Hey Amin,
I think that custom fields in WP-eMember is a definite benefit. I am actually working on two sites right now that will require the ability to add custom fields to the profile page to track various data. Are there any plans for this feature in a future release? So we don't have to hack the core?
I would love to add a feature like this but the issue with custom fields are that it requires the creation of a new database column in the database table and without knowing what type of data or how many columns you need it's not possible to create a table. So I am having a hard time finding an option to give the admin an option to add custom database fields to store member specific data. If you have a good suggestion please feel free to suggest and I will take a look.
Of course handling in a similar way to CIMY User Extra Fields would be slick ( http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cimy-user-extra-fields/screenshots/ ) although a lot of work I'd imagine. I think just a set of 4-6 custom fields that can be labelled in the admin would be great to start. I don't see a problem with making them all TEXT fields in the database as I'd imagine they would primarily be used as such. Maybe next to each field in the admin could be a radio button to display as INPUT or TEXTAREA in the pages. An additional checkbox could specify if the field is visible to the member's profile page or just admins (for notes, etc.). This would at least provide basic functionality.
I guess I should purchase the eMember plugin and crack it open to take a look at what I'd really do and provide you an educated suggestion. I'll need a solution anyway and if you're open to adding this functionality in a future release I certainly don't mind buying it now and helping out where I can.
As an aside, if you have time, really do check out that CIMY User Extra Fields for inspiration. I wonder if a child plugin that added this functonality and was offered separately is a possibility?
And thanks for taking the time to listen! Your product support is and always has been outstanding!
Hi Pete, Thanks for the info... we will definitely take a look at this.
Adding a few extra text fields is how we have plans to add this functionality down the path but I know from my experience that as soon as we add this option there will be a customer asking me why can't he add 10 custom fields :)
We have been working on a custom field feature for the WP eMember plugin. We are nearly done with the implementation. This feature will let you add custom fields to the registration and edit profile fields. We should have something ready in a week.
We hit some issues with WordPress 3.1 release so had to postpone this work and fix the other stuff as that was high priority:
http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-emember-and-wordpress-3-1-update-3023
Anyway, everything is back to normal now so we will resume work on it.
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