The other one doesn't require any template edits - it's just an upload and install. Any possibility of implementing a similar experience here?

Hey! Installed and tested and working very well on my forum! Thanks for this one, I really like it.

Just wondering how to make the text of the 'status update' to be bold?

SliceofLife,

You can make the status update bold by making a simple modification to the template.

Find <!--BEGIN vBStatus--> in your postbit/postbit_legacy/memberinfo templates and find the first <div> tag in the block. Replace that <div> tag with <div style="font-weight:bold">.

You should be able to figure out how to make other simple edits like this by looking at the template code.

War.Frog,

I am not planning on making these template edits automatic. They are simple, and would make the installation process less transparent.

~Tim

Thanks so much for this Attilitus.

Working very well on my forum, no problems at all. Cheers. Very happy, great job - well done! :D

I too, had a look at the other status update mod and I preferred this one's functionality over the other one, and the members like the ease of use.

would be nice if recent status updates could be listed on the sidebar

BlackHat,

As mentioned before, the status messages are never permanently saved. Once you update your status, your old status is gone forever. If I ever decide to implement some kind of aggregate feed, like the one you described, then I will store a history of past status updates in a table.

Are the phrases still hardcoded? It would be nice to move them to language part of admin panel, to be able to translate them :) Thnx.

ivanp,

Phrasing seems like a good idea, but I don't think it is all that important. Assuming that the forum administrator understands English, translating the sparse phrases in the templates should not be difficult. I believe the only words visible to the user are "Edit" and "Save," and the rest of the words (like the default status and status prefix) are already customizable in the admincp.

We just installed this but it doesn't seem to be working. Where do we go to edit our status?

It is enabled and installed.

Any help?

STORMS,

Did you read the instructions text file included with the modification? There are 4 template edits that you need to make.

~Tim