Adding Metrics after the fact?

[Amanda Hickman]

Now that I've got FT up and running, I realize that I should have added metrics earlier. Rather than starting from scratch is there a way that I can manually change my database?

[Amanda Hickman]

I want the default for sign ups to be to opt in to email updates. I don't see a place to set that.

thanks,
Amanda

PS, if you answer, I promise to write up the answers nicely and add them to the wiki ...

[Michael Frumin]

to do that, you will need to edit the various form html templates, such as ft/style/templates/campaign/form-accept.tpl and form-register.tpl

[Amanda Hickman]

Cool. The templates sort of make it sound like they are looking for a value someplace to decide whether to default to opt-in. I was wondering if that value existed, sounds like no. I'll edit the template.

My campaign (I'm just tinkering with it) is a letter writing pledge, so one thing I want to know is "did you send a letter."

I'm also asking for addresses.

[Michael Frumin]

well, yeah.  you could replace

<input type="checkbox" name="register[values][person][opt_in]" value="1" {if $FT.post.register.values.person.opt_in}checked{/if}>

with just
<input type="checkbox" checked>

OR, go into lib/FT/App/Person.class.php and change

      'opt_in' => null,

to

      'opt_in' => 1,

that might work too.

-mike

[Michael Frumin]

um, yeah -- just add the right 'double' columns to the ft_node and ft_stats and ft_map_data tables.

so, for example, if you wanted to add a whales_saved metric, add a stat_whales_saved column to ft_stat, node_whales_saved to ft_node, and map_data_whales_saved to ft_map_data

thanks,
mike

[Michael Frumin]

PS -- what metrics?  I am interested.