Custom profile field in member list

[Maiden]

Custom profile fields can currently be in the profile or miniprofile.

It's be nice if the option was there for them to be in the member list as well so you could sort members by them.

Specifically we have an OoC Account field I'd like to be able to sort by.

solariaweyr.proboards.com/

Thanks for any help with this!

[Tim Camara]

It's possible to put custom profile fields into the member list, but it won't be possible to sort them in the same way as the other columns are sorted.

[Maiden]

Thanks Tim Camara!

Armed with that knowledge I spotted where someone else was asking for similar help and copied those instructions to the desired effect.

And I'm guessing making any custom columns sortable isn't an easy (if it's even possible?) thing to do?

[Tim Camara]

Pretty much.

[Auburn]

Feb 12, 2013 9:59:04 GMT -8 Tim Camara said:

It's possible to put custom profile fields into the member list, (...)

How could I/we do even this much?

[Auburn]

bumpy ^^;

[aBiSh]

Can anyone please guide us on how to do this? Would appreciate your help.

[aBiSh]

By the way I tried adding this to Layout Templates -> Members List -> Members tab

{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
{foreach $[user.custom_field]}
<th>$[user.custom_field.name]</th>
{/foreach}
}
and this to Members List tab

{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
{foreach $[user.custom_field]}
<th>$[user.custom_field.value]</th>
{/foreach}
}
I also tried guessing the name of the custom field/syntax by doing this
{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<th>$[user.custom_field.name.currentcity]</th>
}
and this
{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<th>$[user.custom_field.value.currentcity]</th>
}
No success. I wonder if this is restricted by the width and layout settings. Any idea would be greatly appreciated.

[Tim Camara]

Read this: support.proboards.com/thread/450946/modifying-member-lists

and this: support.proboards.com/thread/446898/member-list-modifications

[aBiSh]

Hi Tim! Thank you for the links. I did try their codes so I came up with this:

For the header
{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<th class="username">Email Address</th>
<th class="name">Current City</th>
<th class="name">Hometown</th>
{/if}

And this for the list

{if $[current_user.username] == "admin"}
<td class="username">$[user.email]</td>
<td>
{foreach $[user.custom_field]}
{if $[user.custom_field.name] == "Current City"}
$[user.custom_field.value]
{/if}
{/foreach}
</td>
<td>
{foreach $[user.custom_field]}
{if $[user.custom_field.name] == "Hometown"}
$[user.custom_field.value]
{/if}
{/foreach}
</td>
{/if}

I just wanted to show two custom profile fields called Current City and Hometown. Since I restricted this to just username admin only, on the list, it only works for the admin but not other members who have those custom fields populated.

Is there something else I'm missing?

[Tim Camara]

So wait, is that code working or not working? Also, what forum is this on?

[aBiSh]

Hi Tim Camara!

It didn't work generally because it only listed admin's custom profile details and not others.

[Tim Camara]

Try removing the {if $[current_user.username] == "admin"} and {/if} around your two blocks of code.

[aBiSh]

Hi Tim Camara! I did just that and it's still the same so I put it back.

[aBiSh]

Anyone else who have successfully added a custom profile field to their members list? Would appreciate it if you can post a bit of your code. Thanks!