[Lynne]

Did you see this for 3.8? How To Add Custom Profile Field Information To The Postbit

The only thing I think she doesn't cover is doing it all via pluginand it isn't much different at all for 3.8.

Plugin 1

? hook location - init_startup
? Title - Add User Profile Fields to Postbit Templates - 1
? Plugin is Active - Yes
? Plugin PHP Code -

 if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread') $phrasegroups[] = 'cprofilefield';

Plugin 2

? hook location - showthread_postbit_create
? Title - Add User Profile Fields to Postbit Templates - 2
? Plugin is Active - Yes
? Plugin PHP Code -

 if (THIS_SCRIPT == 'showthread') {
    $profilefieldx =  $vbulletin->db->query_first("SELECT profilefieldid, data, type  FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield WHERE profilefieldid = x");
    $post['profilefieldx'] = $profilefieldx;
}

Plugin 3

? hook location - postbit_display_complete
? Title - Add User Profile Fields to Postbit Templates - 3
? Plugin is Active - Yes
? Plugin PHP Code -

 // for single-line fields - using fieldy
if ($post['fieldy']) {
     $template_hook['postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts'] .= '<div>' .$vbphrase[fieldy_title]. ': ' .$post[fieldy]. '</div>';
 }

// for multiple-selection fields - using filedx
if ($post['fieldx'])
{
    $fieldarrayx = $post['profilefieldx'];
    fetch_profilefield_display($fieldarrayx, $post['fieldx']);
    $template_hook['postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts'] .= '<div>' .$vbphrase[fieldx_title]. ': ' .$fieldarrayx['value']. '</div>'; 
}