Look at the (default vBulletin skin) postbit template and see how they change the image depending on the users status. Then just use those conditions to set up what you want. vBulletin fetches the online status by default in the postbit, so there is no need to fetch it yourself with a plugin.
I know, but it does not work, it's returning an image, I need to return a variable.
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I made a custom template.
Title: postbit_onlinestatus_two
Inside that template: <if condition="$onlinestatus==0">0</if><if condition="$onlinestatus==1">1</if><if condition="$onlinestatus==2">2</if>
I've made a plugin to cache the template.
Hook Location: cache_templates
Title: cache custom templates
Code: $globaltemplates = array_merge($globaltemplates, array('beer','drink','postbit_onlinestatus_two')); (it's caching other templates as well)
I've created a plugin to execute the template.
Hook Location: postbit_display_complete
Title: Postbit Online Status
Code: eval('$postbitonlinestatus = "' . fetch_template('postbit_onlinestatus_two') . '";');
And the code in my postbit template:
<div class="online$postbitonlinestatus">
It's currently returning a "0" regardless if I am online or not.
Can someone please give me a little guidance to get this working? Thank you. :)
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I came up with a solution but have one last issue, it's not parsing correctly when using quick reply, it loads in using the image code instead, but on refresh it's fine.
I don't have to use plugins or anything, I just did this to my postbit_onlinestatus template:
<if condition="$vbulletin->userinfo['field8'] != 'Horizontal Postbit' AND in_array(THIS_SCRIPT, array('showthread','private'))"><if condition="$onlinestatus==0">0</if><if condition="$onlinestatus==1">1</if><if condition="$onlinestatus==2">2</if><else /><if condition="$onlinestatus==0"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/user_offline.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$user[username]">$vbphrase[x_is_offline]</phrase>" border="0" /></if>
<if condition="$onlinestatus==1"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/user_online.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$user[username]">$vbphrase[x_is_online_now]</phrase>" border="0" /></if>
<if condition="$onlinestatus==2"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/user_invisible.gif" alt="<phrase 1="$user[username]">$vbphrase[x_is_invisible]</phrase>" border="0" /></if></if>
My members can choose their postbit, hence the first part of the code.
Any ideas how to make this parse right away with quick reply?