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add web profiles to CiviCRM data?
June 01, 2010, 03:23:44 pm
I'd like to add "Wikipedia username" to our Civi database, along with a link to the contact's profile page. We may also want to enter some other online profiles as well, like LinkedIn or Twitter accounts.

Any suggestions about the best way to use this? I could probably use the "IM services" option list, but it doesn't seem ideal, as this isn't quite what it's meant for.
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Re: add web profiles to CiviCRM data?
June 01, 2010, 05:56:05 pm
Seems like a good opportunity to create some custom fields: http://en.flossmanuals.net/CiviCRM/CiviConfigExtendingCoreData

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Re: add web profiles to CiviCRM data?
June 02, 2010, 09:50:07 am
Chatted with Pete on IRC about this - and the new feature in 3.2 which provides 1 to N "website" fields for each contact with a "type" dropdown (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc.) should work for them pretty well.
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Re: add web profiles to CiviCRM data?
June 03, 2010, 10:44:22 am
Indeed it will! In the meantime I am using the custom fields option as described above, it's working fine. Thanks Dave!
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