Additional name fields
Additional names profile fields
New feature
in Moodle 2.7!
In Moodle 2.6 onwards, the edit profile page (Administration > My profile settings > Edit profile), includes a new section - Additional names - with the following fields:
- First name - phonetic
- Surname - phonetic
- Middle name
- Alternate name
Administration settings
An administrator can set how names are displayed across the site via the setting "Full name format" (fullnamedisplay) in Administration > Site administration > Users > Permissions > User policies. . The following placeholders are available:
- firstname
- lastname
- firstnamephonetic
- lastnamephonetic
- middlename
- alternatename
- language (used on its own so that the language pack determines how user names are displayed)
Example 1
| First name | Surname | Middle name | Surname - phonetic | First name - phonetic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Doe | James | Dough | Jon |
Full name format setting
firstname middlename lastname
will display:
John James Doe
Other characters can be included in the setting such as commas and parenthesis.
Example 2
Full name format setting
lastname firstname (lastnamephonetic firstnamephonetic)
will display:
Doe John (Dough Jon)
Display
The display of the user's full name is determined by the capability *Add capability here*
Updating the user's profile
Any additional names that are included in the "Full name format" setting will be displayed directly under the text boxes for first name and surname. All other name fields that are not being used are located under the section "Additional names" further down the page.
Upgrade from previous versions
When upgrading to 2.6, the "Full name format" (fullnamedisplay) setting found in [Administration ► Site administration ► Security ► Site policies] will automatically be changed over. All of the additional name fields will be blank.
