Create user fields with FC?

hi there,

[not really a support ticket, more of a feasibility study ]

maybe this is too crazy and simply not flexicontent's job, but i wonder if the following could be done:

[in short]
extend users with custom fields using flexicontent.

[in detail]
1) create type 'userprofile' and fields like 'profession' or 'country'
2) configure above type's rights so that public users may create items of that type
3) create menu item of type 'register'
4) insert front-end-create-item (type 'userprofile') in above form. (options for insert-methods: iframe? ajax? jumi? ...?)
5) depending on insert-method created item could be saved via ajax

Or could it be easier to do it the other way round: insert joomla's register-function into a FE-create-item-template (see step 4)?

Or is there a much simpler possibility that i haven't seen..?

thanks a lot,
kath

kath wrote: [in short]
extend users with custom fields using flexicontent.

[in detail]
1) create type 'userprofile' and fields like 'profession' or 'country'

yes, we already have a parameter, "author description item" , which we could rename to "user/author profile item"

kath wrote: 2) configure above type's rights so that public users may create items of that type

v2.0.3/v2.1.0
1. adds 'Create (items)' ACL for Content Types for each user-group,
2. and also adds maximum number of author content ...
but we also need to add this limitation per Content Type not just total ... or define a special "User profile Type" with hard-coded limit to ONE content
3. also "group" management is mostly done, you see currently we have limitations per user , but 95% you would set limits per user-group and not per user

kath wrote: 3) create menu item of type 'register'

Yes and it can be combined with the new ACL 'create (items)' per Content Type, but again we need limitation to 1 content item

kath wrote: 4) insert front-end-create-item (type 'userprofile') in above form. (options for insert-methods: iframe? ajax? jumi? ...?)

5) depending on insert-method created item could be saved via ajax

No needed to reinvent the wheel, this can go through our item form submission
-- because the user-profile IS A content Type ...

kath wrote: Or could it be easier to do it the other way round: insert joomla's register-function into a FE-create-item-template (see step 4)?

We could also add support for display community builder AND/OR joomla Contact Info, with not too much work, but no time for all these during near future

Regards

you can ask for specific dev in pro part of this forum

This sounds very interesting for me too.
I'm working on a site that needs extended user profiles and also some FlexiContent features like multiple image uploads etc. Every user should have a rich profile and shall be able to change his/her profile page but all changes must be subject to approval through an administrator.
Is this possible to do with the latest FlexiContent version (I'm on J!. 3.2 with a compltetely fresh install)
Kind Regards

Hello

it is possible to create such a content type and use it as user's "profile" (now called "author's description item")

but to make it more usable, we need to add:
a. edit.state privilege per Content Type
(core.edit.state)
b. a new parameter to pose a global limitation for number of items created