UKBL ~ FaceBook profile link on Postbit

[UKBusinessLive]

UKBL ~ FaceBook profile link on Postbit ~ Clickable !!

Member on Facebook? Show other members that you have a Facebook presance by adding a facebook Icon to your postbit" ;)

This is a cool hack which will let your members add a facebook Icon to their Postbit template, They need to add their facebook Profile user ID in their user CPfor this to show, If they don't enter one, then the badge don't show :D

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/03/31.png

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/03/32.png
How to install.

Its really easy to do, as always, so if your sitting comfortably, lets begin ;)

Now we need to create a User Custome field, so.....

AdminCP and add a custom field > User Profile fields > Add New User Profile Field

Title = Facebook user ID

Description = Enter the Number ID from your Facebook User Profile

Default Value = Leave empty

Max length of allowed user input = 12

Display Size = 10

Display Order = 10 or 15

Field Required = No as default

Field Editable by User = Yes in case member wants to delete, Later

Private Field = No

Field Searchable on Members List = No

Show on Members List = Yes

Regular Expression = leave empty

Save the field ;)

Once you've saved you can see what the field number is, So lets say its Field11 for example, Remember this as will need it for your Postbit Edits :up:

Thats the first bit done, now Part Two :rolleyes:

Go to the template you are using in Styles & Templates/Style Manager, and select Edit templates.

Go to "postbit templates" and select the template you are using, either postbit or postbit_legacy.

Find the following

<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div class="postbit">$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>

Directly above it add

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">
<if condition="$post['field11']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://www.yourforum.com/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

replace the RED Field attribute for your own

now when members sign up their facebook badge and enter their profile user ID into the "Enter the Number ID from your Facebook User Profile" section in their UserCP, The Badge will automatically appear in their Postbit :eek:

Don't forget to change the usergroup condition with the number of the usergroups that you want to be able to view this

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">

That means that guests and banned users will not be able to view members facebook profile urls ;)

Members who do not add a user id will not be shown anything.

Next, Upload the facebook icon to your forums/images/misc folder and add the full url to the part in the code which shows the image.

if you are just seeing a red cross on your postbit, then its because your image url is not right ;)

Oh Forgot to say, Badge is fully clickable so members can click directly to facebook ;)


Hope you enjoyed this new hack, and thanks to DobieGillis? for the idea ;)

Please Click Installed and I'll support you 100%

Thanks

[UKBusinessLive]

:D Reserved ;)

[DobieGillis?]

you are the best!

[DobieGillis?]

again, my humbelest thanks!

[Jasem]

Good work, thank you......

Installed

[DobieGillis?]

going to try one with Myspace. lol

[macc]

Nice work - Thanks :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

regards

macc

[UKBusinessLive]

Thanks again everyone :D

You can by all means do one for myspace, bebo and the such, simply by replacing the destination url and adding the fieldX attribute where the member id belongs.

Don't forget to add the image url too ;)

Have fun

:D

[trotskid]

Thanks for this hack ;)

How can I modify the position of the icon?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[scottny]

I want to install but where is the number on Facebook? Sorry I am really computer challenged when it comes to things like this.

[UKBusinessLive]

Thanks for this hack ;)

How can I modify the position of the icon?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

by looking at your picture you'll want to move it down a bit more, Just add it down the code a bit further in the postbit template, not sure without looking at your postbit, but just move it down below the Yahoo icon, you'll see the code for it, just make sure its on a new line and not in the middle of a line of code ;)

[UKBusinessLive]

I want to install but where is the number on Facebook? Sorry I am really computer challenged when it comes to things like this.

below is what a normal profile page looks like in facebook, with the user id Colored red, thats the Url of the page when your logged onto your facebook profile.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=123456789123&ref=profile

This is what we have in the code, with the user number replaced with the custom profile file number, in red also

http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profileThe thing that makes this show up or not in the postbit, is the custom user field in the edit options of the users CP

When they enter there user number from their facebook profile in this profile field the code is complete, without this number the facebook logo is not shown. ;)

[K4GAP]

Which of the profile field selections do I use for this? There are 6 to choose from.

[UKBusinessLive]

Which of the profile field selections do I use for this? There are 6 to choose from.

Hi Gary

The User profile file which you've created just for this, You can't use an existing one :confused:

[Sweeks]

Wouldnt it better to use <if condition="$show['member']"></if> wrapped around the edit so that all members can see it, but guests cant? Also you have added two border="0"'s to the edit ;)
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[DobieGillis?]

all good!

[UKBusinessLive]

Thanks for this hack ;)

How can I modify the position of the icon?

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/1885/facebookj.jpg

Did you manage to move your icon Trotskid ?? :)

[obmob]

Oh, i was wondering about this, a good idea ^^

[UKBusinessLive]

Oh, i was wondering about this, a good idea ^^


Thanks :cool:

[RedDevil]

I was going to try this however the line to search for doesnt exist.

<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div class="postbit">$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>

Is this compatible with (vBulletin 3.8.1 Patch Level 1)

or maybe been changed?

[UKBusinessLive]

I was going to try this however the line to search for doesnt exist.

<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div class="postbit">$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>

Is this compatible with (vBulletin 3.8.1 Patch Level 1)

or maybe been changed?

Is what compatible with 3.8.1 the hack or the above code??

The Hack Should be, I'm not sure what your trying to do with that condidtional?

[RedDevil]

Is what compatible with 3.8.1 the hack or the above code??

The Hack Should be, I'm not sure what your trying to do with that condidtional?


I was trying to find it in the postbit template, its ok found it its broken into 2 lines made it more challenging to find lol.

cant get it to display will have to mess about not over good at codeing :)

[RedDevil]

Nice got it working, after a bit of trial and error works better for me place above $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right] as where your code said it messed up the side display.


It would be nice to be able to have it inline with the msn aim etc if possible, but its ok now.

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

[UKBusinessLive]

Nice got it working, after a bit of trial and error works better for me place above $template_hook[postbit_userinfo_right] as where your code said it messed up the side display.


It would be nice to be able to have it in line with the msn aim etc if possible, but its ok now.

http://www.vrbforums.co.uk/pics/fbook.jpg

Try and move it further down the postbit code or add it after the other icons and see???

Sometimes Postbits are heavily modified and its a bit of a job to keep everyone happy ;)

Glad you enjoy it though

:D

[010081]

nice mod thankx for sharing

[trotskid]

Did you manage to move your icon Trotskid ?? :)

Finally! And looks great ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Just followed by the last icon:

....$post[skypeicon]<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 5, 10,.......

Greetings

[UKBusinessLive]

Finally! And looks great ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Just followed by the last icon:

....$post[skypeicon]<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 5, 10,.......

Greetings

Nice :D

[RedDevil]

Finally! And looks great ;)

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/8951/33533817.jpg

Just followed by the last icon:

....$post[skypeicon]<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 5, 10,.......

Greetings

cheers :)

[down.low]

I'm a 3.8.1 user
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This code doesn't work:
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">
<if condition="$post['field11']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://www.yourforum.com/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>|
It's missing a </a>

Has an extra border="0"

Why URL for href?
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If you'd like to get you're facebook icon here:
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https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

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First, upload https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/ to your server in this directory: images/misc/


Then edit postbit_legacy and look for this string:

<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a></if>|
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Below it add this string after changing both ?? to your field number:
<if condition="$show['member']">
<if condition="$post['field??']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field??]&ref=profile">
<img alt="Facebook" src="images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/></a>
</if></if>|
Save the template and you're done.
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[RedHacker]

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">

In there what put...?

My team members or my team members who dont show facebook ID....?

[UKBusinessLive]

I'm a 3.8.1 user
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This code doesn't work:
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">
<if condition="$post['field11']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://www.yourforum.com/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>|
It's missing a </a>

Has an extra border="0"

Why URL for href?
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If you'd like to get you're facebook icon here:
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http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr88/ps_auction/face2.jpg

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First, upload http://i472.photobucket.com/albums/rr88/ps_auction/facebook.png to your server in this directory: images/misc/


Then edit postbit_legacy and look for this string:

<if condition="$show['reportlink']"><a href="report.php?$session[sessionurl]p=$post[postid]" rel="nofollow"><img class="inlineimg" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/report.gif" alt="$vbphrase[report_bad_post]" border="0" /></a></if>|
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Below it add this string after changing both ?? to your field number:
<if condition="$show['member']">
<if condition="$post['field??']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field??]&ref=profile">
<img alt="Facebook" src="images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/></a>
</if></if>|
Save the template and you're done.
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wow thanks for the update :D

i'll update my first post in a moment :up:

[UKBusinessLive]

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">

In there what put...?

My team members or my team members who dont show facebook ID....?

Thats for the user groups that you want to be able to use this hack, Just add your registered members usergroup ID, plus your mods and admins, if you don't add the usergroup id for unregistered, or banned members then they will not be able to see the facebook icon ;)

[RedHacker]

If put said down.low the image put down but saw little up from others images

[UKBusinessLive]

If put said down.low the image put down but saw little up from others images

What you've said don't make sense?? :confused:

can you be a bit clearer??

[RedHacker]

Finally i fixed..!!!The facebook ID where is...?

[UKBusinessLive]

Finally i fixed..!!!The facebook ID where is...?

Well done Buddy :D:D

[RedHacker]

I haven't ID Facebook and saw as put 12 numbers..!!!!!Can find this my members....?

[UKBusinessLive]

I haven't ID Facebook and saw as put 12 numbers..!!!!!Can find this my members....?
Not sure what you mean??

[RedHacker]

Who find the ID...?

[UKBusinessLive]

Who find the ID...?

the member get the id from their facebook profile url, and enters this into their Custom profile field, once they do that, the icon shows in their post bit ;)

[DieselMinded]

Something very crazy !!!!!!

<!-- Myspace start -->
<if condition="$post[field6]"><a href="http://www.myspace.com/$post[field6]" target="_blank">
<img src="images/misc/myspace.gif" border="0" alt="View Member's MySpace Page" /></a>
</if>
<!-- Myspace end -->
<!-- Facebook start -->
<if condition="$post[field11]"><a href ="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=$post[field11]" target="_blank"><img src ="images/misc/facebook.gif" border="0" alt="View Member's FaceBook Profile" /></a>
</if>
<!-- Facebook end -->

in post bit

But IE is completely striping out the face book code , ITS NOT EVEN ON THE PAGE SOURCE !

[dilbert]

I believe the Facebook ID is always a number, so you might want to consider using a Regular Expression setting. I added something like this previously for Facebook and LinkedIn and also added them to the memberlist page.
I used this for the Facebook ID: ^[0-9]{5,25}$|^$

[DieselMinded]

i had the field hidden works great thanks

[MaR?]

How can I add link on profile???

[ubcforums]

installed :D....working like charm...thanks

[MaR?]

Sorry I dint clik INSTALL, now I did:

How can I add link on profile???

[valdet]

Gerry,

On Profile field in Admin panel, you need to use this regex, to have users enter exactly 10 numbers.

^([0-9]{10})$

Max length of allowed user input isn't the solution for this case, because users may enter less than 10 numbers in that profile field, while Facebook profiles have exactly 10 numbers each, so in some cases facebook profile links may be broken.

Val.

[UKBusinessLive]

Gerry,

On Profile field in Admin panel, you need to use this regex, to have users enter exactly 10 numbers.

^([0-9]{10})$

Max length of allowed user input isn't the solution for this case, because users may enter less than 10 numbers in that profile field, while Facebook profiles have exactly 10 numbers each, so in some cases facebook profile links may be broken.

Val.

Thanks Val :D

[rrudeboy]

hmz, installed this this morning and if i click on a user's FB icon it directs me to my own FB page...

[Mellymonster]

This is great, and also if you want to do it for Myspace you can use the Myspace image
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/external/2009/06/25.gif

and the code for that would be a little different not much

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">
<if condition="$post['field11']">
<a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=$post[field11]">
<img alt="Myspace" border="0" src="http://www.yoursite.com/images/misc/icon_myspace.gif" border="0"/>
</if></if>

[Mellymonster]

hmz, installed this this morning and if i click on a user's FB icon it directs me to my own FB page...

Right but if you click on someone elses fb icon by there name it should take you to there FB page :)

[Greek76]

Great mod!

Now If you don't want your users to leave your site when they click on the facebook icon then add this part of the code which is in blue.

<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile" target="_blank">

[rrudeboy]

Right but if you click on someone elses fb icon by there name it should take you to there FB page :)

but it does not... i tried both FB id # and since saturday i tried the vanity name, but it does NOT take me to the users FB page.

** fixed my issue.

[rrudeboy]

Facebook link with your FB number works.... but when a member uses his "vanity" name it does not work.

coder of this mod still around ?

[skariko]

What about now that is possible to change the link on own facebook?
:D

[Ov3rrun]

I need it works with vanity name's ??????? ex: facebook.com/myname

[UKBusinessLive]

I need it works with vanity name's ??????? ex: facebook.com/myname

All you need to do is to change the URL part of the code

http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">


to something like this

http://www.facebook.com/[field11]


keeping the field ID for the actual Vanity name ;)

[Pokerbanter]

All you need to do is to change the URL part of the code

http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">


to something like this

http://www.facebook.com/[field11]


keeping the field ID for the actual Vanity name ;)

No, this doesn't work. It's actually trying to take my to that url rather than replacing field with vanity name.

Suggestions?

PS - I'm trying to do it for Bebo, not Facebook.

[Pokerbanter]

All you need to do is to change the URL part of the code

http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile">


to something like this

http://www.facebook.com/[field11]


keeping the field ID for the actual Vanity name ;)

Fixed it, it should actually be:

http://www.facebook.com/$post[field11]

[rrudeboy]

dangit, it stopped working (after malicious hack)

code:
<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2, 4, 6, 7, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17)">
<if condition="$post['field7']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field11]&ref=profile" target="_#new">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://everythingberry.net/forum/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/></a>
</if></if>


url it takes you: http://www.facebook.com/roeiboot?ref=profile

the id is 7, and i tried both 7 and 11... both no worky :]

tks.

[joyboy2001]

now that facebook has released vanity usernames, can this be modified to include either the profile number or the profile name ...
If it's too complicated to make this happen automatically (if the user enters a number then the coding becomes different and if he enters a username the code automatically changes) then can there be an option to do this with the use of 2 text boxes ?

I'd love to install this as I've also integrated Facebook connect but can't till the time both type of facebook users (with profile ID and with usernames) are able to get correct URLs ...

[hippyTRIBE]

^^
I am facing a problem as to how to retrieve the Facebook IDs as they have changed their model to vanity URL.

Hope UKBL will come up with a solution to this.. !!

[itsheinz]

nice one simply rocks :)

[principino1984]

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 6, 7, 9)">
<if condition="$post['field12']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/$post[field12]?ref=profile">
<img alt="Il mio Facebook" border="0" src="images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

I solved with a simply mod to it...

[taffy056]

very nice thanks :)

[blaize]

I worked around the new vanity url issue by creating two custom fields, one for numerical id and one for users with vanity urls.

This is the code I used for the postbit template edits. Change fields XX & YY to whatever your custom fields are.

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2, 5, 6, 7)">
<if condition="$post['fieldXX']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[fieldXX]&ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://yourforums.com/forums/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2, 5, 6, 7)">
<if condition="$post['fieldYY']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/$post[fieldYY]?ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://yourforums.com/forums/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

Use at your own risk.

The first is for the numerical id & the second is used if the facebook profile uses a vanity url.

[taffy056]

Been playing around with this trying to get it to work in VB 4.0, obviously it needs to be recoded as it doesn't work, anyway its a cool little hack and would love to have it on my forum again.

Thanks

[greenbuildpost]

I noticed when I set it up to use the vanity names you must include "?ref=nf" after you fill your vanity name in the user details field.

Is there a way around this so you can just enter your vanity name?

[greenbuildpost]

I noticed when I set it up to use the vanity names you must include "?ref=nf" after you fill your vanity name in the user details field.

Is there a way around this so you can just enter your vanity name?

For now I just added "?ref=nf" into the address on the style manager template and it seems to be working with only adding the custom Facebook URL in the details field.

[GTX2]

Great mod !!

I just think my forum members won't find easy to find the facebook member number (most don't understand this kind of stuff).
Is there any way of associate their email with their member number, in order to fill out that field automatically?
Maybe i'm asking for something impossible ;)

[COBRAws]

Is there a way so people can input their facebook IDor their screen name? Remember that now with FB you can have your own profile URL like: facebook.com/cobraws

I mean, Like a conditional field or something, you can enter the numerical ID or just the screen name ID.

Cya!

[TheLastSuperman]

I noticed when I set it up to use the vanity names you must include "?ref=nf" after you fill your vanity name in the user details field.

Is there a way around this so you can just enter your vanity name?

You figured this out see below and nice job :D

Been playing around with this trying to get it to work in VB 4.0, obviously it needs to be recoded as it doesn't work, anyway its a cool little hack and would love to have it on my forum again.

Thanks

Send me a PM, I will update this but you cannot re-release it I want to wait for UKBL to re-release for 4.0 and he's busy in real life atm.

There are some others FB mods out for 4.0 some similar some different sorta check them out and or look for more ;)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=228610
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=229686

For now I just added "?ref=nf" into the address on the style manager template and it seems to be working with only adding the custom Facebook URL in the details field.

:D

Great mod !!

I just think my forum members won't find easy to find the facebook member number (most don't understand this kind of stuff).
Is there any way of associate their email with their member number, in order to fill out that field automatically?
Maybe i'm asking for something impossible ;)

When you create the profile field in admincp... the "Description area" allows you to enter in html ;) so you can take a screenshot then use:

<br />
<img src="htttp://www.yoursite.com/yourimage.jpg" style="border-style: none"/>

With an image and the number or vanity named circled in red ahh be creative :p and they will see an image along with your instrcutions on how to find it ;).

Is there a way so people can input their facebook IDor their screen name? Remember that now with FB you can have your own profile URL like: facebook.com/cobraws

I mean, Like a conditional field or something, you can enter the numerical ID or just the screen name ID.

Cya!

Do what greenbuildpost did by tinkering with the codes and check your url's of friends who have and have not done this to see how to change the code ;)

Mike

[bayXzor]

thank you..

[taffy056]

Send me a PM, I will update this but you cannot re-release it I want to wait for UKBL to re-release for 4.0 and he's busy in real life atm.
Mike

That's great Mike, only just seen your post about this, sent you a PM in regards to it, thank you very much :up: its very kind of you

[Miss Chatterbox]

Installed! Excellent idea! Thank you! :up:

[greenbuildpost]

For now I just added "?ref=nf" into the address on the style manager template and it seems to be working with only adding the custom Facebook URL in the details field.

I had this uninstalled from my forum for a while and just reinstalled it today. Now for some reason I don't need the "?ref=nf" for it to work.

[SVTOA]

It appears that the </a> is missing from the link??

Nice mod, members love it.

[ramires]

nice mod, thanks

[biggeorge]

The install instructions in the zip are different from what is posted in the description.

I moved the link to the bottom where the rest of the social icons are... just made it flow better. I also added target="_blank"

Thanks!

[kuervo]

no cant modify :S help me!

[sdfontanini]

I also noticed the </a> was missing, wasted about 20 min figuring it out. :-) LOL

Here's the code for VB 4

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field25]&ref=profile">
<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

[sdfontanini]

here's another modification to the vb 4 version, where i have made the ID code appear on hover

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field25]&ref=profile">
<img alt="{vb:raw post.field25}" border="0" src="http://www.coloradoevo.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

[sdfontanini]

Last but not least I fixed all the issues with the coding. this was a real pain, here's the new vb 4 version. it directly links to your friends facebook accounts

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={vb:raw post.field25}">
<img alt="My Profile" border="1" src="http://www.yourforum.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

[sdfontanini]

finally one more, this one opens the links in a new page

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={vb:raw post.field25}" target="_blank">
<img alt="Facebook Profile" border="1" src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

[TheLastSuperman]

I also noticed the </a> was missing, wasted about 20 min figuring it out. :-) LOL

Here's the code for VB 4

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field25]&ref=profile">
<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

here's another modification to the vb 4 version, where i have made the ID code appear on hover

<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[field25]&ref=profile">
<img alt="{vb:raw post.field25}" border="0" src="http://www.coloradoevo.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

Last but not least I fixed all the issues with the coding. this was a real pain, here's the new vb 4 version. it directly links to your friends facebook accounts


<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={vb:raw post.field25}">
<img alt="My Profile" border="1" src="http://www.yourforum.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

finally one more, this one opens the links in a new page


<vb:if condition="$post['field25']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id={vb:raw post.field25}" target="_blank">
<img alt="Facebook Profile" border="1" src="http://www.yoursite.com/forums/images/misc/fb.bmp"></a>
</vb:if>

Similar here:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=233432
... it was already done for 4.x ;)

[MatiasCandy]

AdminCP and add a custom field > User Profile fields > Add New User Profile Field

Which "Profile Field Type"

I have 3.8.6 is there special install for that?
Sorry new to adding Badges and such

[bestmilan]

I worked around the new vanity url issue by creating two custom fields, one for numerical id and one for users with vanity urls.

This is the code I used for the postbit template edits. Change fields XX & YY to whatever your custom fields are.

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2, 5, 6, 7)">
<if condition="$post['fieldXX']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php/#/profile.php?id=$post[fieldXX]&ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://yourforums.com/forums/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

<if condition="is_member_of($bbuserinfo, 2, 5, 6, 7)">
<if condition="$post['fieldYY']">
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/$post[fieldYY]?ref=profile">
<img alt="My Facebook" border="0" src="http://yourforums.com/forums/images/misc/facebook.png" border="0"/>
</if></if>

Use at your own risk.

The first is for the numerical id & the second is used if the facebook profile uses a vanity url.


This was very helpful, thank you blaize :)

[bestmilan]

BTW, I cut off "&ref=profile" from the code above to validate the code.

It seems to be working fine in the latest versions of all major browsers.