Re-create the "location" profile field
Posted: Sun 29. Oct 2023, 11:00
If you have deleted phpBB's default profile field "location" and are experiencing problems while saving profile data into the Usermap you find a guide to re-create that profile field here:
- Open the ACP, select the "Users uand Groups" tab and click the link "Custom profile fields"
- Scroll to the bottom of the pages which has opened and select "Single text field" from the dropdown select field and click the "Create new field" button
- In the input mask now visible enter
phpbb_location
as the "Field identification" - In the section "Visibility options" select "Display in user control panel", "Display on view private message screen", "Display on viewtopic screen" and "Display on memberlist screen"
- In the "Language specific options [en]" section enter
LOCATION
into the "Field name/title presented to the user" text field - Click the button "Profile type specific options"
- In the input mask now visible enter "20", "2", "100" and "Any character"
- Click the button "Language specific options"
- If
LOCATION
is displayed for all languages just click the "Save" button, otherwise enterLOCATION
for all languages and then click the "Save" button