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iftomkins's avatar
iftomkins
Maven
11 years ago

Creating and setting value for custom profile fields

We would like to create custom profile fields, and then set values for them. We were told this was possible by our Lithium contact, but I'm having difficulty finding documentation on how to do this. ...
bhupen's avatar
bhupen
Advisor
11 years ago

iftomkins  I don't think you need custom content. You can manage it by  "Page Hitbox Content " area at skin's header section.

 Using JS.

  • VarunGrazitti's avatar
    VarunGrazitti
    Boss
    11 years ago
    bhupen - Sorry but using JS is not always the best option and is certainly not in this case, moreover the requirement is to store the user preference to a custom field, how can you store a user preference and than check it using JS without having the custom field in place. He is referring to custom fields and not the custom content.
    • bhupen's avatar
      bhupen
      Advisor
      11 years ago

      VarunGrazitti  I was just giving him idea if this way it help him.

      • iftomkins's avatar
        iftomkins
        Maven
        10 years ago

        Thank you VarunGrazitti and bhupen ! I've made progress, but would love your advice, as I'm a bit stuck.

         

        Lithium set up the fields, which is awesome. I'm now trying to set and retrieve values from the two custom profile fields:

        profile.ideas_terms_accepted – Which is a checkbox
        profile.ideas_terms_accepted_date - Which is date/time, and the value must be a signed decimal integer. It is interpreted as milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970. The value by default is displayed to include time.

         

        So far, this is my code to set and retrieve the value for profile.ideas_terms_accepted field:

         

        <#assign response = restadmin("/users/id/${user.id}/profiles/name/ideas_terms_accepted/set?value=true")/>
        <#assign terms_accepted = rest("/users/id/${user.id}/profiles/name/profile.ideas_terms_accepted").value>
        alert('${user.id}');
        alert('${terms_accepted}');

         

        It's not working. The ${user.id} is returning properly, but ${terms_accepted} is not returning a value. I tried both "true" and "checked" for the field value.

         

        For the profile.ideas_terms_accepted_date field, I'm not sure how to generate a "signed decimal integer". I searched the community for that phrase and nothing came up.

         

        Tips on settings and getting these values would be awesome!

         

        - Alan