How to add a new variable to blog creation form?

Question

I'm trying to add a new INPUT field to the blog creation form on Buddypress. Adding the front-end element is the easy part. I'm having some hard time trying to save it.

The variable is a string, and I've added wpmu_new_blog a function that adds the variable as an option (add_option('name','value');).

Despite the fact I've specified global $variable in the function, the variable won't pass.

Ideas? Thanks!

Answer 1

The Wordpress Setting API should provide everything you need, it even automatically stores values IIRC. As buddypress is built on top of WordPress I assume this work for buddypress as well.