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Telephone Number Field Request

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Can I request a Phone Number Field to be added in the Account Category? In the Personal Information section?

Thanks in advance.
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  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    have you tried this addon? http://lussumo.com/addons/?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=20
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    hi ithcy I installed the extension but it doesn't appear on my Account > Personal Information Did I miss anything? Pls. let me know. Thanks
  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    did you try refreshing the page? it has to install itself on the first go. otherwise go into your conf/settings.php and look for this line: $Configuration['PredefinedAttributes_INSTALLED'] = 1; if it's not there, maybe add it yourself and try again.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    I tried adding this line $Configuration['PredefinedAttributes_INSTALLED'] = 1; but it screwed up my Personal info section so I removed it again.
    I wish I know PHP because it looks like an easy tweak for some gurus in here in the ( account.php?PostBackAction=Identity )

    Can someone add this option below the email field with a Check box to show or hide phone number?

    Thanks in advance guys :)
  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    ok, one more try... that addon comes with two packages: one for vanilla 0.9.2 and another for vanilla 1. check the readme file and the addon page to make sure you are using the right package. it is exactly the addon you need, and i know it works because i have installed it on my vanilla. michaelontheroof wrote it, though, not me, so maybe you could try sending him a whisper.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    I downloaded the zipped file again incase I missed something and extracted it.
    I have Vanilla 1 ang the version I used is Predefined Attributes 0.3.3

    I opened conf/settings.php and look for this line:
    $Configuration['PredefinedAttributes_INSTALLED'] = 1; (this does not exist)

    still not working.. Can someone help please?
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    can someone insert a Telephone number Field in the Personal Information section please?

    Thanks in advance.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    Someone please help.

    can someone insert/add a Telephone number Field in the Personal Information section please?
    I really need this addon and I won't ask for anymore favor ever again :(

    Thanks in advance guys.
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    Bentot would you care to explain what it is you're having so much difficulty with? Have you actually followed the readme file in the extension?
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    minisweeper I have Vanilla 1 and installed Predefined Attributes 0.3.3 but it doesn't show up on my Personal information Settings so I didn't know what to do . I installed this extension because I want my members to able to add their phone number in their Personal information. Thanks for the help
  • a_ja_j
    Posts: 167
    Why can't you just use the Utility already in the Personal settings? Just tell your users to Put "Phone" in the label, and their number in the Value... Or you could edit the definitions to explain it above the input boxes. Or edit the way it looks so it already says "Phone", and they can just enter their #
  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    look man, i already told you there are two versions of Predefined Attributes 0.3.3 in the archive, and i told you how to install it. did you look inside the archive before you copied it to your server?
    If you're not going to read the readme or the advice in this thread, which will get you what you want, i don't know how to help you.
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    When you say you installed it, do you mean you just uploaded the folder and enabled it in your extensions list? If you look in the readme file you'll notice you have to browse to a certain page to make the script install itself properly (i.e. add a column to the users table). You also need to open up the default.php file and edit the array in there to only put in the information you want. Is it really so hard?
  • pbearpbear
    Posts: 231
    Upload the "PredefinedAttributes" folder not the whole "PredefinedAttributes_v0.3.3" folder (which has the former folder in it)? ... is all I can think of. Telephone numbers work via this extension on my setup.

    And tell us when you figure it out what you were doing. :)
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    I apologize for being a pain in the @ss :) I'll try again guys. I installed/uploaded a lot of extensions already and they work fine. I did the same thing to this one but I guess I don't understand the readme file very well. Minisweeper's comment sort of clears it for me so I'll try again. Minisweeper wrote: "When you say you installed it, do you mean you just uploaded the folder and enabled it in your extensions list? " Answer: Yes I guess it's not like the rest of the extensions that works right after I put a check on the box. Thanks for your patience guys :) I'll let you know.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    Here's where I'm stuck guys... The README says... After you enabled the extension visit settings.php?PostBackAction=InstallPredefinedAttributes to install the extension. Where is this ? I opened settings.php in the root folder and I can't find PostBackAction=InstallPredefinedAttributes" Am I looking on the right file? No.3 says "Configure your Predefined Attributes in the default.php" I don't see default.php in the root folder either? I'm pretty sure this is a no brainer for the programmers but unfortunately I'm not that's why I need your help guys. And I appreciate it.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    I think I found the default.php... it's in the PredefinedAttribute directory.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    Is this where I enable the extension? array( "Label" => "Phone-Nr.", "Required" => true, "Value" => "", "Hidden" => true, "Description" => "A short description will be displayed on the personal Information page only." ),
  • Thomas HeathThomas Heath
    Posts: 211
    I think what you want to do is browse to the address
    http://[your vanilla address]/settings.php?PostBackAction=InstallPredefinedAttributes

    What I mean is: use your web browser.
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    I solved my problem and the funny thing is it's staring me in the face the whole time. I didn't use the extension at all. What I requested was a Phone number field so that when members click a username, the phone number will appear with the rest of the details right? I solved it by Entering the details in the "Label" and "Value" field. I typed Telephone in the Label field and 123456789 in the Value field.. So now when I click on my username. The Telephone number shows in the bottom of the list. :D I apologize for being so annoying guys. Thanks
  • BentotBentot
    Posts: 127
    Thomas Heath! I did your suggestion and it worked!! The readme file didn't say to type it in the browser that's why I couldn't figure it out. But now, By typing the values in the Label and Value field will have the same effect. I don't know if anyone knew this one because noone suggested this. Thanks again Thomas Hopefully I won't bother this forum again.
  • a_ja_j
    Posts: 167
    CommentAuthora_j
    CommentTime8 hours ago edited


    "Why can't you just use the Utility already in the Personal settings? Just tell your users to Put "Phone" in the label, and their number in the Value... Or you could edit the definitions to explain it above the input boxes. Or edit the way it looks so it already says "Phone", and they can just enter their # "

    a few posts above...
  • garvingarvin
    Posts: 433
    Heh. I love this guy.
  • Thomas HeathThomas Heath
    Posts: 211
    @bentot: I think the extension allows you to make submitting the phone number mandatory. But that would be the only difference.
    Glad it worked out for you.
  • pbearpbear
    Posts: 231
    gah!!!
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    Yeah, the point of this extension is to unify all users personal details. It runs on the same thing as the label/value pairs, it just makes sure every user has them. If you pay some attention to how this app runs, and whats in your address bar at various times, you'll notice that when doing anything to the settings it uses settings.php?PostBackAction= whatever so I dont think it's too unrealistic for the author of this extension to suggest 'visit settings.php?PostBackAction=something' and expect people to know what he's talking about. 'Browse to' could just as easily mean he wanted the user to look for it through their filesystem too... But yeah, it's working.
  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    can someone insert a Telephone number Field in the Personal Information section please?

    Thanks in advance.
  • pbearpbear
    Posts: 231
    Stop!

    :D
  • WallPhoneWallPhone
    Posts: 2,301
    Please refrence this thread.
  • a_ja_j
    Posts: 167
    I'm thinking that a First and Last name extension class field manager should be a good thiing to add onto the the page where the information is shared and you can update it.
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