A Google+ ID field has appeared in my user registration form. I think it is inserted by the google_authorship module, but I'm not sure.

Most users won't know what a Google+ ID is, and may be put off registering. A lot of them won't understand that the absence of a little red asterisk means that it isn't required.

It's not necessary at the point of user registration. Can the field not be added only to the form to edit the user account?

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sadashiv’s picture

sadashiv commented

Hi @bgprior,

You can add a hook_form_alter to a custom module and hide/remove that field.

Hth,
Sadashiv.

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gabesullice
Primary language English
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Status: Active » Postponed

Hi @bgprior,

Thanks for the suggestion, I agree that this could be confusing. At the same time, allowing new registrants to add that info can greatly ease the amount of time it might take a site admin to add that field to all the author's that he wants to have Google+ Authorship on. As @sadashiv mentioned, it shouldn't be hard to hide that field.

All that said, I'm planning on writing a version 2 of the module pretty soon. V2 will incorporate configuration options and make the module much more customizable and robust. For the time being though, it the module works as designed. I will certainly consider this as a handy option to include.

Best,

Gabe

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gabesullice
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Version: 7.x-1.1 » 7.x-2.0-beta0
Assigned: Unassigned » gabesullice
Status: Postponed » Fixed

As promised, the latest 2.x version of this module now has a configuration option to hide the field on the user registration form.

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.