User Profiles options allow you to define what fields should be included into the 'Profile details' form for different types of X-Cart users and select whether filling out these fields should be mandatory or optional. This section also allows you to create additional fields for the 'Profile details' form and define the way they should be filled out.
Click on General settings in the Administration menu, select User Profiles options from the section menu.
Picture 1: User profiles options.
In 'User Profiles options' section select the Active check boxes for the fields that should be displayed on the 'Profile details' forms.
Select the Required check boxes for the fields that should be mandatory. On the 'Profile details' forms mandatory fields will be marked by the red * sign.
Click on Save to apply the changes.
Click on General settings in the Administration menu, select User Profiles options from the section menu.
Scroll down to the 'Add new field' part of the 'Additional fields' section.
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2: Additional fields section.
Enter the name for the new field.
From the drop-down list select the section of the 'Profile details' form in which the new field should be located (You can either add the field to one of the existing standard sections - Shipping Address, Billing Address, Personal Information, Contact Information - or place it in the Additional Information section. The section Additional Information will be created automatically as soon as you add the new field. If necessary, you will be able to add more fields to this section)
Select the appropriate field type from the drop-down list (Text, Select box or Check box). Text should be selected if you want your users to be able to type information into the provided field manually. Check box may be useful if you want your customers to indicate the presence or absence of some characteristic. Select box enables the users to choose from a number of options. If you choose the Select box type, list the options from which the users will be supposed to choose in the Variants for Select box type field (use ';' for the delimiter).
Specify the position of the new field by entering the appropriate number into the Pos field.
Note. When a new field is added to the 'Profile details' form, it appears at the end of one of the standard sections (after all the standard fields). Pos field allows you to change only the order in which the additional fields are sorted.
Click on Add/Update. The new field will appear in the appropriate 'Profile details' section and in the 'Additional fields' list.
Picture 3: Additional fields section (ICQ field has been added).
Remember to select Active / Required check boxes for this field where necessary.
Repeat steps 3-8 to add more fields.
If you want to delete an additional field, select this field in the 'Additional fields' list and click on Delete selected. To change the parameters of an existing additional field, change these parameters in the 'Additional fields' list and click on Add/Update.
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