Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field
 

So you add a new required profile field, and members who join afterwards are forced to fill out the field, but you want your current members to fill out that field too. Well unless your current members go edit their profile, the new field sits and waits for them to take action. This mini hack will force your current members to fill out the field by prompting them for action before allowing them to return to normal site use. Here are some further details:

• Credit is given to Revan from this post.
• Credit is given to Locutus2999 from this thread.
• Related vB 2.2.x from roxics in this thread.
• Here based off the vB 2.3.x hack by Locutus2999.
• This is for vB 3.0.7 though rather similar indeed.
• Add one phrase, edit one file, set profile field.
• Support only if/as time available, no guarantees.
• Should you install, say thanks by clicking install.

Great idea, I will give a careful look at this one.


... hmm the idea is good, but the code looks like a mess and the instruction is not clear. is this a complete clean one?

hmm, nice one. this might come handy for me

>> ...is this a complete clean one?

Hmm, got it running on my vB, no probs. If you find a prob with the code, just post.

>> ...might come handy for me

Maybe handy for verification purposes, community interaction, who knows what else.

nice... this will definitly come in use

/me clicks install

Those instructs are horrible. Can anyone clean that up?

Nice IDea, though Id personally use a little Javascript to alert users torequired profile fields on registration, maybe via alerts. I may actaully do that and add this hack as abckup for already reged users or someone maybe on a aolder browser whos bypassed the Js

THANK YOU for the hack!!!!!!!! Exactly what I need.

Hope I can figure out how to install it...............

>> Those instructs are horrible. Can anyone clean that up?

Horrible? Are you offering? :D