User Form

This is a maintenance topic, used by the Wiki administrator.

Data form definition of user topics

Before changing this form, please read the guidelines at Customizing the User Form below.

Name	Type	Size	Values	Tooltip message	Attributes
Name	text	40
Department	text	40
Title	text	40
Advisor or Class Instructor	text	40
Research Project Description	textarea	50x6
Links to relevant web pages, if any:	textarea	50x6
Links to related publications:	textarea	50x6

Customizing the User Form

You have created a customized copy of the user form: Main.UserForm.

Your form changes will only be visible in a user topic after it has been saved.

Please keep the UserRegistration form and the user form definition in sync. When you update the user form you need to edit/save the System.NewUserTemplate (not recommended, see below). This ensures that the fields are in the right order.

A form for new users

If a new user registers, the new user page is prefilled with the contents of System.NewUserTemplate. That template also contains a user form, based on the form definition in Main.UserForm.

You have created a custom user form, so you ought to use a custom 'new user' template as well. This will make your changes safe to future Foswiki upgrades.

To create your custom new user template, do this:

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  you will return here after saving

• Or create a copy by hand:
  1. Take a copy of System.NewUserTemplate and save it to Main.NewUserTemplate
  2. Set the topic form to your custom UserForm topic

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Related topics: WikiUsers, PatternSkinUserViewTemplate, NewUserTemplate, UserHomepageHeader, DataForms, UserRegistration