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User Profile: Firstname & lastname field instead of fullname #7695

Open modxbot opened 12 years ago

modxbot commented 12 years ago

markh created Redmine issue ID 7695

Some applications reusing the existing security system require a separate first and last name, which, while possible by using extended fields or custom fields, is not as intuitive as it should be.

I'd like to propose replacing the User Profile's fullname field with two separate fields for first and last name, and for backwards compatibility creating a fullname alias to firstname + lastname (or even better, a configurable way of concatenating first and lastname, such as "lastname, firstname"). This would allow more flexibility compared to what is offered now and make it easier to integrate with custom systems that expect them separately.

With something like this we may need to consider the middle thingy in a name (don't think it's common in the US, but it is down here):

firstname +(de|van (den|der)?|ten)+ lastname

No idea what the English term for that is. It's tussenvoegsel in Dutchy.

christianseel commented 11 years ago

christianseel submitted:

I would like to push this for the upcoming MODX 2.3.0!

Also Discuss is splitting the fullname currently very ugly... So MODX 2.3 can do this too!

Jay came up with the idea to continue using the fullname field (as backup for existing projects) and only adding firstname and lastname. During the update the fullname could be splitted with a nice function that we could work on together.

I think it's a shame that MODX "Revolution" has only a fullname field - let's change this!

boomerang commented 10 years ago

boomerang submitted:

I'd like to see this added as it would make linking with other products eg MailChimp or Foxycart so much easier. Otherwise its extending the moduser which isn't for everyone.