List MODX Users Selected by an Extended Field

Last Updated on Monday, 6 May 2013 06:14 Written by Bob Ray Thursday, 9 May 2013 12:00

If you want to show a list of users with, or without, their personal information, one of the easiest ways to do it is to use Shaun McCormick’s Peoples extra. Peoples will show information about users selected by Use Group and will let you sort the users by any field. One of the things Peoples will *not* do, though, is let you select users based on an extended field.

A MODX user recently requested this on the MODX Forums, so I’m devoting this blog post to creating a snippet to do it and demonstrating a little about how MODX snippets work along the way. The following snippet will select users based on an extended field and will show any information about them contained in their User Profile (including any extended fields). Note that the snippet selects users *only* by extended field. To select users in a different way, you’d have to use a different snippet.

How to Edit the Profile Fields in Dolphin 7

Last Updated on Friday, 15 June 2012 02:55 Written by Mscott Monday, 2 July 2012 12:00

Hello and welcome! In today’s article, we’ll discuss how to edit the profile fields in your Dolphin 7 website.

To access the profile fields builder, simply log into your Dolphin admin and select “Profile Fields” under the “Builders”  sub-menu on the left.

profile fields builder

Now you will notice you can drag and drop any field from the “Active Items” to the “Inactive Blocks” section and vice versa. If you click on any of the items in the “Active Items” section, you can also edit the name, if it’s mandatory, the error message, if it isn’t filled out, and many other options.

How to Add More Profile Fields in Elgg 1.8

Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 June 2012 02:39 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 18 June 2012 12:00

In this article, I will give you a step by step guide on how to add more profile fields in Elgg 1.8

Profile fields are what your users put in their profile info in Elgg. Sometimes you need to add extra fields for your users. We are going to learn how to add more here:

1. Login as an Administration on your Elgg network

2. Go to the Administration Dashboard:

How to Add a Backend Preview Thumbnail for Image Fields in Your CMS Made Simple News Modules

Last Updated on Monday, 30 April 2012 09:47 Written by Nic Bug Wednesday, 2 May 2012 12:00

If you want to have a nice backend preview of the uploaded images in your CMS Made Simple news entries, you need to do the following:

1. Create a new Field Definition named “Image” and type File in News Module: