Custom Fields
Custom user fields are used to store additional information about users.
Order - These buttons can be used to select the display order of the User Fields
Edit User Field - A custom user field's Name is a link to the editing form
Create User Field - This button brings you to a form for adding a field to the user information
Creating or Editing Custom User Fields
The following options are available for creating or editing custom user fields:
Name - (Required) Assign a name to the custom user field. This will be displayed
Type - (Required) Indicates the type of value this field will hold and what type of input will be presented.
- Text - Open text box.
- Yes/No - Check box.
- Date/Time - Text box will display date and/or time format.
- Decimal Number - Text box will display a decimal format.
- Option List - Enumeration provides a set of named values. More than two values will be displayed as a dropdown selector.
- Whole Number - Text box will display a whole number (integer) format.
Required - If "Required" is selected, users will be required to provide a value for the field. This requirement will also affect the "Admin > Edit User" page.
Default Value - (Optional) Specifies a default value when the field is initially displayed to the user.
Example: A "favorite color" field may have a default value of "red", with other colors available in a dropdown list.
Deferred - When checked, a custom field on the registration form will not be displayed.
Note: The field will still be displayed on the "My Account > Details" and "Admin Control Panel > Edit User" views.
Display Order - (Required) A numerical value which specifies the order to display this field relative to other custom user fields.
Visibility - This determines what type of user can view this custom field.
- None - No one, including the system can view this custom field.
- System - The system is the only user that will be able to view this custom field.
- Admin - The Administrator and the above users are the only users that will be able to view this custom field.
- Owner - The user that the information pertains to and the above users are the only users that will be able to view this custom field.
- Purchaser - The user that submitted a bid or purchased from the listing that this information pertains to and the above users are the only users that will be able to view this custom field.
- Authenticated - Any user that has been authenticated and the above users are the only users that will be able to view this custom field.
- Anonymous - Anyone can view this field.
Editablility - This determines what type of user can edit this custom field.
- None - No one, including the system can edit this custom field.
- System - The system is the only user that will be able to edit this custom field.
- Admin - The Administrator and the above users are the only users that will be able to edit this custom field.
- Owner - The user that the information pertains to and the above users are the only users that will be able to edit this custom field.
- Purchaser - The user that submitted a bid or purchased from the listing that this information pertains to and the above users are the only users that will be able to edit this custom field.
- Authenticated - Any user that has been authenticated and the above users are the only users that will be able to edit this custom field.
- Anonymous - Anyone can edit this field.
Manage Field Options
This section will only appear after the Option List has been selected and the field's basic information has been saved.
Name - This value will be displayed to the user when selecting the option from the dropdown or radio buttons.
Value - This value will be displayed on the listing detail page.
Note: Leave this field blank if it should *not* be displayed on the detail page when selected by the user.
