Textbox Field

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Overview

Textbox Field allows site admin to add the box where free text can be inserted. This field is useful when an answer needs to be short and concise.

Creating the field

To create field of type textbox navigate to site backend and from Components dtropdown menu select JomSocial -> Custom Profiles.
In the Custom Profiles screen click on the New Field button

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Available Options

  • Name - This is the name of the field. It should describe what kind of information user should enter
  • Type - Type of the field that is about to be created
  • Groups - Select the field group for this field
  • Field Code - Unique Field Code. Can be put to any value. Later can be retrieved through API and used everywhere, even in third party components.
  • Registration - Chose whether to show this field during registration
  • Visible - Select the visibility options for this field
  • Published - Select whether the field would be published
  • Required - Chose whether field would be required. If yes, Registration option must be set to Yes as well
  • Tooltip - Tooltip to be displayed when hovering over the field name (on frontend)

Field Display on Site Frontend

Navigate to the Edit Profile page to see the field, As an example About me is a text field

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