Sort and Add First and Last Names to User List

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Is there any way to display first name and last name in the user list, with a sort option? I'm implementing this for an internal company forum.

Thanks in advance for your help.
[originally posted on jforum.net by lynwall]

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JForum does not have First and Last name fields. If you want to add it, you must change the table jforum_users, the User.java entity, as well the UserModel.* queries in generic_queries.sql and the class GenericUserDAO.java

Rafael
[originally posted on jforum.net by Rafael Steil]

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Hi Rafael,

is something like this planned for the future, i.e. adding additional admin defined fields like full name, org unit etc.
Since JForum fits in enterprise infrastructures quite well (Java, excellent LDAP integration!), it'd be nice to have this ability.
Especially for the LDAP integration, it'd be nice to have an additional field for names, since username for us is the quite cryptic ADS login. Ideally, the fullname could be pulled from LDAP, too.

We're now pointing users to set their signature. Manual changes would certainly make jforum upgrades harder.

Kind regards,
Michael
[originally posted on jforum.net by michaeltk]

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FWIW, there are ways to use the existing structure to get part of what you want. For example, there is no first name / last name field, but there is a from field that can be used for the person's full name.

If your SSO method populates this, you can modify the templates to use this field instead of the user name. I did it on our install.

Also, many of the other user object fields don't have meaning in an enterprise setting, e.g. AIM info and the like. The templates can easily be changed to label these field differently. So, as far as the user is concerned, the template variable, $user.aim, will look like/contain Division or Unit or Title or other enterprise info.

Sorting by first and last name you'll have to code...
[originally posted on jforum.net by monroe]