Profile and Extended User Field

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Revo 2.6.2

I'm trying to use Profile to grab an extended user field (created with ClassExtender) named "screenName" in a Resource Template (not a Chunk).

The "screenName" should reflect the user who created the Resource and not the signed-in user.

[[!If?
    &subject=`[[+screenName]]`
    &operator=`empty`
    &then=``
    &else=`Name: <a href="[[~20? &author=`[[*createdby]]`]]" rel="author">
    [[!Profile?
        &user=`[[+createdby]]`
        &useExtended=`1`
    ]]
[[*createdby:userinfo=`extended.screenName`]]</a>

No output.

This question has been answered by BobRay. See the first response.

[ed. note: todd.b last edited this post 8 years, 5 months ago.]

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BobRay Reply #2, 8 years, 5 months ago

Try putting this above your code:

[[!setUserPlaceholders? &userId=`[[*createdby`]]

Then just use this for the screen name:

[[+screenName]]

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Eko Reply #3, 8 years, 5 months ago

Thanks Bob, but it still returns the signed-in user, not the author.

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BobRay Reply #4, 8 years, 5 months ago

I can't explain that. Are you sure you used &userId and not &userID?

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Eko Reply #5, 8 years, 5 months ago

Bob, I got it sorted out (I think).

There was a typo in setUser. Here's what works,

[[!setUserPlaceholders? &userId=`[[*createdby]]`]]

Thank you.

By the way, when using your example in a Chunk vs. a Template (which works fine) the same problem happens with the name of the signed-in user showing instead of the author.

Why do Chunks and Templates behave differently with regard to this?

[ed. note: todd.b last edited this post 8 years, 5 months ago.]

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BobRay Reply #6, 8 years, 5 months ago

If it's a chunk pulled in with getResources or something similar, you'd have to use this:

[[+createdby]]

and hope that the snippet sets that placeholder correctly.

If it's pulled in from a regular chunk tag, try this:

[[!+createdby]]

I'm not sure it will work.

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Eko Reply #7, 8 years, 5 months ago

Thanks, Bob.

I fixed it, though I still don't understand why it works. The whole when-to-use "cached" or "uncached" is still a mystery to me.

In the template I changed

[[pdoResources?
&tpl=`Results`
...

to

[[!pdoResources?
&tpl=`Results`
...

And the "Results" tpl contains:

[[!setUserPlaceholders? &userId=`[[+createdby]]`]][[+screenName]]

works as expected. [ed. note: todd.b last edited this post 8 years, 5 months ago.]

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