Mandatory Feilds in Project Set Up

[Travis]

Hi,

How do I make fields mandatory when users are uploading their project? The title field is the only one that is mandatory at the moment and I want them all to be mandatory. How would I do this. Thanks!!

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople, For this you will have to do customizations in your add_project.php file.
I will check it with developers and get back to you with the required changes.

Regards

[Travis]

Thank you, I do appreciate this as we will need to implement this as soon as we can.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople,

I have checked with developers and as per their response nice validation needs lots of custom work.

I will request you to please hire an experienced developer and get this done for you. If you need, where(in which file) to change/customize the code I can tell you.
Regards
Varun Dubey

[Travis]

Please let me know which .php file I can add mandatory fields.
Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople
If you want some field mandatory, you can do browser check, by putting ‘required’ at the end of input
<input type="text" name="username" required>
for better solution you need more customization which includes javaScript validation

File :
plugins/bp-portfolio-pro/templates/project/add_project.php

* – create a folder ‘bp-portfolio-pro’ inside your active theme (or child theme)
* – copy this file and place in the folder mentioned above
* – and make changes to the new file (the one you just copied into your theme).

Regards
Varun Dubey

[Travis]

Thanks! I was able to add mandatory fields to the Details section. Do you know how to make the Cover Photo step mandatory as well with some code?

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople,

Cover Photo is part of BuddyPress and it’s optional, You can set default cover image with some codes.

BuddyPress Cover Images

with some codes like

function your_theme_xprofile_cover_image( $settings = array() ) {
    $settings['default_cover'] = 'http://site.url/to/your/default_cover_image.jpg';
 
    return $settings;
}
add_filter( 'bp_before_groups_cover_image_settings_parse_args', 'your_theme_xprofile_cover_image', 10, 1 );

Regards
Varun Dubey

[Travis]

Hi,

Sorry if I was confusing but I was talking about making the “Cover Photo” step in the upload your project section mandatory. How do I make the “Cover” photo mandatory when people are creating a project? See attached.

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople, It will need you to add custom codes on it to validate the upload section.

Regards
Varun Dubey

[Travis]

Is this something you can help me with? I just don’t want to have people use the site and not upload a cover photo.

[Anonymous]

Hi @heavenlygiftedpeople

These are small customization you can easily use your developer or 3rd party service to do them
For small customization you can also use https://codeable.io/

Regards
Varun Dubey

[Travis]

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Cool,
I will close this thread. Feel free to create new for any further questions
Regards
Varun Dubey