Set Member type via theme function / PMP / BP

[ianll]

Hello,
I’d like to set a member type in the BP xFields when the member signs up based on the account type they select when checking out. Then I’d like to show different member pages for the different types of members I have on the site.
Can you point me in the direction to accomplish this? I see BP says it can be accomplished via a plugin or theme and it seems to make sense to use the theme here as it is relying on the PMP plugin for registration/checkout as well as BP for the member usability.

Thank you!

[sharmstr]

This will obviously take some custom work. We can add this to the feature request section to get voted on. Or you can contact dev@seventhqueen.com for a quote.

But, can I ask why you need a separate xprofile field? Its never a good idea to have duplicate areas for information. You can easily get their member levels (pmpro_hasMembershipLevel()) and display it ( pmpro_getMembershipLevelForUser($current_user->ID))

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[ianll]

Thats a good point, the main reason is I have a music site where we have fanx, artists, promoters and venue owners. I’d like to be able to show member pages for the various types of members and allow some queries based on this as well; so for instance certain member types could join a group. Because we don’t have plans for each type of member this eliminates the option you suggested unless we create additional membership types.
Can you point me to some code that would work for a list of members by PMP level?

Thanks for the suggestion..

[sharmstr]

Because we don’t have plans for each type of member this eliminates the option you suggested unless we create additional membership types.

I dont understand. If you dont have member types for each type of member then what are you expecting to put in the xprofile field?

I’d like to be able to show member pages for the various types of members

Meaning a list of all members belonging to a certain type. Like buddypress members directory but filtered by type? There’s a pmpro add on for that.

https://github.com/strangerstudios/pmpro-div-levels

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[ianll]

Sorry if I was not clear:

We have a paid and a free plan. Members of free accounts are “fans” members of paid accounts can be 1) artist 2) promoter 3) venue owner. So we would need to create a paid plan for the 3 member types to use your suggestion.

The member directory is what I would like to show a filtered view of, allowing the visitor to see a page with members who are fans on one page and artists on another page and so on…

My thought is I can add a profile field that says I am a ____ with a drop down to select which of the 4 member types we are catering to. Then with this drop down field located on the member xProfile page I could create a page that shows all members and filter it by that field…

Will that github plugin you suggested allow this?

[sharmstr]

Probably not. But it will show you the example code you asked for.

Seems to me that you should pay the membership costs for PMPro support.

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[HouseQuake]

BuddyPress 2.2 introduced the concept of member types.
BuddyPress itself does not register any member types. Plugins and themes can register member types using the bp_register_member_type() or the bp_register_member_types() function:

More info here: https://codex.buddypress.org/developer/member-types/

It would be nice to have this incorporated into Kleo theme. A good examples of its use would be for profile field groups. Where you could assign specific profile field groups to member types. Lets say you making a dating site. For people that choose Female as a member type they would have specific profile field groups that only apply to females etc…

[sharmstr]

Feel free to add it to the Feature Requests forum.

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