By goldschmidt.a on

Hi all,

I’m using Drupal 6.1, and the CCK modules aren't yet ported to Drupal 6.x.

Is there any way for users to search other users by more than just their user name? I created a customized profile with the user's location and area of expertise as two primary search items I'd like available for others to search (i.e. find all users on the site who are from Boston who are in the entertainment industry, or even just find the keyword "Boston" in any profile field). Is there any way to do that in Drupal 6.1 yet? I've read a lot about the content profile module which can be searched just like any other content nodes for keywords, but it doesn't look like I can make any customized fields on the content profile without using the CCK module (which unfortunately is not ported to 6.1 yet).

I want users to be able to search other users’ profiles quickly and efficiently. I found the table where the profiles are stored in my MySQL database. Is there a way to query the user database itself and just report the uid (user id) from my website (without using phpmyadmin or even being an administrator)? Or perhaps placing a search engine bar (Google, FreeFind, etc.) on my site?

Other than waiting for CCK to be available for 6.1, any suggestions? I'm worried about waiting for CCK because in the meantime, people will be creating profiles - I'd really rather not have to tell them six months from now to go through and re-create their entire profile again, but this time as a content profile that can be searched. Anyways, I'd like searchable profiles to be available now if possible. Should I roll back to Drupal 5? Any idea when CCK will be available for use in 6.x?

I am currently using:
Drupal 6.1
PHP 5.1.4
MySQL 5.0.18 [MySQLi extension available]
Hosted by GoDaddy
phpmyadmin for database management

Thanks.
Sincerely,
Andrew G

⋅ Categories: Drupal 6.x

Comments

iandickson’s picture

iandickson commented

Lots more useful than core profile as turns them into nodes, with all the power that implies.

AVOID usernode unless you are sure it's limitations won't be an issue.

Ian Dickson

Likal.com

zilla’s picture

zilla commented

just wanted to let you know that i am using content profile (it's excellent) and the current dev version of CCK for 6.1 (available now from 'cck' in the modules section!!!) see" http://drupal.org/project/cck

i have had zero problems to date - in fact, it's exactly what i wanted...now i've given users html (filtered) with embed rights in content profile so that they can upload images and use lightbox2 to show cool ajax galleries in profiles, insert and embed favorite videos, add custom fields (e.g. use CCK to define personal items like whatever matters to you as admin/or users)...and so on.

the only item i'm waiting on right now is link for cck to convert the url to a hyperlink (it's showing up as text still in my dev site - but in the right place)

also, note that by using CCK on content profile, you can easily reorder fields without touching any files - just drag and drop items to have them at top or bottom of profile or in any order...

goldschmidt.a’s picture

goldschmidt.a commented

Thanks so much! CCK wasn't available for D6 a week or two ago. Now I've got CCK up and running on my site too. Customizable, searchable profiles (content profiles)!

Sincerely,
Andrew G

Passionate_Lass’s picture

Passionate_Lass commented

How did you manage to make searchable profiles! :) I am working on a social / dating site and I require a pretty detailed search page for that... obviously. Do you have any tips on doing this?

amitpatel049’s picture

amitpatel049 commented

may i know how come u r able 2 make d profiles search on the basis of any field of content_profile,
and give result of search like orkut user list even though "no perfect" match found....

plz reply asap...