I would also like to know how to add a description to the Name field – is that possible too? Thanks.
@r-a-y, sorry to ask you directly. Please can you tell me if it’s possible to do this? Thanks.
You should be able to do this in BuddyPress 1.5
@djpaul – I’m using 1.51. How can I do this please? Thanks.
I see that you can’t. We should fix this. Can you create an enhancement request ticket on http://buddypress.trac.WordPress.org/, and we’ll get it into 1.6. Thanks.
Done, thanks Paul, here’s the ticket: https://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3692
for now, can I edit the register.php in my child theme for a workaround? I’m thinking if I can make the text box localised I can edit the field label instead in a .mo file? Any guidance on how I could edit the code to make that happen please?
Just to say we’ve just added the ability to BP 1.6/trunk to allow the default Name field to have a description.
Still can’t see it in the WP backend
Must be added programmatically?
Thanks 🙂
Giacomo
It’s working fine for me. Look in the Profile Fields menu under Users.
http://f.cl.ly/items/360z090b1t3Y3j1y1A3h/Screen%20Shot%202012-12-07%20at%2011.20.11%20AM.png
In the primary core fields group I only see the Name field, no username and no email
I could even add that programmatically If I knew the function… I’m trying to look it up on the codex
ps. Paul thanks for your commitment to BP! : )
Click the field’s ‘edit’ button, and that’s where you change the description.
The email and password fields aren’t BuddyPress user profile fields, so they don’t appear in this screen.
okay my fault, I though I could edit those as well : )
thanks again!
