Instructions (draft)

Changing the Joomla Front End login module

Overview

Will need to modify 4 files and add tables to the database using PHPMyAdmin

1. /libraries/joomla/database/table/users.php
2. /components/com_user/views/register/tmpl/default.php
3. /components/com_user/views/user/tmpl/form.php
4. /administrator/components/com_users/views/user/tmpl/form.php
5. PHPMyAdmin -- database-prefix_users -- param

PHPMyadmin to Add Tables

-- jos_users
add two fields using the params field
Add Fields:  Field: field-name, type: Varchar, Len: 20
save

File 1: libraries/joomla/database/table/users.php

After adding the fields then modify users.php

• Look for var $params = null;

Change var $params = null; --- to

• var $newfieldname = null;

For each new field
 

File 2:  components/com_user/views/register/tmpl/default.php

block off:

<tr>
  <td height="40">
    <label id="emailmsg" for="email">
        <?php echo JText::_('Email'); ?>:
    </label>
  </td>
  <td>
     <input type="text" id="" name="email" size="" value="<?php echo $this->user->get('email'); ?>"
      class="inputbox required validate-email" maxlength="100">
  </td>
</tr>

• Copy and paste for each new field needed
• Modify the word email to the name of the added field
• Remove validate-email

File 3: components/com_user/views/user/tmpl/form.php

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Copy and paste the block of code

Modify this same block of text as in file 2

Remove: validate-email change: email to field name

Last File

File 4: administrator/components/com_users/views/user/tmpl/form.php

Look for emailblock

Modify this same block of text as in file 2

Copy and paste for each field and change email to fieldname and remove the validate-email.  and then save file.