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How can I make the Goal Amount field in PCP creation "not required"?

So that people can keep donating without reaching an end.

Thanks.

No, PCP does not have that option. I'd be thankful if someone guides me and tells me where to begin... Oh, and I'm not using the thermometer so I'm not looking into that, but I think a good solution would be to fill it up until the goal is reached; then change the bar's color when it's full and write a message "the goal has been reached but you can keep donating" or something of the sort. That's the easy part isn't it?

BTW, and this is also very important to me; Does it ALWAYS have to ask for a profile before creating any PCP? How can I get rid of that? My admins are the only ones who create PCPs and when entering an already existing user's email the system rejects it, it's kind of frustrating.

Thank you Lobo, I am somewhere between not being able to know where to start, but able to follow the trail that I'm given. I really appreciate, if only I could be more use to the community I would contribute with my code or ideas but I'm learning and will do that when I'm not ashamed of my 'not really best practice' solutions... thanks again anyway.

But I'd also like to know why everytime a PCP is created, it is needed to use a Profile before. Can I get rid of that? My admins are the only ones who create PCPs and when entering an already existing user's email the system rejects it, and the ones who are going to create PCPs are existing users so it is a drawback...

Thanks again for your time and will.

If you're creating PCP's for existing users, the workflow needs a way to "know" which user / contact record "owns" each PCP. One work-around for your flow might be to have your admins use the Drupal "Masquerade" module which allows them to switch users:

http://drupal.org/project/masquerade

If they "masquerade" as the user they are creating the page for, the Profile s/b already filled in (assuming you've already collected the basic name / email address info from them) - and so just a quick "Save" click will allow them to continue creating the pages.

UPDATE: I'm not sure if CiviCRM "plays well" with Masquerade - Lobo thought it might not - so best to experiment "carefully" and make sure that CiviCRM properly switches it's session info when you switch users. I'm going to ping some folks that I think might have played with it more and see if they can post feedback here.

Thanks Kurund and Dave for your replies. Now I undertand a couple of basics that I wasn't aware of. I think that the "masquerade" workaround is awesome, I think that I will be using it, not only for this purpose, as dharmatech points out. Being able to donate and/or edit account info etc as another user is just great. I will have to test the 6 version which seems to be under development.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
Alejandro.