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Hello,

Is it possible to add a custom profile field with html formatting so members can insert their info with markup and safe html like youtube embed codes?

Thanks, Marc

Looks like this would take a feature request or some custom coding.  Ignoring whether it might be stripped via xss_clean, looks like the html is set to ‘none’- can see it in mod.member_settings.php:

'text_format'   => $row['m_field_fmt'],
                                                                                    'html_format'   => 'none',
                                                                                    'auto_links'    => 'n',
                                                                                    'allow_img_url' => 'n'

Now- you can set formating to none/xhtml/etc- but sounds like you need html_format set to safe or all for what you’re doing.

I didn’t know where to look, but I guess that a part of the solution is in this file.
In the bio field is safe html allowed, if I also allow img urls, then a part is fixed. Now I want a WYSIWYG row above this field like the normal weblog entry field. Would this be possible and would this be the solution?

The bio field allows safe html- don’t think it likes images though:

if (ereg("^bio$", $key))
            {
                $bio = $TYPE->parse_type($query->row[$val], 
                                                             array(
                                                                        'text_format'   => 'xhtml',
                                                                        'html_format'   => 'safe',
                                                                        'auto_links'    => 'y',
                                                                        'allow_img_url' => 'n'
                                                                   )
                                                            );

But if safe_html parsed what you need- it should work.  That said- adding a wysiwyg editor won’t matter.  Put it in manually, put it in via wysiwyg- EE will parse the contents in the same manner.

Ok, but how do I get a WYSIWYG editor with that field? Most of the visitors of my site don’t understand plain html.

Well, they’re pretty much limited to text in a lot of the areas.  What all do you want them to enter?  I’m thinking this stuff might go in better as weblog entries than the member templates- they are really limited in the html that could go there anyway.

I think I’d reconsider the setup myself.  That said- I haven’t spotted anyone trying to use a wysiwyg editor for the member templates- but I can’t particularly see why it wouldn’t work.  You’d want to go to ‘Admin- Members and Groups- Member Profile templates’ and start looking for where you need to add the js/etc for whatever editor you’re interested in.  Can’t say for sure how doable it is- as it’s not something I would suggest doing.  You really can’t use much html in those fields.  It’s not what they’re designed for.  Sounds like weblog entries- perhaps via the standalone entry form might be more appropriate.  And I’d bet money someone has tweaked with a wysiwyg editor for that.