Glad to see this has made it to vB4 :).

Beneath the main navigation menu when you're on the Roster 'tab'.

Edit the template showroster_navbar, change <a class="navtab" href="showroster.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">Roster</a> to whatever you want.

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I had a play around with the templates on my test site, mainly moving all the styling to a separate css sheet so that the table would take on the style of whatever the user was viewing in, but also the odd tweak. Below are two examples;

Grouped:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/1912/roster1.png

Single Table:
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/2255/roster2.png

I also thought of some ideas/requests for future versions;

• as mentioned previously, default order is that which user group IDs are entered in the settings
• multiple rosters
• allow HTML in group titles (where my first screen shot has all the <span> stuff)
• make each group listing collapsible
• find a way to get multiple-selection user profile fields to work in the roster
• add page pagination for long rosters
• add an age column (assuming user has set age to be public)
• add a PM/Email/MSN/Skype column (following default permissions)
• phrase the few remaining unphrased words (eg. Roster)

Anyway, if you're interested in the template/css changes I made let me know and I'll give you what I've done.

Hope your exam went okay :).

Great mod!

I would love to see the ability (in a future version) to replace the text group name with an image instead (image path is entered as an option in the group). If that ever happens, would it look prettier to have the image centered over the listing of the people in the group, instead of fixed on the left?

Thanks again for making this!

IR15H I think that is amazing and exactly what this needed!

Please share if you could with Sarcoth or maybe with us here... I would love that if you could share it with me either way...

Thanks!

Are you talking about the different browser types? Hmmm, I know the tables looked different in Firefox and IE, but I didn't know I could do much about that. I'm interested in the css sheet and what you did to the templates if you don't mind. Thank you.

1) You mean the default order isn't working for you? I did add it to this version, but it only works when the default sort is usergroupid.
2) I had thought of doing that already, but just haven't gotten around to it. Easy enough to do.
3) Hmmm, that may be more of a challenge. I know how to do collapsable groups, but I wonder how that would work for this type of mod. This would be a fun one to work on.
4) I guess I've never used them so never noticed they were not working. I'll chalk this one up for much later.
5) Ack, sadly I don't know about that for this mod. I'd be better off redoing the whole code and mimicing the memberlist.php. This mod was initially built as a way to reuse the showgroup.php file, but it became so customizable I had to redo it as a mod. You're welcome to the challenge if you'd like.
6) I had this once, but removed it since I didn't see it in use anywhere. I'll readd the code and then provide a way to have it added without actually adding ANOTHER column. Maybe just set it up in a way that you can type birthday in one of the field columns.
7) I had thought of doing this as well. I'll look into it but this one may be two versions later.
8) Yea, I meant to actually do that in the last version. I was so excited about getting the big things working that I never got around to this.

Thanks for the suggestions.

It didn't actually. I decided to read only 2 of the 3 chapters so I only got around 70%. But, the good news is, that was good enough to give me a 90.8 in the class. I still have 2 more tests to take this semester, but they will only improve my grade, not make it worse. So, basically, if I get 62 out of the remaining 168 questions, I'll have a 100 for the semester. Not important since I already have an A. I thought the extra credit would be easier and more fun than taking the tests...I was right.

I'm not sure putting images in the group names would be widely used. Plus, it would be code intensive adding the code in there for the select few that want to do that. Instead, I'll see what I can do in telling you how to accomplish it on your own. Let me know if you are still interested.

As far as I can see, they render the same way in the latest versions of FireFox, IE and Chrome. I've attached the xml file with the template changes.

The default order works fine but what I would like is a custom order, which is defined by the order in which I enter the user group IDs in the settings box. In regards to the other suggestions, thanks for the feedback on them (although I think you missed the one about HTML in the user group titles).

As for your exam, I did the trick of only revising half of the material once but nailing it so I got the mark I needed, sounds like you're going to get the marks you need too :).

Thanks IR15H,
I think having the gamerscard icons show or the mini banners would be a nice plus or someone could make an addon for ShowRoster for those that want it to display... Same with the Messengers Icons...

Thanks for the file, I'll check it out.

I spent days trying to get the custom order to work when sorting was used and it broke no matter how I tried it. I don't think it will work because the way the grouping is done. Maybe one day I'll try to change over to something else.

Nope, #2 was the HTML one. I missed the multiple rosters suggestion. Still not sure how to do it. That is one I'd like to do though. The main problem there is how to do permissions. I would definitely need to add some tables and a lot more code to make it to work. Not sure I'll have the time to come up with something like that in the near future.

Thank you

very nice upgrade

It's easy enough to get banners for xbox, xfire etc. by going to the relevant site, selecting the banner you like, then editing the generated code very slightly and putting it in your showroster_userbits template. For example;

Replace {vb:var userinfo.{vb:var columns[columnX]}} with the following;

• xfire
  
  Quote:

  <img src="http://miniprofile.xfire.com/bg/sh/type/3/{vb:var userinfo.{vb:var columns[columnX]}}.png" alt="{vb:var userinfo.{vb:var columns[columnX]}}" />

• xbox
  
  Quote:

  <img src="http://card.mygamercard.net/presence/{vb:var userinfo.{vb:var columns[columnX]}}.png" alt="{vb:var userinfo.{vb:var columns[columnX]}}" />

Replace X with whatever column you're using for xfire/xbox etc.

Every time I look at PHP I can never quite figure it out and end up with a headache but from what I can gather, you've basically said;

1. What usergroups do you want to show on the roster?
2. What attribute of usergroups should be the primary one, user id or user title?
3. How should I sort that attribute, ascending or decending? (If none defined, then sort ascending)

As I don't really understand PHP, this may be overly simplistic, but what happens if you simply remove steps 2 and 3? Is the default behaviour to simply fetch display in the order they are entered, or is there some inherit sort behaviour that needs to be overwritten?

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In regards to multiple rosters, I was thinking along the lines of two entries for showroster_display_groups in the settings then some crazy if conditions like if showroster_display_groups_2 is not blank then display roster2, which would use the same fields/columns as roster1, but appear on a different tab. Of course the downside to that approach would be that you'd be limited to using the same user profile fields for both rosters. However, as I said, I don't really understand PHP so don't know how feasible such an idea would be.

Glad you like it :).

Thank You IR15H, I added the information worked out nicely!

I did however notice when I added the xbox and PS3 tags it was a bit too much probably be better to just use icons for those... You can use the smaller xbox icons from the links but if a user doesn't have a xbox gamer card it shows a white error message in the showroster block...

It still is a nice addon to the Showroster!

I have tried to add some extra field to this to show a list of played games using a multi check box bu this will not show on the roster, just a number

anyway to show a list of say 6 games a user playes so it shows on the roster ?

@ betts - Each box is assigned a number within the code. So, when the user checks the box, that is what is given. It is possible to do what you ask, but I it will only give back a single number no matter what. Out of curiosity, does it give you back a different number depending on what is checked or always the same thing, like 1? To be honest, I'm not sure of an easy way to get it to display what you check.

To everyone, school is really busy right now with this being the final month of the semester. I'll return to working on updates after May 10. Unless someone wants to write my economics term paper for me that is...oh well, it was worth a try. :)

For the benefit of others who are thinking of using this for a non RPG site I'm attaching a screenshot of my roster. This is a great mod and with a bit of template editing is a great improvement for a member list.

I've had a few people contact me so here it is and I'm more than happy to offer help for those interested.

Yes it gives back a different nuber if i select different games

What i am trying to do is have this show our full members only what games they play

so each person knows who plays what games

i can work arround it a different way with many profile field single box but i thought it may work with check box and show, nut seems not :(

I am having trouble lining up the tables correctly. Take a look:

P.S. I blacked out the names and ID's.

You should do column width's. Open the showrosterbits template and edit the TD area's: add colspan="20%" to each one and then adjust them to the proper sizes as you see fit. Just make sure they total 100%.

Did not work. And there is no "showrosterbits", there is a
"showroster_userbits" template. Is that what you are referring to?

Yep. Copy/paste your showroster_userbits here and I'll edit it for you. showrosterbits is the template call to that template in the php file. I sometimes forget to distinguish them.

BTW, I don't know why I said colspan last night, I meant width. Funny that I was thinking width but typed the other. My macroeconomics class is frying my brain.

Great addition ....

Great idea, thank you for sharing this :) !

*DownLoaded + installed *

Nice Idea. Is there a way NOT to add it to the navbar?

You know, I thought that was an option, but now since you mention it I'll have to check it out. Has to wait a couple weeks though. Semester is still winding down and I have a lot of things that need to be done; including a lot of studying.

In the meantime, you could turn off the plugin that is creating the tab on the navbar. That should do the trick, but it would still create the tab when you go to the roster.

Ok, that worked but it still comes up when you go to the roster. Is there a way to call the tab what you want. I want to change it so it does not say roster?

Yea, I mentioned that it would still show up when on the roster. There is some code you could remove at the bottom of the php file, but I can't look at it now. That would remove it from the roster as well. You can change the name of it with some edits to the code, but again, I'd need to look at the code. Just look for something like 'Roster' in the php file. I will be adding it to the options in the next version though.

I just removed the following from the showroster.php and the tab is now gone:

I'm brilliant! Apparently I did put markers in the code. :p Please click install and enjoy!

I have a problem with this. I am using 4.0.2

As you can see by the attached screenie... in the usergroup manager there is this category that has no title and no choices and when submitting any changes it throws the above error.

Any ideas?

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/

Here you go:

It is actually done in the showroster_header

@drainpan - It can be done in the header or the userbits, but because of some code I added, it is just easier to do it in the userbits to get away from the possibility his code doesn't user the header. Hard to explain.

Anyhow, one more question for you Warden, I didn't think of this beforehand, but which field columns were you using? I'm going to guess it is field1st and field2nd, since I know you are using the musername, join date and last activity one. I'll just add the width to each one and let you edit it from there. You will want to change the percentages around till you are happy.

I think you are upgrading from an old version. You need to remove all the old files, check the install instructions. I don't recall the name of the file to remove, but it is in your includes/xml file.

This wasn't an upgrade.

I have vb4.0.2 and I installed the 4.0.2 version of this mod, of course it was before the 4.0.3 versions came out but never noticed this problem until the other day.

I am not sure the new version will work without having to upgrade my forum version as well which I am not going to do.... tired of the upgrades.

@ drainpan - my 4.0.3 version works with vbulletin 4.0.2. Remove everything from the old version you installed and install the newer version. I improved a lot of things. :)

now once upgraded... it refuses to show any data even though all fields are populated and submitted. Usergroups to be displayed are also set

:crickets: any idea why this is happening?

I followed the instructions to a "T" and I cannot get any people to show up on the list.

Sorry, I take a break from emails over the weekend. Family time.

Anyhow, I could take a look at your page and look into the problem for you if you like. I'm not very busy today. Send me a PM with a link to your roster page and please make sure that the page is open to unregistered users. Or, better yet, create me an account and PM those details to me. I may need admin privledges to look into your problem. No way for me to guess at your error when nothing is showing up.

Installed this finally. =)

Sarcoth, worked really good. A few suggestions

The borders are set by default, which looked really bad on my dark background. Easy enough to fix. Only suggestion here is, documentation telling those that might not know how to change them. I read the install doc, but I mean more specific on that exactly.

The navbar option should allow for not having a navbar option (I just disabled the plugin, but others might not know how). Also a section for including a link to it in quicklinks, etc.

Thanks. Worked out fine.

Hey Trek. I'll look into the borders first thing when done with this semester. The navbar suggestion is already on the list. I'll have to look into the quicklinks thing. Thanks.