I've searched the forums and extensions.joomla.org for something that will do the following. I apologize in advance if I've overlooked a previously posted solution to this use case.

I have a field I've created called cb_referred, which is required at registration. This is a select field, which I manually populate with values representing ways someone has heard about my website (flyer, facebook, etc). Included in the selectable options are some users who have become referrers (recruiting people to sign up for the site).

Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:

1) I'd like to have an article that displays a tally, preferably a bar graph, with the data from this field. I'd also like to exclude one of the options, "none" since the majority of users who sign up for the website do not necessarily select a referrer and if the majority of the users have none indicated, it wouldn't be handsome in a bar graph.

2) I'd like those users who are referrers to have a tab in their profiles which show the folks who've indicated them as a referrer. For Example Mark is a referrer on our site and John signs up and selects Mark as the referrer at registration, then Mark sees John listed in a tab of his profile that John marked him as such.


Once again, I apologize if I've overlooked a previously posted solution. I've subscribed to CB Subs because I believe in this product and it's many uses. I wish I had a greater depth of knowledge when it comes to coding these types of solutions. Hopefully this is something that's easily accomplished.

Post edited by: krileon, at: 2010/11/17 21:40

Hi Kyle-

Thanks for the reply.

1) Does anyone on CB's dev team bid projects like making this sort of extension? Is there an hourly or project rate for these types of requests?

2) The name of the tab wouldn't be conditional as much as a designation that would be made for users who are referrers. The content within the tab would be conditional, in that folks who've indicated that they were referred by x user would then show up under the "Users you've Referred" tab in the Referrer's profile.

I hope that clarifies my intent. Thanks for your feedback and assistance.

Thanks for your responses. Based on a rough estimation, what do you think is a reasonable amount of time for an extension of this nature to take to develop by a competent developer? If I'm going to sub out a project like this, I'd like some barometer of what's involved as far as a time commitment.

Thanks again!