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Minor changes to user profile edit form

richdal
Participant

@richdal

8 years, 9 months ago

WordPress 4.4.2
BuddyPress 2.5.1

Not sure how to change up the form where users would update their extended profile.

I was able to setup a custom registration page by copying the source file to here and making my changes…

/wp-content/themes/genbu-child/buddypress/members/register.php

On the user Profile – Edit page I’m seeing the different fields I wanted to include, but wanted to add some extra description to the three birth date menus that show up. Is there a file similar to register.php I could copy to my child theme and fix up the HTML how I want it?

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shanebp
Moderator

@shanebp

8 years, 9 months ago

The file is:
buddypress\bp-templates\bp-legacy\buddypress\members\single\profile\edit.php
richdal
Participant

@richdal

8 years, 9 months ago
Thanks! I was able to copy that to my child theme

/wp-content/themes/genbu-child/buddypress/members/single/profile/edit.php

and can do some basic edits. Not familliar with making these types of changes but how would I change up some of the form field information. As an example I wanted to add some description text next to the 3 date fields for the Birth Date. If looked like those were getting generated here…
```
<?php while ( bp_profile_fields() ) : bp_the_profile_field(); ?>
           <div<?php bp_field_css_class( 'editfield' ); ?>>

           <?php
            $field_type = bp_xprofile_create_field_type( bp_get_the_profile_field_type() );
            $field_type->edit_field_html();
```
but not sure how to change those up.
richdal
Participant

@richdal

8 years, 9 months ago

I was able to track it down to one of the class files. I followed the directions for making a custom class file and was able to get that to work with the format changes I needed.

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