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Hello, can anyone provide information on how to allow someone to adjust settings such as I want to allow uses to be able to go into the usercp and allow them to turn on and off the shout box. How can i do this, i want individual users to be able to set it.

You setup a profile field to reflect yes/no response/drop down. Then surround your shoutbox code with this:

X is the field id from the new profile field you just added. I also assume you are familiar with vBulletin. If you need more direct instructions just let me know.

The == 0 means if they have it set to NO then it will show, otherwise it won't. I can't remember if it should be:

Yea more instructions would be nice, also, will this remember the change on the users account or on the computer, because i want there change to allow them to log into any computer as long as its on there users account it will remember the decision, Im more of a html/css guy, which is why i like making custom themes.

Yes if they save the option no matter what computer they login from it will stay whatever they choose until they change it.

Ok follow these instructions:

Go to AdminCP > User Profile Fields > Add New User Profile Field > Single-Selection Menu (from drop down) > click Continue

Now on the next page:
1. Title - Give it an explanatory title in only a few characters such as: Turn On/Off Shoutbox
2. Description - Give a small description to explain what the option is for.
3. Leave "Profile Field Category" alone
4. Options: Enter the follow
5. Set Default: This I would leave as is.
6. Display Order: Leave this option alone
7. Field Required: Select whether the field is required to be changed when the person registers, updates their profile, etc. Or just leave as No
8. Field Editable by User: Leave this option alone
9. Private Field: Choose whether others can see if they have turned off shoutbox or not
10. Field Searchable on Member List: Set to 'No'
11. Show on Members List: set to 'No'
12. Option Input: Leave this entire area alone
13. Last box, choose what UserCP page to place the field on, probably leave as-is.

Click save and your done with that one part. Remember to take note of the Profile Field ID.

Now I'm not sure what shoutbox you have installed so all I can say is try to find where the code is for $shoutbox and then put this around it:
Let me know if you need further assistance such as locating the shoutbox code.

ahhh thank you very much i will try this when i get home

NP, let me know how it goes.

Still havn't gotten it to work. I followed the instructions carefully and nada. Checked each option twice, and entered the folowing code.

Try this then:
This line means its commented out so make sure you have the right info.

<!--{%SHOUTBOX%}-->

yea i know thats how its supposed to be, thats how inferno shout asks it to be displayed, it works without the /if statement but as soon as i put that around it it messes up. I know html/css like the back of my hand, php makes me dizzy xD anything entered within that if statement does not get displayed. I did check the usercp options and it does say "Yes"

Just popping in,would this work for vb4?

not sure, started using vb4.0 yet

Not sure mandingo but this may work:

Hellbomb: Have you tried making sure you have the field set to No, if so try switching the 0 out for 1.

Yep tried both things you have mentioned.

Dint work,thanks for the help though.

make sure you read the first post so you change the 15 to the id you use.

Ya,I changed the id # etc,tried a few different things,not a big deal,more of a future reference thing. Only know how to show output of text from a profile field in postbit,wanna learn other tweaks from there at some point. Thanks.didn't mean to hijack your thread.*apologizes*

hellbomb, mandingo: I'm an idiot all around lol. Here is what you need to use.

That will work.

Keep in mind if the field number does not match the number you are using then please change the field number.

Thank you so much, just tested it and it works like a charm. If you ever need anything feel free to ask.