T4 user profile i joomla 5 is missing fields

unicserv

Hello
Using Joomla 5 and T4 Framework with purity IV template:
The user profile setup is working at display but there are a few issues:
In Frontend, neither in Create Account or Edit Profile forms, there are no fields for Avatar, User Position and Social Info. How the user is suppose to fully create/update/manage his own profile?
In backend, those fields are present but this is an inconsistency: a user should ask an Administrator to make edits in User profile?

Second: The integration of T4 plugin with Joomla core User - Profile plugin is just half made.

There are fields in User-Profile Plugin that are available in Joomla Core User Plugin config page but are not displayed in Frontend Author Page (City, Region, Country, Postal/ZIP Code, Phone, Website, Favourite Book )
There are User fields Displayed in Frontend Author Page (avatar, user position, Social Info) that are not available in Frontend User profile edit/create.

At the bottom line this is a incomplete, tricky and feature crippled integration with Joomla core User Profile plugin.
Like someone integrated only some of the Joomla core plugin fields: "Address1" and "About Me", added some things (the "Avatar", Social Info" and "User Position") through some obscure/hidden override code without any documentation available, and created a half-and-half user profile feature that isn't managed properly, neither in native Joomla User Profile plugin, neither in T4 Framework. With functionality bugs (missing fields in frontend user edit page).
I may suggest to ditch the Joomla user profile plugin entirely since is missing critical requirements: Avatar and Social links. Please create a proper, standalone, T4 User profile plugin or a compatible third party user profile plugin starting from Joomla's example.
If you are doing that, it may be a good idea to create an file upload field for avatar. Do not rely on Joomla media manager to choose the profile picture. Is involving additional steps and I dont see any reason for allowing a new member to see the whole files from media management screen. By contrary, this may be a security flaw.

saguaros

unicserv Hi

I've shared with our T4 team for further consideration on this, thanks for your input.

saguaros

UPDATE:

Our developer updated a bit, you can take a BACKUP of your site first and try with this package: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XrSayJxausQdmgQgQ986VngVhB5BzfrA/view?usp=drive_link

Regards

unicserv

Hello,

I have received your updated files with T4 >

Add to the original message this bug that I have described here: https://www.joomlart.com/forums/d/48550-joomla-5-the-author-listings-menu-element-type-site-routing-errors

It may be repetitive but you must know that both: Joomprofile and Easy Profile have no joomla 4 and Joomla 5 versions. Easy Profile have no intention in building a Joomla 4 and 5 compatible extension:
https://www.easy-profile.com/support/joomla-4-compatability/
https://www.easy-profile.com/support/release-notes-easy-profile-free-2-10-1-and-joomla-4-support.html

It may be a good idea to start developing a fully functional User profile component for joomla 4 and 5 based on your experience and Joomla User - Profile standard plugin.

saguaros

unicserv Hi

I'm aware of this feature for author view, I will forward to our T4 team again for further consideration.

Thanks for your input.

unicserv

saguaros

I manage to fix a bit the /plugins/system/t4/src/t4/MVC/Router/t4.php
I'm sure that I didn''t get all the algorithm's ideas but this can be a starting point for building a functioning user feature of T4

First of all there is an obvious mistake on
public function getMenuAuthorsId()
{
$menus = $this->menu->getItems(['component'], ['com_content']);
foreach ($menus as $menu) {
if (preg_match('/view=author&layout=list/', $menu->link)) {
return $menu; // You intend to process all menu items with view=author and layout=list but you are taking actually only the first instance since the return exits the procedure without processing the rest. No wonder that for several author list menu items the urls are set to the first instance only: The pagination get broken, the author view is having a bad url... I have commented the line and the problem disappear. What this iteration suppose to do anyway? Spaghetti code?
}
if (preg_match('/view=author&layout=author/', $menu->link)) {
return $this->menu->getActive(); //I have added a menu since the author view is displayed in homepage template style instead of default template style. Is OK but is working correctly only if SEF = OFF.
}
}
}

On public function buildRule(&$router, &$uri) {...
$uri->delVar('layout');
$uri->delVar('id');
$uri->delVar('u_id');
// $uri->delVar('Itemid'); I have commented this line since I see no reason for deleting the menu itemID when the author page is viewed. That page suppose to be a child of its menu item. not to be a page without any id... Doing that, the system worked well WITH SEF ON. Without commenting it was working correctly only if SEF was off)
if (!$this->app->get('sef_rewrite'))
{
$uri->setPath('index.php/' . $uri->getPath());
}
if (!empty($this->cache)) {
$this->cache->store(array($uri->getPath(), $uri->getQuery(false)), 'build:'.$cacheId);
}
}
}
}

saguaros

unicserv Thanks for your sharing 🙂