By JonSTeps on
How is this done?

Seriously, how is this done. I've looked everywhere and there doesn't seem to be any clear cut answer.

If you don't know what i'm talking about, I'm referring to taxonomy free tagging boxes on the personal and work sections of the drupal.org member accounts page, those things like "interests" and "Industries worked in". I've seen a lot of people ask this same question but i haven't really seen an answer. This is a functionality utilized by websites like myspace and facebook which really can create a new level of connectivity in an online community and i think that functionality would be of great use to many folks in the drupal community.

So... how can one create multi lined taxonomy free tagging boxes? Anyone got any answers?

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wolfraem’s picture

wolfraem commented

Use the taxonomy module and something like profile_nodes

Check out this chapter in the Customization book: http://drupal.org/node/35728 titled "Customising the user profile layout."

It looks to be a definitive catalog of information regarding altering the profile to fit your desires.

Post back if you can't find what you're looking for and we can work through a solution.

-Wolf

edit: As another venue, go to the "Browse by Name" section of "Modules" http://drupal.org/project/Modules/name , "ctl"+"F" and search "profile". You'll get the modules designed to screw with the standard profile in one way or another.

edit2: A la profile module help page:

For more information please read the configuration and customization handbook http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/profile/
JonSTeps’s picture

JonSTeps commented

Thanks wolfraem for the point in the right direction. I found out that the multi-lined free tagging boxes used by drupal.org are actually called freeforms and like you said they seem to only be available for profile.module =(. I looking for a similar solution using nodeprofile, but it doesn't seem like there is one... or is there?

wolfraem’s picture

wolfraem commented

I've been out of touch for a couple of weeks and finding this thread got me interested again -- I'm going to do a little research and see what options there might be. I don't have experience with nodeprofile but I'll take a look at it (always good to be familiar).

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mergemedia commented

great answer, wolf. I found this thread doing a google search, and your solution is exactly what I needed!

kudos!

yelvington’s picture

yelvington commented

Nothing special is required. Nodeprofile is not necessary. This is standard Drupal behavior.

Activate the profile module. Create a field using the "freeform list" type, and under "visibility" select "Public field, content shown on profile page and on member list pages."

wolfraem’s picture

wolfraem commented

I think the issue was trying to find a way to take the input in the field and insert it into a free-tagging taxonomy. Determining if standard Drupal profiles are able to handle that operation or if there's a module to enable it is what we're trying to determine.

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JonSTeps commented

Yes, I'd be very interested to see if it was possible to have something like the freeform system that profile.module offers but with taxonomy and cck. Perhaps this could be done by extending the free tagging system to allow more then one input line. I know that this would greatly expand the capability of nodeprofile. I don't know if it's possible but it would be interesting.