Dynamic User Data

Dynamic User data is data stored for users in addition to the mandatory username, email and password. You can add new fields to store user data and disable some of the existing fields by clicking on the 'Dynamic User Data' link at the bottom of the User Administration page.

This part of the form allows you to change the order in which this datya is displayed to the user on the 'Account Info' page by clicking on the arrows in the 'Weight' column. It also allows you to disable some of the fields by clicking on the green dots in the 'Active' column. The above screenshot shows that three of these fields have been disabled in this way. Note that the mandatory fields mentioned above cannot be deactivated in this way.

You can also add your own fields to this form by using the form at the bottom of the page:

Because the system is multi-lingual, you must define translations for the name of your new field in the language files for the system (kept in a file called 'global.php' in the language directories as shown). The field label you type in this form should correspond to a global variable name defined in these files, which in turn holds the textual data for the label. The type of data which is stored in the field is selected using the drop-down list.