My Client has requested a profiles section for each of his staff, does Umbraco members fit the bill in this case? Does it allow me to expand it to include the parameters they require or am i as well creating my own via doc types and XLST?
Stephen, you need to define a membertype, e.g. 'SiteMember' within the members section of Umbraco. THen you can create properies in here much like document types. There are packages avaialbe or you can build something cusotm yourself using the Umbraco API to display / save theses properties.
Also look into SiteBuilder - if you are a C# developer this is a handy way to set up your Umbraco projects and benefit from strongly-typed document types and member types. THis makes it easier to work with the Umbraco API as it provides a l;evels of abstraition from the API.
thanks Barry this was the kind of info i was after, also if i can sneak in anther question...Is it possible to create a check box list in the member profile which is dependant/built from a certain Doc Type from the main content? i.e a "Services" doc type so if the client creates a new service that will then also appear in the member profile area?
What I would do here is have a custom datatype (based from checkboxlist standard datatype) which I would then load with prevalues according to your needs (in this case, the different Services a member can select). It is possible to use this datatype on both your member type and your document type.
I am not too sure of your intention when you say ' if the client creates a new service that will then also appear in the member profile area?' - you may have to give me more details on the goal of your system so I can understand more.
Hey Barry thanks for the feedback, here is a little more info.
Within a member profile I want to give the members the option to choose which service areas they specialise in. I want to list those service areas based on the list of services listed on the main website. That way if an end user is browsing the site and they look at a service i can list the staff who specialise in that area and allow the end user to contact them.
Reading what I'm writing it may not be logical to do this as there may be services which they offer/do but are not necessarily on the website...some more thought i think!
Stephen a datatype based on checkboxlist will do the job here - members can check the services that apply on their profile and then you can list these out in your member directory / detail page. THis will only work if the service list is fixed. If you want to give your members the ability to add their own services, look into a tagging datatype. Havent used it much but sounds like a good fit. Also check out uTagsy - Anthony Dang's tagging datatype, which works well. You will have to program something yourself that takes user input from their profile edit page and saves them as tags into your property either way.
Members or create my own
My Client has requested a profiles section for each of his staff, does Umbraco members fit the bill in this case? Does it allow me to expand it to include the parameters they require or am i as well creating my own via doc types and XLST?
Many thanks,
Stephen
take a look at "MemberProfile" function of Membership.
Stephen, you need to define a membertype, e.g. 'SiteMember' within the members section of Umbraco. THen you can create properies in here much like document types. There are packages avaialbe or you can build something cusotm yourself using the Umbraco API to display / save theses properties.
Also look into SiteBuilder - if you are a C# developer this is a handy way to set up your Umbraco projects and benefit from strongly-typed document types and member types. THis makes it easier to work with the Umbraco API as it provides a l;evels of abstraition from the API.
thanks Barry this was the kind of info i was after, also if i can sneak in anther question...Is it possible to create a check box list in the member profile which is dependant/built from a certain Doc Type from the main content? i.e a "Services" doc type so if the client creates a new service that will then also appear in the member profile area?
Stephen
What I would do here is have a custom datatype (based from checkboxlist standard datatype) which I would then load with prevalues according to your needs (in this case, the different Services a member can select). It is possible to use this datatype on both your member type and your document type.
I am not too sure of your intention when you say ' if the client creates a new service that will then also appear in the member profile area?' - you may have to give me more details on the goal of your system so I can understand more.
Hey Barry thanks for the feedback, here is a little more info.
Within a member profile I want to give the members the option to choose which service areas they specialise in. I want to list those service areas based on the list of services listed on the main website. That way if an end user is browsing the site and they look at a service i can list the staff who specialise in that area and allow the end user to contact them.
Reading what I'm writing it may not be logical to do this as there may be services which they offer/do but are not necessarily on the website...some more thought i think!
S
Stephen a datatype based on checkboxlist will do the job here - members can check the services that apply on their profile and then you can list these out in your member directory / detail page. THis will only work if the service list is fixed. If you want to give your members the ability to add their own services, look into a tagging datatype. Havent used it much but sounds like a good fit. Also check out uTagsy - Anthony Dang's tagging datatype, which works well. You will have to program something yourself that takes user input from their profile edit page and saves them as tags into your property either way.
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