Author Topic: Adding Custom Fields to Standard Field Groups (Read 782 times)

ekrubonline · September 30, 2012, 11:27:03 am

I'm setting up CiviCRM for a non profit which collects a significant amount of information from its members, due to the rigorous activities it undertakes. Of note, some of the Demographic information asks members to supply information on religion and nationality, which may impact choices of medical treatment, eating preferences, day and time off due to worship, and greetings for religious festivities.

I would like to add the fields to the Demographic group on the Individual profile. Can that be done?

davyivins · September 30, 2012, 01:51:40 pm

It's easy to create custom fields for your additional information. Someone smarter will advise if you can make them appear in the Demographic group of the screen. I have a pile of extra information that we collect for both individuals and organisations and I found it simpler to follow the standard approach of creating custom datasets that that appear inline or as separate tabs on the appropriate profiles.

Donald Lobo · September 30, 2012, 07:03:36 pm

it can be done, but will need to be done via a custom template (and maybe a hook)

check the civicrm_engage module:

http://svn.civicrm.org/civicrm/trunk/drupal/modules/civicrm_engage/

pretty sure it adds a few custom fields to the demographic section

lobo

xavier · September 30, 2012, 10:15:26 pm

Another solution is to create a .extra.tpl that contains a bit of jQuery that moves the custom fields to a different place. Usually the easiest solution

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