LaCollision Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Hi there, For the custom profile fields in IPB 3.x, we were able to define a couple of key - value.For instance for a drop down box: flag_afghanistan=Afghanistan flag_albania=Albania flag_algeria=Algeria … flag_germany=Germany … flag_south_africa=South Africa … Then it was easy to retrieve the field key, and then process the data depending on that key. But now, under IPS 4.x, I can't see how it's possible to use these fields keys. In the admin, we can only fill in the values. Do you know how we can manage them? Help! Thanks
RazorSEdge Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 Dropdown has changed to "Select Box" where you can then enter key=Value. On the front end you will have a drop down unless you set the field to allow multiple, which then will give you a scroll-able list.
LaCollision Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 Dropdown has changed to "Select Box" where you can then enter key=Value. On the front end you will have a drop down unless you set the field to allow multiple, which then will give you a scroll-able list. Thanks a lot! I'm running RC4 and can't use key=value for the "Select Box". By any chance, do you know if it works on 4.0.1? Thanks again!
RazorSEdge Posted April 21, 2015 Posted April 21, 2015 I use select box for a lot of things. I am not sure about RC4, but I know some items were missing from the early RC's. I would suggest upgrading to 4.01.
LaCollision Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 I use select box for a lot of things. I am not sure about RC4, but I know some items were missing from the early RC's. I would suggest upgrading to 4.01.Thanks a lot for the screenshot!This feature is indeed missing from RC4.Of course I'll upgrade to 4.x, but I was working on a test server…Thank you very much for your help!
RazorSEdge Posted April 27, 2015 Posted April 27, 2015 Thanks a lot for the screenshot!This feature is indeed missing from RC4.Of course I'll upgrade to 4.x, but I was working on a test server…Thank you very much for your help!I just noticed, the screenshot and select box option I posted was from the Pages Database system. Not from Custom Profile Fields. You are in fact correct, Profile CPF's no longer have a "key" per say as they are using thew new forum helper classes to build/display those.Apologies for the misunderstanding on it!
LaCollision Posted April 28, 2015 Author Posted April 28, 2015 I just noticed, the screenshot and select box option I posted was from the Pages Database system. Not from Custom Profile Fields. You are in fact correct, Profile CPF's no longer have a "key" per say as they are using thew new forum helper classes to build/display those.Apologies for the misunderstanding on it!Oh damned :'(Thanks anyway!
LaCollision Posted April 28, 2015 Author Posted April 28, 2015 Hello @bfarber,A lot of people use the key / value system for profile fields… Do you know if it's going back anytime soon in IPS?Thanks!
Lewis P Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Hello @bfarber,A lot of people use the key / value system for profile fields… Do you know if it's going back anytime soon in IPS?Thanks!Seconded. I'd guess that new installs likely wouldn't have the problem since they'd have never experienced the key/vaue system before, but for upgrades...... eh.I've managed a workaround with our national flag system, but a key=value pair is invaluable for many implementations of things. Even if it was undocumented, bringing back the = would be fantastic.
RazorSEdge Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Hello @bfarber,A lot of people use the key / value system for profile fields… Do you know if it's going back anytime soon in IPS?Thanks!Seconded. I'd guess that new installs likely wouldn't have the problem since they'd have never experienced the key/vaue system before, but for upgrades...... eh.I've managed a workaround with our national flag system, but a key=value pair is invaluable for many implementations of things. Even if it was undocumented, bringing back the = would be fantastic. With that using the form helper, I do not think they are, which is a shame, because I use key=field for ALOT of stuff in CPF's. I had to remove all our CPF's because all my settings broke as they were based off of key=field to show custom images in the topic view profile for each member.
Vince0789 Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Going to try bumping this up because I'd like an answer on this as well.
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