any better way to add new attributes for users?
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czhu3
Joined: 2005-09-02
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Posted: Fri, 2005-09-09 10:21
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I'm trying to add some more details like "phone, address..." for the users. I've manually changed the database for the user and other files including the register module and files within the core module like GalleryUser.class etc. Thx!! |
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you'd have to create a new module which extends the GalleryUser class and registers its implementation with the factory.
maybe some other changes are needed too.
i see that adding new attributes to the gallery users is a pretty popular feature request.
so i envision something like custom fields just for gallery users, such that you can add new attributes with a GUI rather than with a lot of new code.
but this is not even planned...
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Thanks, Valiant!!
So how can I register the implementation with the factory? 'cause not really clear about that aspect.
Also are there any docs that I can read for that?
:roll:
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most of the important G2 functionality / API is listed in
modules/core/classes/GalleryCoreApi.class
you can call any of these functions with GalleryCoreApi::functionName(arguments);
above each function, there are some comments which explain which parameters are expected (@param) and what it returns (@ret).
in this class, there are also the factory registration functions.
what i do when coding for G2:
first see if any other module / file does almost the same or a part of what i need to do. then copy the fragment of code. e.g. you can copy the factory registration code from pretty much every modules/modulename/module.inc file see function performFactoryRegistration.
e.g. module/comments/module.inc registers it's implementation of the comment entity or modules/register/module.inc registers the PendingUser entity which also extends the GalleryUser.
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Great, thanks!
i'll try that!!