Topic: [Resolved] Add a field description to the ‘Username’ field?

[Resolved] Add a field description to the ‘Username’ field?

skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

How can I add a field description to the username field please? I understand how to do this for the buddypress profile fields, but not this field – generated I guess by the core? Thanks in advance.

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skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

I would also like to know how to add a description to the Name field – is that possible too? Thanks.

skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

Anyone? Thanks.

skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

@r-a-y, sorry to ask you directly. Please can you tell me if it’s possible to do this? Thanks.

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

13 years ago

You should be able to do this in BuddyPress 1.5

skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

@djpaul – I’m using 1.51. How can I do this please? Thanks.

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

13 years ago

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.

skartar
Member

@skartar

13 years ago

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?

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

12 years, 11 months ago

Just to say we’ve just added the ability to BP 1.6/trunk to allow the default Name field to have a description.

Giacomo
Participant

@gcmo

11 years, 11 months ago

Still can’t see it in the WP backend
Must be added programmatically?
Thanks 🙂
Giacomo

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

11 years, 11 months ago

It’s working fine for me. Look in the Profile Fields menu under Users.

Giacomo
Participant

@gcmo

11 years, 11 months ago

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! : )

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

11 years, 11 months ago

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.

Giacomo
Participant

@gcmo

11 years, 11 months ago

okay my fault, I though I could edit those as well : )

thanks again!

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