Custom Fields help you gather important information about members to create better experiences and more connections in the community.
Today, Custom Fields offers a dropdown selection but we are expanding to more options in the future, such as short text fields.
Network Hosts can create Custom Fields by navigating to Admin > Members > Custom Fields and selecting “Create Field”.
Then follow these steps:
Name the Custom Field, which will appear on the member’s profile if the Host sets the field to be visible to members.
Create a description that will appear next to the input field.
Create a placeholder response that will appear in the input field when empty.
Select the type of response for this field. This cannot be edited once the field has been created, however the only type we currently offer is dropdown.
Click “Next: Configure” to configure the dropdown options:
Response Type: Decide how many options a member can select from the dropdown, one (single select) or multiple (multi-select). The response type cannot be edited later.
Custom Response Option: Decide if you want to allow members to type a response that doesn’t appear in the dropdown, which will appear as an option in the dropdown for all members in the future.
Dropdown Options: Enter up to 20 dropdown options. You can edit them and add more later.
Click “Next: Privacy” to configure the privacy settings for the responses. This cannot be edited once the field is created. Requests for sensitive information must comply with Mighty Networks' Terms and Conditions.
The Field Privacy options are
Public: everyone in the Network can see the responses
Private: Only Hosts, moderators, and the responding member can see the responses
After a field is created, it will appear on the list of Custom Fields.
All fields will be hidden until they are made visible.
To make a field visible, click the three-dot menu and select “Make Visible.”
After you do, you will have the option to notify all members of the new field.
If you do, members will receive an email and in-app notification.
In this menu, you can also edit the field, manage the field’s dropdown options, or delete it.
Managing Custom Fields
The Display Field will be the primary one that shows on member's profiles and across your Network. There will be a star next to your Display Field.
If you want to change the Display Field, first remove the current one by going to the three dot menu next to it and choose "Remove as Display Field".
You will then need to choose another field to be the Display Field. Only public single select fields can be set at the Display Field.
You can also reorder how fields appear on the Member Profile or the Member Detail Page by going to Members > Reorder Custom Fields.
The field’s privacy setting controls whether or not it appears.
Member Experience
When editing their profile, a member will see Custom Fields above the Location field.
After they select their response and click “Save”, they will see the response on their profile.
If they click on their response > See Members, they will see a list of the members who selected that field response.
Looking for ideas? Check out our Guide to Custom Fields 101.