Using first and last name on registration - Revision history

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Patricia Schmidt: /* Additional Options */

2013-03-09T06:08:36Z

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Patricia Schmidt: /* Overview */

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Patricia Schmidt: /* Creating the Fields */

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‎Creating the Fields

Patricia Schmidt: /* Creating the Fields */

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‎Creating the Fields

Patricia Schmidt: /* Overview */

2013-03-08T08:11:20Z

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Sinisakrisan: Created page with "==Overview== In some circumstances, Admin would like to give ability to users to have two Custom Profile Fields for First, and last name respectfully and turn the native J..."

2013-02-11T11:15:31Z

Created page with "==Overview== In some circumstances, Admin would like to give ability to users to have two Custom Profile Fields for First, and last name respectfully and turn the native J..."

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==Overview==
In some circumstances, Admin would like to give ability to users to have two [[Custom Profile Fields]] for First, and last name respectfully and turn the native Joomla single name field into two 
[[File:Newuserregister.png]] 
You can easily turn this into two fields so it would become 
[[File:Newuserregister1.png]]

===Creating the fields===
To do this, you will need to create two special fields in JomSocial [[Custom Profile Fields]] 
Navigate to site back End. From '''Components''' dropdown menu select '''JomSocial''' then '''Custom Profiles'''. Click on '''New''' button to create new field. 
The first field we will create is the '''First Name''' field. This field must be a type of '''Textbox'''. The title of the field can be set to anything but the field code to be used must be exactly as '''FIELD_GIVENNAME'''. Please refer to the image bellow 
[[File:Givenname.png]] 
The second field should follow the same logic, only this time we will use the field code '''FIELD_FAMILYNAME''' as shown on the image bellow 
[[File:Familyname.png]]

'''Additional options to be taken care off''' 
There are some additional options that might sound illogical, but they need to be respected as we are creating the special fields to override the way how Joomla! handles the name field. These fields are special fields, and does not abide behind the logic of regular custom fields, therefore, you will need to follow these rules to make them work properly.

* '''Set the fields NOT to show on registration''' - We are overriding the Name field on first registration step which is purely handled by Joomla!, so this setting will not be applied to first registration step. If you set it to show on registration, then you will have same fields on the first, and second registration step
* '''Set the fields NOT to be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and once again, this setting have no much sense. Later on, if user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
* '''Set the fields to be published''' - naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you need to publish them
The other available settings can be used as with normal [[Custom Profile Fields]]

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 In some circumstances, the Admin would like to give the ability to users to have two [[Custom Profile Fields]] for '''First Name''' and '''Last Name''' and convert the native Joomla single name field into two (2) fields.<br/>
-::: [[File:Newuserregister.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:register-normal.jpeg]]<br/><br/>
 You can easily convert this into two (2) fields so that it would become:<br/>
-::: [[File:Newuserregister1.png]]
+::: [[File:register.jpeg]]
 ===Creating the Fields===
@@ Line 19: / Line 19: @@
 The first field created will be the '''First Name''' field. This field must be a type of '''Textbox'''. The title of the field can be set to anything, but the field code, '''FIELD_GIVENNAME''', must be input exactly as shown in the image below:<br/>
-::: [[File:Givenname.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:first-name.jpeg]]<br/><br/>
 The second field follows the same naming convention, only this time we will use the field code, '''FIELD_FAMILYNAME''', as shown in the image below:<br/>
-::: [[File:Familyname.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:last-name.jpeg]]<br/><br/>
 ===Additional Options===

@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 # '''Set the fields to NOT be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and, once again, this setting does not appear to make much sense; however, later on, if the user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
 # '''Set  the fields to be published''' - Naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you will need to publish them.
-# The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]]
+# The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]].

@@ Line 32: / Line 32: @@
 # '''Set the fields to NOT be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and, once again, this setting does not appear to make much sense; however, later on, if the user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
 # '''Set  the fields to be published''' - Naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you will need to publish them.
- The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]]
+# The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]]

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 In some circumstances, the Admin would like to give the ability to users to have two [[Custom Profile Fields]] for '''First Name''' and '''Last Name''' and convert the native Joomla single name field into two (2) fields.<br/>
-[[File:Newuserregister.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:Newuserregister.png]]<br/><br/>
 You can easily convert this into two (2) fields so that it would become:<br/>
-[[File:Newuserregister1.png]]
+::: [[File:Newuserregister1.png]]
 ===Creating the Fields===
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
 To do this, you will need to create two (2) special fields in JomSocial [[Custom Profile Fields]].<br/>
- Navigate to site back End.
+# Navigate to site back End.
- From the '''Components''' dropdown menu, select '''JomSocial'''.
+# From the '''Components''' dropdown menu, select '''JomSocial'''.
- Then select '''Custom Profiles'''.
+# Then select '''Custom Profiles'''.
- Click '''New''' to create the new field.
+# Click '''New''' to create the new field.
 The first field created will be the '''First Name''' field. This field must be a type of '''Textbox'''. The title of the field can be set to anything, but the field code, '''FIELD_GIVENNAME''', must be input exactly as shown in the image below:<br/>
-[[File:Givenname.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:Givenname.png]]<br/><br/>
 The second field follows the same naming convention, only this time we will use the field code, '''FIELD_FAMILYNAME''', as shown in the image below:<br/>
-[[File:Familyname.png]]<br/><br/>
+::: [[File:Familyname.png]]<br/><br/>
 ===Additional Options===
@@ Line 29: / Line 29: @@
 There are additional options that may not ''seem'' logical, but they need to be respected because the special fields are being created to override the way Joomla manages the name field. These fields are '''Special Fields''' and do not follow the logic of the standard custom fields; therefore, you will need to follow these rules to make them work properly:
- '''Set the fields to NOT show on registration''' - We are overriding the '''Name Field''' in the first registration step which is solely handled by Joomla, so this setting will not be applied to the first registration step. If you set it to show on registration, then you will have same fields in the first and second registration steps.
+# '''Set the fields to NOT show on registration''' - We are overriding the '''Name Field''' in the first registration step which is solely handled by Joomla, so this setting will not be applied to the first registration step. If you set it to show on registration, then you will have same fields in the first and second registration steps.
- '''Set the fields to NOT be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and, once again, this setting does not appear to make much sense; however, later on, if the user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
+# '''Set the fields to NOT be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and, once again, this setting does not appear to make much sense; however, later on, if the user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
- '''Set  the fields to be published''' - Naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you will need to publish them.
+# '''Set  the fields to be published''' - Naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you will need to publish them.
   The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]]

@@ Line 25: / Line 25: @@
 [[File:Familyname.png]]<br/><br/>
-'''Additional options to be taken care off'''<br/>
+===Additional Options===
-There are some additional options that might sound illogical, but they need to be respected as we are creating the special fields to override the way how Joomla! handles the name field. These fields are special fields, and does not abide behind the logic of regular custom fields, therefore, you will need to follow these rules to make them work properly.
+There are additional options that may not ''seem'' logical, but they need to be respected because the special fields are being created to override the way Joomla manages the name field. These fields are '''Special Fields''' and do not follow the logic of the standard custom fields; therefore, you will need to follow these rules to make them work properly:
-* '''Set the fields NOT to show on registration''' - We are overriding the Name field on first registration step which is purely handled by Joomla!, so this setting will not be applied to first registration step. If you set it to show on registration, then you will have same fields on the first, and second registration step
+ '''Set the fields to NOT show on registration''' - We are overriding the '''Name Field''' in the first registration step which is solely handled by Joomla, so this setting will not be applied to the first registration step. If you set it to show on registration, then you will have same fields in the first and second registration steps.
-* '''Set the fields NOT to be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and once again, this setting have no much sense. Later on, if user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
+ '''Set the fields to NOT be required''' - Once again, we are overriding the first, Joomla native registration step and, once again, this setting does not appear to make much sense; however, later on, if the user edits the profile and tries to leave these fields empty, the last entry stored in the database will still be used.
-* '''Set  the fields to be published''' - naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you need to publish them
+ '''Set  the fields to be published''' - Naturally, if you want the fields to be used, you will need to publish them.
-The other available settings can be used as with normal [[Custom Profile Fields]]
+ The other available settings can be used in the same manner as with standard [[Custom Profile Fields]]