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[tom123 Friend tom123Join date: July 2008Posts: 19Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 3]

#172306

Hello All,

I’m trying to add a custom email variable. I was able to add the actual line to the xml, but it’s not being parsed.
I’m trying to make a variable called “ITEM_ID” which will return the id of the comment. This will be emailed to
the administrator on every new comment.

please help.

[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

#431982

Wow! What an ambition you have on this customization. A little more detail? Are you wanting to change the database?
This is actually really simple.
open your joomla database in your db manager. I generally do this in “PHPMYADMIN”.
From there open the table “jos_users” and then add your additional fields that you require.
Then you go into libraries/joomla/database/table/user.php and declare you variables. So if you added a country field then you declair the varible like so:

var $Country = null;

The next step in the process is editing the actual registration form. This is done by going to components/com_user/views/register/tmpl/default.php.

I don’t recomend copying and pasting the current form fields I have ran into issues when i have done that. Also note that everything you edit is case sensitive.

Let me know how it goes for you!

[tom123 Friend tom123Join date: July 2008Posts: 19Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 3]

#432035

Hell Blaine,

Thanks for the help. I already solved this on my own.
I also added a title field for comments, and email moderation.
It’s really simple, joomlart should have these things built in.

[Blaine Friend BlaineJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1443Downloads:0Uploads:25 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 177 times in 154 posts]

#432584

Glad it;s solved To!
I will mention your suggestion to the dev’s!

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