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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I am doing a networking site
for some one that is targeting college students. It is important that they have
a campus associated with their account. I need a little advice as to how best
to approach this.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I have a database table of
campuses that includes a state field. My first take was to add some JavaScript
in the registration form. Users select a state from a select list, which uses </span></font><st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">AJAX</st1:City></st1:place> <font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>to populate a div
with a list of links for that state. Choosing a link then in turn gives a
visual indication that a campus has been chosen and populates a hidden input
value which was empty, etc. etc. This was not too tough using jQuery and what
have you.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>I used something like this:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>function
campus_validate($form, &$form_state){</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
if($form_state['values']['campus']==""){</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
drupal_set_message(t('Please select a state and campus'));</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
return false;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
}</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
return true;</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>}</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>function
user_form_alter(&$form, $form_state, $form_id) {</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
if ($form_id == 'user_register') {</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
$form['Personal']['campus'] = array(</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
'#type' => 'hidden',</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
'#default_value' => "",</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
'#required' => TRUE </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>);</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in;line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>//
the following are not correct, but the idea is I need to validate the extra
fields I am adding. I can muddle through these.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
$form['Personal']['campus']['#element_validate'] = array('campus_validate');</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
// $form['profile_sex']['#element_validate'] = array('sex_validate');</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>
}</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>}</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>So I think you can see where
I am going with this although it isn’t complete.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The next thing I want to do,
is I prefer to add a tab for editing the users’ campus. I prefer this to
adding to the user/edit form. Once again, I will need to have a state select
that will use</span></font> <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>AJAX</span></font></st1:City></st1:place> <font
face="Courier New"><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'>to query and provide
a list. Fortunately, I can probably reuse a lot of the code from the
registration form. Can someone please suggest how to add a tab to /user, and if
you have any suggestions as to making this less labor-intensive, that would be
super!</span></font> <font face=Wingdings><span style='font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>If the whole thing should be
tossed, and go with multi-step submissions, please point me the right way on
that.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:20.1pt'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Thank you so much.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='line-height:150%'>Kindest Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:200%'><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on"><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
200%'><span style='line-height:200%'>Dayton</span></span></font></st1:place></st1:City>
Perkins<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:200%'><font
size=2 face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:200%;
font-family:"Arial Black"'><span style='line-height:200%'>Good News Design<o:p></o:p></span></span></font></p>
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color="#8000ff" face="Arial Black"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:
150%;font-family:"Arial Black";color:#8000FF'>Interactive Web sites for
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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
Arial'>Phone: 616-399-5617</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
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<p class=MsoAutoSig align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>3611 Butternut
Drive</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:place w:st="on">Lot</st1:place> 40<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial'>Holland</span></font></st1:City><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> <st1:State w:st="on">MI</st1:State>
<st1:PostalCode w:st="on">49424</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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