Author Topic: Add a custom name field to contact (Read 491 times)

bigfatrat · October 19, 2011, 10:57:34 am

Greetings,

I am totally new to CiviCRM. Normally I would just read the manuals and experiment with it, but I am in a bit of time crunch.

What is the proper way to add a "Chinese Name" field (text field) to the contact data class? Do I need to first create a Custom Field Set and then add a Custom Field? It seems complicated this way, and more importantly the display in the resulted input form seems not as "integrated" as it should me.

Thanks a lot.

Andrew

Erik Hommel · October 20, 2011, 06:56:45 am

Yes, you need to create a custom data set and then add fields to the custom data set. You can select if you want to show the fields inline or in a special tab. If you want your custom data to show in a different way you can either

manipulate the form with the '<template>.extra.tpl functionality (see blog post http://civicrm.org/blogs/dave-greenberg/now-its-easier-add-custom-behaviors-templates
create custom templates as described in the developer guide: http://en.flossmanuals.net/civicrm-developer-guide/
use the buildForm hook as documented in the developer guide http://en.flossmanuals.net/civicrm-developer-guide/ and on the wiki http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC40/CiviCRM+hook+specification

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