User Profile Fields

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swd_cb Reply #1, 15 years, 2 months ago

I'm trying to add some fields to the Profile editor in the Manager. (MODX Revolution 2.1.3-pl) The more I read, the more confused I am about what I'm supposed to be doing. Extended fields? An add-on? Extending modUser? Writing a plug-in?

First, if I, as an admin, edit a user through Security->Manage Users, I can set things like their address and website. However if I go in through User->Profile, those fields aren't there. Why are they not there and how can I get them there?

Second, how do I create new fields? I know it involves extended fields, and I know how to retrieve the values using PHP. But what do I do with them? I see that I can create them as an admin through Manage Users, but they don't show up on the Profile editor. (And they appear to be created per-user.)

All I need to do is to be able to have a set of custom fields (and even some of the non-custom ones that aren't on the Profile editor for some reason) show up so that non-admin users can edit them on their own profiles. Can someone point me to some instructions? I feel like I'm missing something obvious because this is seeming way harder to do than it should be... [ed. note: swd_cb02 last edited this post 15 years, 2 months ago.]
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swd_cb Reply #2, 15 years, 2 months ago
So, what I ended up doing for this is basically duplicating the existing Profile files:

1. System->Actions, created a new action under security:
Controller: security/ext-profile
Namespace: core
Load Headers: [checked]
Language Topics: user

2. Updated the existing Profile menu item to use the Action: core - security/ext-profile. (Note: You can do this last if you don't want to break the profile editor while you're working on it.)

3. Created /manager/controllers/default/security/ext-profile/ and copied into it index.php from /manager/controllers/default/security/profile/

4. Edited the above index.php, changing:
```
$modx->regClientStartupScript($modx->getOption('manager_url').'assets/modext/sections/security/profile/update.js');
```
to
```
$modx->regClientStartupScript($modx->getOption('manager_url').'assets/modext/sections/security/ext-profile/update.js');
```
also changed:
```
return $modx->smarty->fetch('security/profile/index.tpl');
```
to:
```
return $modx->smarty->fetch('security/ext-profile/index.tpl');
```
And added:
```
$modx->regClientStartupScript($modx->getOption('manager_url').'assets/modext/widgets/core/modx.combo.js');
```
5. Created /manager/templates/default/security/ext-profile/ and copied into it index.tpl from /manager/templates/default/security/profile/

6. Not really necessary, but I updated the above index.tpl and changed:
```
<div id="modx-panel-profile-div"></div>
```
to:
```
<div id="modx-panel-ext-profile-div"></div>
```
7. Created /manager/assets/modext/sections/security/ext-profile/ and copied into it update.js from /manager/assets/modext/sections/security/profile/

8. Updated update.js file in... all kinds of ways. Changed:
```
,renderTo: 'modx-panel-profile-div'
```
to:
```
,renderTo: 'modx-panel-ext-profile-div'
```
Changed all instances of:
```
url: MODx.config.connectors_url + 'security/profile.php'
```
to:
```
url: MODx.config.connectors_url + 'security/ext-profile.php'
```
Added other fields I wanted from the Users editor (/manager/assets/modext/sections/security/user/update.js), such as:
```
{
  xtype: 'textfield'
  ,fieldLabel: _('user_website')
  ,name: 'website'
  ,width: 300
  ,maxLength: 255
}
```
I also copied the MODx.combo.Gender code from /manager/assets/modext/widgets/security/modx.panel.user.js so I could add the gender field:
```
{
  xtype: 'modx-combo-gender'
  ,fieldLabel: _('user_gender')
  ,hiddenName: 'gender'
  ,name: 'gender'
}
```
Once I added all of the standard profile fields, I created the new fields I wanted added. I began all of their names with 'ext_' to make life easier:
```
{
  xtype: 'textfield'
  ,fieldLabel: 'Facebook URL: '
  ,name: 'ext_facebook'
  ,maxLength: 255
  ,width: 300
}
```
9. In /connectors/security, I copied profile.php to ext-profile.php. In it, I changed:
```
$modx->request->handleRequest(array('location' => 'security/profile'));
```
to:
```
$modx->request->handleRequest(array('location' => 'security/ext-profile'));
```
10. I created /core/model/modx/processors/security/ext-profile/ and copied into it all three files from /core/model/modx/processors/security/profile/

11. I updated get.php from the above directory. After the section:
```
$profile = $user->getOne('Profile');
if ($profile) {
    $userArray = array_merge($profile->toArray(),$userArray);
}
```
I added:
```
// Get the extended fields
$extended = $profile->get('extended');
if ($extended) {
  foreach ($extended as $key => $value) {
    $userArray[$key] = $value;
  }    
}
```
12. I updated update.php from the above directory, After the section:
```
/* save profile */
if ($profile->save() == false) {
    return $modx->error->failure($modx->lexicon('user_profile_err_save'));
}
```
I added:
// Save the extended fields if ($profile) { $extended = $profile->get('extended'); if ($extended) { foreach ($scriptProperties as $key => $value) { if (strpos($key, 'ext_') !== false) { $extended[$key] = $value; } } $profile->set('extended', $extended); $profile->save(); if ($profile->save() == false) { return $modx->error->failure($modx->lexicon('user_profile_err_save')); } } }[/code
[ed. note: swd_cb02 last edited this post 15 years, 2 months ago.]