Using User Profile Fields on a different part of the site

[Lynne]

Originally Posted by TNCclubman

Does anyone have an idea of what the javascript is to have the little edit pencil show up?

Sleuthing 101:

Take a look at the page source and see what is going on. If you did, you'd see something like this:

    <dt class="shade" id="profilefield_title_1">Biography</dt>
    <dd id="profilefield_value_1">
        N/A
        <script type="text/javascript">
        <!--
        vBulletin.register_control("vB_ProfilefieldEditor", "1");
        //-->
        </script>
    </dd>

Then, do a search in your files for "register_control" and you'll find it in clientscript/vbulletin_global.js.

Also, since this is shown on the member.php page, it's a good idea to see what scripts get added on that page that don't get added on all the other pages. When looking at the page source, search for any scripts on there and you'll come across a couple scripts that have the word "edit" in them - "vbulletin_quick_edit_generic.js" and "vbulletin_profilefield_edit.js" And, right under where you find those scripts, you'll see some more lines that look useful that have the word "Edit" in them. Grab that too. Do I know if you need all that? No, I don't know, but it's a good place to start.

[Fuzz22]

Originally Posted by Lynne

That isn't telling us anything. Post your script and tell us which plugin you are using for it and tell us where - which template or line - you wish to use it on the homepage. I assume by homepage you mean the forum index? If not, you need to explain it better.

No, by homepage I mean a completely separate part of the site (not the forum) as I explained in my first post.

I wish to insert field5 (one of my User Profile Fields) into a sentence. I don't have a code yet as I'm not sure where to start. I know that if I was doing it on any forum page, then I'd use "$post[field5]" however this won't work and I'd like to know what I need to add to make that work. Hopefully that's a little more understandable

[Lynne]

Well, what query are you using to get the userinfo? You'll have to add to that query to get the field5 info.

[TNCclubman]

Ok, got the pencil to show up and it links to the users 'edit details' page. Wanted it to just do an instant inline editing with the javascript... wondering if anyone's figured out exactly what I need in terms of the coding to do that... it kind of sucks that by clicking the icon they leave the page and have to search for that field to change it.

[Lynne]

You really need to start your own thread about this and post the code you are using and template changes, etc. We really can't help when we have no clue what you have done and where, etc.

[Fuzz22]

Originally Posted by Lynne

Well, what query are you using to get the userinfo? You'll have to add to that query to get the field5 info.

None as yet, I'd like to know what query I should use.