PunBB Forums — create new field

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Connorhd) — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:49:51 +0000

wel its obviously best to add extra user items to the user table since an extra table has no gain... problem is that everyone wants something different, maybe just a loose guide to adding an item to the profile, registration, under name on the topic and database would be useful

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Mediator) — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 00:47:47 +0000

The real problem with this, is there isn't a good day todo it. Unless I am missing something

Basicly you can have the data the users input into the custom fields in its own table, but that would mean if you wanted the data to be displayed in posts, that you have to virtually execute a query for every single post in the topic, which is just dumb.

The other solution I have come up with is to have it append the new fields to the users table, however if you want to add a bunch of custom fields, this isn't the best idea.

So if anyone knows an acceptable way todo this, I would be more than happy to finish what I have.

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Dr.Jeckyl) — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 22:29:45 +0000

calanday mod?

another thing is it could be for a "refered here by:" field to keep track of how your members heard of your board. maybe. *shrug*

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Connorhd) — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:28:47 +0000

but if you add a birthday field it will inevitably lead to people wanting a todays brithdays thing etc, just wait for the calenday mod

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Calítoe.:.) — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 21:24:06 +0000

I would like to have an extra field too... I mean: having the possibility to add it. Anyway, I bet that most of the people who have asked for it are thinking about the same as me: birthdates. I am a teacher as well and I want to know the birthday of those of my pupils who are using the forums, and not only that: I want to know their age. I don't need it to be a required field, but what if I needed the default fields as well?
If it is such a pain to code that feature I guess we can "live" on renaming any of the messaging fields, but I do think birthdates and, as I have read, "talk about you" are useful in forums, to socialise, so in my honest opinion it would be interesting to have such a field by default.

As for the rest, I love PunBB

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Jérémie) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:31:10 +0000

I rephrase him : to quickly and adequately answer his students questions and posts, he would like that each of them has a fulfilled cursus string. He probably could rename the the location string, but he would like to make it required during the registration process, so every students (some may be young childs I guess) has to fulfill it.

Romulusse : for this specific task, another way to go is to use the usergroups. I imagine you would have to do that by hand, but if you don't have too many students you could assign them to specific usergroups after there registration.

Français : une autre solution à ton problème que tu peux vouloir explorer, c'est d'utiliser les « groupes d'utilisateurs ». Si tu as pas trop d'élèves, ça peut marcher, mais ça demande de le faire à la main. Quand un élève s'enregistre, tu vérifies quelle est sa classe, et tu le place dans le groupe d'utilisateur approprié. Ca à l'avantage de pouvoir ensuite gérer des permissions plus fines, et de façon plus propre.

Re: create new field

null@example.com (romulusse) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:21:34 +0000

But here is no field 'location' in the first registration page

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Connorhd) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:57:07 +0000

just rename location in the language pack and use that

Re: create new field

null@example.com (romulusse) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 12:38:36 +0000

I am teatcher, and i have installed punbb for my students. But the probleme is i have many classes and i want to ask news forum'users to indicate the classe where i is. So i need a new field in the subscription' formulary.
Sorry for my english.

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Widell) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:59:43 +0000

i would like something similar. a new fielf in the pesonal info. so users can write what car they are driving and that should be showen under the avatar.. possible?

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Connorhd) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:24:17 +0000

like what?

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Mark) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:22:08 +0000

yeah but sill, the extra field would do some other people good. some people will want it for other use than that.

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Connorhd) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:07:22 +0000

mark36ph wrote:

just a thought but if you had that on it, people could make it so at the bottom it says if anyone is having a birthday (mine today) or anything

having an extra field wouldn't do that though, you would still have to have another mod to work it out (the calendar mod)

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Mako) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:24:29 +0000

Ah. Yeah that would be pretty difficult to create. It could be done, just would be difficult.

Re: create new field

null@example.com (Mark) — Sun, 30 Jan 2005 03:09:14 +0000

just a thought but if you had that on it, people could make it so at the bottom it says if anyone is having a birthday (mine today) or anything