Profile suggestion

[Distance]

Hello,

I viewed my profile today and noticed the following;

Does Your Home Page URL Contain Adult Content?:No adult content.

This is perfectly fine, however I don't have a homepage set on vBulletin.org.

My suggestion; only display this info if the user has a homepage set.


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[Ziki]

Yes,this information has always bugged me

[Marco van Herwaarden]

It is a simple Profile Field using the default options available in vB. It is not possible to control the display if a User Profile Field based on the value of another field. I don't see the need to write custom coding to support such a feature.

[Dean C]

Usability, Marco. Good webmasters think from a user perspective first, and a development perspective second.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Usability is not the sole aspect in a decission. Other things like costs (ie. development, is it easy to maintain), "gain" for the users compared to the work needed, etc..

Users will not gain anything from the proposed change. The only benefit for them would be that there is 1 field less to enter if they want (already default value suitable for most users). On the other hand we would need to make changes that go beyond default vB, also making it more difficult in an upgrade.

I see more in removing the field and simply not allow adult links as homepage. This would be more consistent with our rules regarding posting etc.

[Brandon Sheley]

a simple if condition would take care of it
how much development time is needed?

[Dean C]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

Usability is not the sole aspect in a decission. Other things like costs (ie. development, is it easy to maintain), "gain" for the users compared to the work needed, etc..

Users will not gain anything from the proposed change. The only benefit for them would be that there is 1 field less to enter if they want (already default value suitable for most users). On the other hand we would need to make changes that go beyond default vB, also making it more difficult in an upgrade.

I see more in removing the field and simply not allow adult links as homepage. This would be more consistent with our rules regarding posting etc.

It doesn't cost you anything to make the change. In the time you spent writing that reply you could have added a conditional to do it. But alas, I take your point.

I'm not going to argue like some of the tantrum-throwers here. I just hope Princeton will agree with the suggestion

[Gio~Logist]

Originally Posted by Loco.M

a simple if condition would take care of it
how much development time is needed?

Exactly what I was wondering.

[Lizard King]

And the big question , if you guys are finding very easy improvements hard to accomplish why do you still be an admin here at vb.org. Sorry Marco but your reply reminds me this question.

Marco was making a general statement in response to Dean, we are aware of the coding behind this suggestion and it's simplicity.

We're wondering whether the custom field is necessary. As Marco said, it may not be since content with Adult material is restricted here in the first place and there are licensed minors registered on the site.