Profile Enhancements - Extra Profile Fields Page

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

You can find the 3.6.x version of this hack here.

This product will add a new page to the User CP for easy editing of specially marked profile fields, that for one reason or another you would like to split off from the main list. NOTE: Any fields marked for this page will not be seen in the user's profile. A mod I'll release later on will create a tab for them, fully editable like the "About Me" tab.

After the product is FULLY installed, when a you want to move a profile field to the new page for easy editing:

1. Go to the AdminCP and edit the field as normal.
2. At the bottom in the Display Page area, you will see "Which page displays this option?" The last option should say Options: $vbphrase[extra_options].
3. Save!

Personally, I use this page for PC specs, but it can also be used for other specs as well (e.g. cars). With an ADDITIONAL product (e.g. NOT this one), I place these specs in a dropdown list under the user title in each user's post, as well as in their profile as an extra tab.

Here's some examples of how I use this mod (with the Add-On mod, Extra Profile Fields Tab, and a separate mod, Profile Fields in a Postbit Dropdown):
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39826
Note: the pics in that thread are from 3.6.x, but you'll get the idea.


# of plugins: 3
# of php page edits: 1 (admincp/profilefield.php)
# of new templates: 1 (page)
# of template edits: 1 (USERCP_SHELL)
# of new phrases: 3 Click here for details. Also look at the attached pictures to see where they show up.


If you have a 3.6.x version of this on your forum and are running 3.7.0, please uninstall it via running backwards through the old instructions, and then follow the Install instructions.

To Install:
1) Save the attached product-wired1_epfp.xml file.
2) Navigate to AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product]
3) Browse to wherever you saved the file.
4) Allow Overwrite -> Yes.
5) Import!
6) Follow the instructions for the manual edits (1 template edit, 1 PHP page edit)

The install process should only take 5 minutes at most.

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

Support will only be given to people who have hit install.

[yotsume]

Originally Posted by Wired1

What version of FF do you have?

The fields are so long probably because of the profile field settings per field.

My fields are set at 80 long because they need to be for my members. In my screenshots you will see your page has a bunch of blank space on the left side. How can I get them moved to the left side please?

The problem is in latest FF IE Safari etc. Not sure why but again how can I get the wasted space removed on the left.

Your own screenshot seems to show the fields set way off to the right! Great for fields that are very short.... but not everyone will use short fields and I guess will have the same layout problem.

Thanks...

[yotsume]

Originally Posted by GHC Webmaster

Solved this myself, put brackets around the "form = 0 OR form = 6" bit, which makes the complete code edit of memberlist.php for the search function:

FIND line 233 (vB 3.8.1)

    // Process Custom Fields..
    $userfields = '';
    $profilefields = $db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT profilefieldid, type, data, optional, memberlist, searchable
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield
        WHERE form = 0 "

REPLACE WITH

    // Process Custom Fields.. EDITED
    $userfields = '';
    $profilefields = $db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT profilefieldid, type, data, optional, memberlist, searchable
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield
        WHERE form = 0 OR form = 6"

FIND line 905 (vB 3.8.1)

    // get extra profile fields
    $profilefields = $db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT *
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield
        WHERE searchable = 1
            AND form = 0

REPLACE WITH

    // get extra profile fields.. Edited
    $profilefields = $db->query_read_slave("
        SELECT *
        FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "profilefield
        WHERE searchable = 1
            AND (form = 0 OR form = 6)

Does this code edit make the fields we had marked searchable and onces we do not mark not searchable? The wording in not clear to me.

I need fields I move to this mods new page to be searchable if I set them that way.

Thanks!

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by yotsume

My fields are set at 80 long because they need to be for my members. In my screenshots you will see your page has a bunch of blank space on the left side. How can I get them moved to the left side please?

Ok, did some quick testing with a normal profile field set to a field length of 80 within the standard Additional Information area. See pic below:


Basically, the space within the red box is dynamic depending on the browser's width. In my case I use a widescreen, so there's more spacing there. The blue box outlines the standard border. The EPFP uses standard vBulletin code to display the profile fields in a separate page. This is why the problem exists both in a standard profile field area as well as in the EPFP.

One option would be to lower the profile field length to a smaller number. This doesn't affect the character size of the variable itself, only the viewable size when editing it. Ultimately it's a limitation of the forum software itself in how it shows the editable area and overlaps the border.

Originally Posted by yotsume

Does this code edit make the fields we had marked searchable and onces we do not mark not searchable? The wording in not clear to me.

Haven't tested his code myself, but yes, that's exactly what it should do. All that code does is allow the forum to be able to see the profile fields within the EPFP. From there standard profile field parameters would apply.

[yotsume]

Ok I follow you. Should be an easy fix to just make the fields a little shorter and if needed multi line input so more is viewable.

I would have rather done one edit to a template of a file to try and get the space on the right removed but reediting 100 fields will work! UGGGG LOL

We use your mod to make an extensive member question section in a new tab due to the nature of our site.

I will test the code edits out to get the fields searchable. THANKS!

[scandalous]

Is there a way to create extra similar pages using this product?

I need around 4 pages with the profile fields, can this be done?

[Wired1]

Check the 3.8.x thread.

[scandalous]

I checked and couldn't find what I was looking for.

Basically, there's going to be x amount of different sets of profile fields.

For example...

1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
------
2.1
2.2
2.3

And so on, but we wish to have say set 1 on one page and then set 2 on another, to make the profile fields less cluttered on one page.

Can you help me with this? I would be grateful if you could.

[Wired1]

What version of vB do you have?

[scandalous]

vB v3.7.2

[Wired1]

IIRC the vB 3.8.x page already shows you how to create a 2nd page (I believe someone attached a 2nd page mod to the thread). Either way I'm working on making the vB 4.0 version be easier to use in the sense of unlimited pages (e.g. it'll use new tables).