I've added these lines, and now the fields are hidden both on the signup page and on the profile page.
How can I make the fields hidden only on the signup page? I want the user to be able to add their name later on the profile page. On Monday, January 30, 2012 at 8:14:09 AM UTC+7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > I suggest you simply make the fields hidden > > db.auth_user.first_name.readable = db.auth_user.first_name.writable = > False > db.auth_user.last_name.readable = db.auth_user.last_name.writable = > False > > On Jan 29, 6:36 pm, HittingSmoke <hittingsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'd like to use auth with only a username instead of first and last > > name. I defined my own tables without a first and last name but it > > still causes issues throughout the app. > > > > For instance, when I try to use appadmin to add a user to a new auth > > group I get an error (<type 'exceptions.KeyError'> 'first_name') if > > there is no first and last name fields in the database. If I create > > them but make them unreadable and unwritable the page will load but > > all of the entries in the User ID dropdown say "None None (user ID > > #)". > > > > The auth Welcome bar is also fixed to the first name field and if not > > used it will says Welcome, None. > > > > This seems like quite a huge oversight for such a robust auth system. > > Usernames are far more common for user management than first and last > > names and many people just plain refuse to give their real names to > > random web sites that require authentication. > > > > Is there a modded version of auth perhaps that can be used as a > > plugin? Excuse me if that sounds stupid, I'm just started out with > > this and could very well just be going about this all wrong. -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
