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2003-12-08 20:42
manne wrote:
Sorry, Im no php coder so I canŽt help. But what IŽm thinking about:

Changing modules can be dangerous, because if there are updates these hacks are not implemented and will have to be done by the administrator himself. This may be lot of work and needs a lot of know how. so if you canŽt do the modifications yourself you always need some help.


In case of registration form may be a workaround: Since all text is embedded in the language file, why not use an "not used" textfield for own purposes and change the label or caption. But there are also problems of updating and how other modules use the information.

Best solution would be to open a wishticket and open a thread in forum "improve OPN" and describe the requirements as good as possible to give the developers a base to think about it and to estimate the work to implement.

Only some thaughts

manne

Maby one idea is to add one general textfield and use that as a general perpose setting like opn_configs does. Then just two function can be added to store and retreive these specific values and/or arrays from the DB.?

example: $myvar=getSetting('tablename', 'settingname');

maby table name can be changed in 'modulename' but I leave that to the developers.

Sorry, Im no php coder so I canŽt help. But what IŽm thinking about:

Changing modules can be dangerous, because if there are updates these hacks are not implemented and will have to be done by the administrator himself. This may be lot of work and needs a lot of know how. so if you canŽt do the modifications yourself you always need some help.


In case of registration form may be a workaround: Since all text is embedded in the language file, why not use an "not used" textfield for own purposes and change the label or caption. But there are also problems of updating and how other modules use the information.

Best solution would be to open a wishticket and open a thread in forum "improve OPN" and describe the requirements as good as possible to give the developers a base to think about it and to estimate the work to implement.

Only some thaughts

manne

I have similar needs to change the forms in opn... I have considered trying to add fields, but I am afraid I will ruin the whole site trying...(not confident php coder)

Maybe this can be a feature request for the developers? The ability to add fields and or delete and change if it is required field or not.

I need this especially in the registration form to collect specific data on users.

In the meantime, can anyone offer up quik example of how we may make these changes without disrupting the whole system.

Thanks in advance!!

Does anyone volunteer?
I need help with customizing a couple of forms on my site. I just want to add a few textfields on the forms in forum and egallery.

I can't offer a big paycheck, but if we ever meet i'll buy you a beer...