[pedigree]

Originally Posted by Thomas P

I hope you think about server load for Big Boards to only user the code where really needed

Yup, certainly have. Currently (and I dont imagine its going to change much), it uses two hooks that are hit on each page, global_start and cache_templates.

global_start is used to test if the page is member.php and then inserts a menu item into the options_postbit, that is one or two conditional checks. Firstly, it checks if its running 3.6.x as 3.7.x doesnt have the options postbit menu (3.7 has user details page load as a profile block instead).

cache_templates is used to check if the page is showthread.php or misc.php and then tells vbulletin to insert the "left click username context menu" postbit or the new user detail templates into the cache. A lot of mods do this and it shouldnt impact performance at all.

Once in the cache, vbulletin and any accelerators, will take care of that. Template checks shouldnt be a hit at all, but thats the price to pay for auto template changes.

I dont have a large board to test it against but Im open to suggestions