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Customisable user profiles

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Overview

The main goal is to allow administrators to add/edit user profile fields. These fields may also be categorised, ordered, locked, hidden.

Database Changes

New tables

There are 3 new tables:

  • user_info_field
  • user_info_category
  • user_info_data

Splitting the current user table

In version 1.9, the following fields will be moved from the user table and placed in a category named optional

  • icq
  • skype
  • yahoo
  • aim
  • msn
  • phone1
  • phone2
  • institution
  • department
  • address
  • url

The remaining fields will remain hardcoded in the user profile form.

Admin's Interface

Various field flags

  • required - a required field. Fields marked as required will also be displayed in the signup form;
  • locked - can the user edit this field?;
  • visible - can the user see this field? Options are:
    • Not visible - only a site administrator can see and edit this field
    • Visible to user - information is private to the user
    • Visible to everyone - information is available to anyone who can view user profiles

Adding/Editing fields

Link to the custom profiles interface from the site administration block

User's Interface

User profile page

Signup page

The signup form will be changed to include all required custom profile fields.

See also