On this same vein, can I make free members get a different registration form. Lets say with just the “base” profile fields to fill out for my records?
Yes, the ordering should be on name. But it should search on the other fields, surely? The way it does when you order by recently active, say?
Currently (straight out of the box default theme) it applies the search terms to all the extended profile fields if you order by anything other than alphabetical. If you order by alphabetical, it applies the search terms to the name only.
So if you keep the same search terms, but choose a different ordering, you get different members showing. This is counter intuitive, to say the least.
Thanks Paul – that works great.
You mean on all fields? I don’t think it would hurt anything…
@djpaul
That did the trick of adding rel=”me” – but now none of the other profile fields show.
See: http://housingstorm.com/gregfielding/profile/
Hi,
thanks for your reply! I installed that plugin and found it quite confusing. So it did’nt work immediately; I’ll have to spent some time with it this evening.
I hate to bump, but…any ideas?
@gregfielding are you not wanting to use dropdown select for any reason? instead of using checkboxes/radio? Can you have more than one role? If you only need one role per user, why not use dropdown xprofile field and make it required at sign up?
As a work-around, I wonder if I could use this plugin https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-xprofiles-acl/ to assign roles based on the profile field answer.
Then I could more easily show different sidebars depending on roles.
Not the cleanest way to do it. Has anyone else had trouble with checkboxes?
@pcwriter @johnjamesjacoby
Yup. Bug is definitely still there. Nice find!
@gregfielding
Just tested the snippet by @nuhammadrid above with a dropdown select and it works perfectly.
I found this old trac ticket (pre 1.2.6) but maybe checkboxes/radio buttons are stilla bit buggy with xprofile_get_field_data
Looks much cleaner, but still isn’t working. I tried using a radio button and that didn’t work either.
What I’m trying to do should be simple 
If you are a professional, you get one sidebar. If you are a civilian, you get another. And I’ve got a checkbox on the registration form.
Thanks for all of your help so far you guys…
yet another way to do it, i think…
`<?php
global $bp;
$user_id = $bp->loggedin_user->id;
$type_member = xprofile_get_field_data( ‘Real Estate Industry Professional’, $user_id );?>
<?php if($type_member == 'Yes')
>
Yes Sidebar
<?php elseif($type_member == 'No')>
Another Sidebar for this option
Sidebar for everyone else
`
yea there’s prolly an easier way to go about it. I’ve just copied/pasted/refreshed different combinations til something worked. I look forward to seeing something simple to use for stuff like this. hehe
‘if($type_member == ‘Yes’)…`
Either way, even if I create a second function, It isn’t recognizing the profile field.
This seems fishy to me. Is $type_member really the way to call a profile field entry? Or could it be a checkbox issue?
don’t know what I just did but this seems to work…
`loggedin_user->id) == ‘Yes’) : ?>
Red Sidebar
<?php elseif(is_user_logged_in())>
Another sidebar
`
and you want this to look like this
`//CHECK IF THE ACCT IS CERTAIN ACCT TYPE
function My_Function ($user_id) {
global $bp;
$type_member = xprofile_get_field_data( ‘Real Estate Industry Professional’, $user_id );
if($type_member == ‘Yes’) {
return true;
}
}`
I couldn’t figure out how to display something else…
I guess you could create different functions for each type of field
`loggedin_user->id)) : ?>
Red Sidebar
loggedin_user->id)) : ?>
Blue Sidebar
`
I wish I knew enough about what all is happening in that piece of code. So that I could make it work the way i proposed. otherwise, there will be a blank sidebar for non logged in users and users who don’t have a xprofile field selected corresponding with those requirements.
@pcwriter – replacing “Yes” with “1” didn’t work – was that what you meant?
@nahummadrid – yes, that works.
`loggedin_user->id)) : ?>
Red Sidebar
`
This works though right.
@gregfielding
Try using boolean values instead. If you want “Some other sidebar” to display if the box is checked, then the value should be “1”. Worth a try…
Thanks @nahummadrid
I think it’s closer but still not working right. It only shows “Some other Sidebar”.
Here’s my code:
`//CHECK IF THE ACCT IS CERTAIN ACCT TYPE
function My_Function ($user_id) {
global $bp;
$type_member = xprofile_get_field_data( ‘Real Estate Industry Professional’, $user_id );
if($type_member == ‘Yes’) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}
}`
I wonder if the issue is that I’m using a checkbox, with the option of “Yes”…
