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Credential system for members of certain groups

  • @artisantopia

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    12 years ago

    HI! I have a multisite network with the latest versions of WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress on the main site. I have functionality I’d like to implement, but I’m not sure where to start! If anyone could point me in the right direction I’ll be eternally grateful.

    I’d like to add another page/area to the profile of members in a certain group. The forums are open to all members, but I want experts in the field to be identified as such. They will be added to an “Experts” group and then have the extra page/area where they can list their credentials. It would need to allow for unlimited text fields (to list their credentials) and possibly multiple file uploads so they can upload a scan of the credentials. The text fields will need to be searchable.

    I’m not sure what the best way is to approach this, so if anyone can give me some guidance that would be awesome, thanks.

    Ideally I’d also like to have a system that emails me if they haven’t completed their credentials within a set time frame after being added to the group, but this could come later.

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  • @artisantopia

    Participant

    12 years ago

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-profiles-manager/

    ok, doing some more research and I’ve found this plugin which would possibly work by only showing the credentials profile fields for the experts. I’m not using S2member, but I am looking at other membership plugins, or I assume I could just use a capability manager to create new roles….

    Yes? No? Maybe?

    ok – back to Google for some more research…

    @artisantopia

    Participant

    12 years ago

    What if I just set up xprofile fields in a separate profile field group? If I use a field type of multi line text box then they could enter unlimited credentials. This field could then be searched couldn’t it?

    hmmmm, but then how to get the file upload in?..

    @artisantopia

    Participant

    12 years ago

    ok – what about if I use a media gallery that adds another tab to their profile, then they could add unlimited images – scans of their credentials.

    If I use rtMedia’s plugin I can customise it to accept pdfs too – http://rtcamp.com/rtmedia/docs/developer/rtmedia-hooks/rtmedia_allowed_types/

    But then how do I test to see if they’ve done it and send a reminder email to the member and to admin??

    (PS – I feel a bit silly here talking away to myself – please join in the conversation!!)

    @artisantopia

    Participant

    12 years ago

    ooh what about this one for the file uploads:
    https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress-xprofile-custom-fields-type/

    Can anyone advise which of these options works best?

    thanks

    @artisantopia

    Participant

    12 years ago

    ok – just adding this here so I have everything in one place:
    How to Add an Image Field to Buddypress Extended Profile Fields

    @ubernaut

    Participant

    12 years ago

    you might want to consider using achievements:

    achievementsapp.com

    to accomplish what you are seeking to do you could also create a private group to collect them.

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