There’s no limit to the number (or type) of profile fields that you can use at the same time.
Also, the crop profile picture after upload doesn’t work.
Any help and suggestions very welcomed! Behind schedule because of this hickup 
Thanks in advance! 
Membership – have you seen S2members? https://buddypress.org/community/groups/s2member/
The name, city ect, you can get that by default in buddypress via your wp-admin – go to buddypress/profile fields.
The profile stuff you can achieve by modifying the members/single/* files in your theme https://codex.buddypress.org/theme-development/building-a-buddypress-child-theme/
Search – https://buddypress.org/community/groups/bp-better-directories/home/
To answer your last question – Pretty much. The only plugin i couldn’t find was the one that forces buddypress to do my laundry… 
– Single wordpress install version 3.3.1
– BuddyPress version 1.5.3.1
– The theme is called Torn 1.7.6 by Louis Zuno
– Of plugins I have:
Akismet, bbpress, Bowe codes, BWP Google XML Sitemaps, Cubepoints, CubePoints Buddypress Integration, GD bbpress attachments, Maintainence Mode, Sociable, Social login, User role editor, wp e-commerce
– I tried deactivating all the plugins and changing to the default buddypress theme, but that had no effect
– WP/BP versions?
– Single WP or WP multisite?
– What theme are you using?
– What plugins do you have installed?
– Have you tried basic troubleshooting like changing to bp-default theme and deactivating all plugins except BP to see if issue is corrected?
Hmm would be cool to add that feature. Has anyone out there done this?
Newly-added mandatory fields stay unset until a user goes to edit their profile (for whatever reason); then they must set them.
I even changed to a buddypress theme and am still having this issue. The profile fields are not showing on the search option form.
Hi man, yeah pretty much. You’ll connect the dots in the back-end and the previously discussed functionality will be applied on the front.
Does seem fairly bespoke though, and wouldn’t necessarily define this as “much needed” as the information can always be captured later.
All depends on the audience though, also…. if you need to capture specific information from others and don’t care how they use the site afterwards then you could use a Gravity Form.
Wow that looks great!! So if I understand it right depending on what role the user selects on the drop down menu at the buddypress registration the relevant registration form will show up below?
The screenshot looks awesome and I think the ability to direct users on 1st stage to specific xprofiles group will be a much needed addition to bp, especially for us novices
Ahhh “search_terms” Is what I was missing. I was looking for the “fields” which would only yield the contents of the profile fields correct?
Would I really need to use a loop? Doesn’t the search_terms inherently search all profiles with that term and display the search terms page?
I mean all I would need to do is display all search terms as links (just as they would display on a profile page) in a navigation bar on the member directory.
Another way to do this would be if you can allow people to use tags in the signup form. Essentially all I am looking for is some type of taxonomy I can use for members that the members set for themselves. I am not married to the idea of using the search_terms.
@Lindsayannb – Essentially what you would want to do is utilise the built in “search_terms” parameter (which your already using for the profile fields links) and modifying the searchterm based on what is selected via the dropdown menu – https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-members-loop/
Haven’t looked indepth into this specific loop yet, (and i’m not sure if it will work on a directory page) but their is a profile field loop which might help… (https://codex.buddypress.org/developer-docs/custom-buddypress-loops/the-profile-data-loop-bp_has_profile/)
Thinking something like this.
Still struggling to see how it would work for more than the 1st stage / 1st option directing to the xProfile Group associated with that.
Although that might be my lack of understanding the possible direction a user may take when building out their registration fields.
This interface might confuse users, Google + / Groups / BuddyPress / ahhh head aches.
Will probably opt in for a simple drop down on either side.
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@marcella1981
I think a plugin would be a great addition to bp..I would believe more users would like to be able to create different registration profile fields for different users (dating sites, networking sites, job sites etc.,..that’s a good question..maybe something simple in the bp admin like the buddypress user account type plugin…or maybe is it possible to create the plugin as add on to the main Extended Profile Fields menu?
I wish I could be more of a help..
Cheers, Bojan
Hey @bojan85
Guess there is a small need for a plugin like this.
I’m trying to visualise how you would configure a plugin to meet the requirements you need and also any others like @davidveldt
Possible scenarios?
Multiple routes for registration depending on which items were selected at the “required” stage.
If this was to come “out the box” with BuddyPress, how would you expect to set this registration up within wp-admin / bp-admin?
@marcella1981,
Hey Marcella, first of all thank you for taking the time to help us, What I am trying to do is very similar as david have two different registration forms depending if their user role is an athlete or coach. I have the regular Bp default theme with the frisco theme, and latest wp and bp.
I have been trying to figure it out for a couple days but cant seem to move forward..where in the register.php do i enter the php code and jquery script? I tried a couple different places..I have matched the group fields with the $roles array I’m guessing thats the only thing im doing right so far…
Sorry for the all the questions I am a beginner at all this..Any tips or help how to move forward would be greatly appreciated!
If you could stub out the functionality of the plugin I’d be happy to consider it
SKParticipant
@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)
