclear to me, as embed is implemented since BP 1.6 for activities, groups, but not profiles… Anyway, a little bp-custom snippet magic (here it is ! ) will let you do this.

function set_audio_field( $field_value ) {
	$bp_this_field_name = bp_get_the_profile_field_name();
	// field name (case sensitive)
	if( $bp_this_field_name == 'N° 1' || $bp_this_field_name == 'N° 2' ) {
		$field_value = strip_tags( $field_value );
		$field_value = '[audio mp3 ="'.$field_value.'"]';
	}
	return $field_value;
}
add_filter( 'bp_get_the_profile_field_value','set_audio_field');

That’s it for site admin. Now for the user.

The new user capability should be “author”, so he can upload files. This is default, but you can change that, if you search a bit on WP’s codex.

First he have to upload his file. From Toolbar: Dashbord > Media > add new. Then he has to copy the file URL avaible on the media upload page, under “edit” and then in the right menu.

User goes to his profile > edit > audio tab and paste the file URL into the audio field, save and voila ! Here the result:

That’s only one possibility. the’re others, like custom post type…

Similar answer to this topic. https://buddypress.org/support/topic/user-fields/

This plugin mentioned, with a bit of tweaking, can do exactly what you are talking about: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-profile-filters-for-buddypress/

Default behaviour is to search through values of all profile fields for the search term.
So if someone has entered ‘london’ in ‘city’ field and you click on it, the search result doesn’t only contain members who have entered ‘london’ in ‘city’ field. It’ll also return members who have entered ‘london’ in any of profile fields.
That’s what makes you see the result set as inaccurate i guess.

i did it that way and it worked for me. so i now have all my profile fields in one group and display only one of the fields on the registration-page

You can add custom option fields for References and Places Worked:

Profile → Edit

Not sure that adding a memberlist as drop down is very clever. What if you get a community of hundreds of members ?

To get database info, see here: (that’s a common WP task)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/wpdb

Then create a template overload of this file:
buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\register.php

In that file, prevent the display of certain fields by checking them by using
bp_get_the_profile_field_id() or bp_get_the_profile_field_input_name()
in the loop: while ( bp_profile_fields() ) : bp_the_profile_field();

thanks for your input, @danbp.
There is, of course, a reason why i want it as requested 🙂
On my registration form, i only want to show one field to not bother new users with unnecessary fields. this one field is in my base group.
All other fields are arranged in another group.

From my point of view, it doesn’t make sense to show two tabs on the profile-edit page, but it does make sense to show as less fields as possible on the registration page. I think UX comes first today. Customers pay our rent, so we should avoid putting spokes in there wheel. I also think buddypress is doing a pretty bad job here regarding UX (Of course this behavior gives structure, but we pay with UX for it). Since we live in 2015 it shouldn’t be a matter of “hacking” to reduce the amount of inputs and clicks for such “trivial” actions (from a users perspective) like editing a profile.

Is that reason enough? 🙂

To get all fields on the same tab, you simply add them to the Base tab. Users can then fill in anything from one tab and profile will show only one tab.

This will spare you a lot of time to tweak the original form.

First topic mention: So the user can edit and save all fields without clicking through serveral tabs.
If, as site owner, you create profile field group it is probably because you want some structurized output.

Now, before hacking, you have to ask yourself about what you want: structure or UX. And IMHO in this case, the user comes in second position.
Another point of view, if it so “complicated” for user to fill in several tabs, consider your work first and justify why you have so many fields, that your user consider it is a mess to fill them… 😉

@douglaslovin83

You’re lucky !
Download the latest version of the plugin, as it seems that this is now in since 101 minutes:
Added support for Buddypress custom profile fields

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-auto-affiliate-links/

hi,
Dashboard > Users > Profile Fields > Add new field

Name []
Description []
Type > select Multi-line Text Area

User Extended Profiles

Ok, i see… multiselectbox/checkbox values are returned in a array.

if ( $data = bp_member_profile_data( 'field=Musical Genre' ) )....endif; thing cannot work, because we have to fetch the whole array of values, not only one.
Give this a try:

function custom_display_xprofile_fields() {

if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=Artist Name' ) ) : 
	echo '<div class="artist"><h4 class="user-nicename">'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Artist Name', bp_displayed_user_id() ) .'</h4></div>';
endif;

if ( $datas = bp_get_profile_field_data( array( 'field' => 'Musical Genre' ) ) ) :
    foreach ( $datas as $data ) { 
       echo '<div class="genre">'. $data .'</div>';
    }
endif;

if ( $data = bp_get_profile_field_data( 'field=Location' ) ) : 
	echo '<div class="location">'. xprofile_get_field_data( 'Location', bp_displayed_user_id() ) .'</div>';
endif;
}
add_action( 'bp_profile_header_meta' , 'custom_display_xprofile_fields' );