By balaftuna on
Hi
I'd like to extend my user profile with a few content types that I created, but I see that the only thing it allows me to add are fields.
Is there a way around this?
Many thanks.
Shay.
Hi
I'd like to extend my user profile with a few content types that I created, but I see that the only thing it allows me to add are fields.
Is there a way around this?
Many thanks.
Shay.
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please clarify
I'm not sure what you mean by 'extend your user profile' Do you want to put more information in it?
I mean adding fields like
I mean adding fields like address and phone number as well as content types in addition to the existing fields of user name and password.
Is this clearer?
Many thanks
Shay
try Profile 2
You can add fields at /admin/config/people/accounts/fields. I'm still not sure what you mean by adding content types. Do you want to create a content type that acts as a profile? Link to certain content types?
There are a number of modules that may help. Try Profile 2 for Drupal7.
Thanks Patrick. Under the
Thanks Patrick. Under the "Select a field type" in "/admin/config/people/accounts/fields " I only see field types.
Is there a way for me to see there also "content types" Is this a thing that Profile2 can do?
cheers.
S
Profile2 allows you to use a
Profile2 allows you to use a content type for profiles. Just one thing to note - Profile2 currently has a fatal bug that can crash your site if you try to uninstall the module. See the issue queue for details.
Thanks for the info and the
Thanks for the info and the warning!
After installing Profile2, I created a profile page, but when I go to edit it's fields, I still don't see there content types (only fields).
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What am I missing?
Many thanks.
Shay.
I don't understand what you
I don't understand what you want when you say you are not seeing content-types. You can set a content-type to be used for a profile and add fields to it. Why do you want to add a content type to another content type? - it doesn't seem to make sense.
Can you explain what you want to achieve?
Peter, it's definitely
Peter, it's definitely possible that I am trying to do something the wrong way.
For example, I have a content type that has 2 fields - "Profession" and "Skill level" where both fields are populated by taxonomy. I'd like to add this content type to the user profile so each user can specify one or a few professions and their skill level at any given profession.
Many thanks for your help.
Sounds to me like all you
Sounds to me like all you need to do is add 2 term reference fields (one for profession & one for skill level) to your user profile and then tie them to their respective taxonomies. That would make the content type you created unnecessary. But I may be misunderstanding what your mean.
Kevin, what you suggest will
Kevin, what you suggest will work for me and that is probably what I'll do if I can't add content type. Many thanks you for your advice!
If it was possible to add content types, the advantage would be that users will be able to add an infinite number of profession/skill sets to their profile using the "Add another item" button.
(Such a thing is possible with the "postal address" field, which is a set of fields)
Thanks!
This is possible with most
This is possible with most fields. Just look at the field settings for the number that can be added.
It may also be worth adding
It may also be worth adding that you can re-use existing fields in another content type which is perhaps what you are looking for.
Peter, I can usually "Add
Peter, I can usually "Add another item", but I'd like to add another SET of items, so a click on ADD will add both skill and level fields.
Is this possible too?
Many thanks.
As far as I know, no, you
As far as I know, no, you can't do that. But it's not much more work to add two fields is it?
It is indeed not much work to
It is indeed not much work to add two fields, but it's the only way to make sure that every profession will have it's related skill level.
Many thanks.
S.