Multifunction userprofile

  • Hi.
    I really hope someone with greater skills than me will take the time to read this, and maybe give me some pointers on how to solve the following:

    1. I want to create a custom userprofile which will appear as a static area on my sites pages. I guess this is what is called a “widget”?? ( I don’t want ALL of the register-form fields to appear on the visible profile-area, only some)

    2. The user profile will preferably be searchable as the rest of my content. By this I mean that some of the custom form-fields will automatically appear on the “profile-widget”, such as the job-title, and if visitors search for a spesific job-title in my site, the profiles which match the search-term will then appear at the result-page. How do I do this?

    3. The userprofile will also need a profile pic/avatar which ppl upload themselves. How?

    4. I also want users to have the ability to upload, images, video and/or photos to a “profile-gallery”. Ex: If a visitor to my site wants to take a closer look at someones profile and portfolio, they can enter this users profile page where this gallery is included. How can I resolve this?

    5. I also want a like-button integrated in this portfolio, so other users can like/rate the profile-holders gallery-items. Is this possible? And is there a way to gather the top ten “liked items” into a separate mediaplayer/gallery?

    6. I’d also like to have certain icons of tools and/or actions integrated in the user profiles. These icons will link to functions like upload/download, mail and so on. OR link to the edit-profile page or the membership-page.

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  • greater skills not but i think..

    check buddypress if you havent already.. easiest way out.. job title etc can be made to user groups and then made searchable..

    otherwise its a LOT of work:
    customize author pages..
    then add function() to functions.php
    say: add_action( ‘edit_user_profile’, ‘my_fields’ );
    and then do
    function my_fields( $user ) {…
    remove existing junk using unset($contactmethods[‘aim’]); and use add_filter..
    and the list goes on…
    basically functions.php and filters is your playground.

    Thread Starter MonMidt

    (@monmidt)

    Thx for the reply ??
    I’m new to this, so when u say customize author pages, what do u mean by that?
    When it comes to the function statements, I’m clueless. I’ve yet to understand how and when to use them, and where…

    Do I add a function in function.php and then call them in the template I want them to appear? That is kind of ok, but what I don’t understand is how to use the call-statement.
    U type: add_action(‘edit_user_profile’, ‘my_fields’)
    Does this mean: I want to do something in the user profile, more spesificly the fields I’ve added my self?

    function my_fields( $user ) {…
    remove existing junk using unset($contactmethods[‘aim’]); and use add_filter..
    and the list goes on…
    basically functions.php and filters is your playground.

    And this is where u lost me ?? I got that I have to add stuff in functions.php (I think ?? ) but what do u mean by filters?

    Again, thx for your time and reply ??

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