Show Thread Enhancements - Profile Fields in a Postbit Dropdown

If you use this mod please hit INSTALL!

This is an evolution of my Additional Section within Profile and Dropdown within Posts mod from 3.6.x.

If you have a pre-3.7.x version installed:
UNINSTALL the old product and reverse the edits. Don't forget to revert those templates

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With this mod you can allow profile fields to show up in a dropdown below a user's name and user's title under each post. There are two ways to use this product, and each has its own plugin (and template): Dropdown - Manual (enabled by default), and Dropdown - Automated (disabled by default).

NOTE: The dropdown's title shows up as [username]'s [dropdown_title]. Yes, the 's is hardcoded into the mod. If you'd like this not to be hard coded, simply mention it after hitting install, and if enough of the users want it, I'll change it. Figured if I didn't hardcode it, someone wouldn't figure out how to add it

To edit the title:

Go to AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Search in Phrases. Search for the phrase's title: [dropdown_title] (no brackets). Edit and save!

The dropdown is dependent on Profile Field 5 being filled. If the user does not have this profile field filled out, then the dropdown will not show. To edit or remove this restriction:

Go to the Dropdown Call Template. Find and edit, or remove these 2 lines of code (so that the dropdown will always show):

<if condition="$post['field5']">
...
</if>

The Plugin "Dropdown - Manual" is just like the 3.6.x version, all manual edits, but now they're in a template. No more files to manually edit Some examples of how to do this are already provided within the template.

Go to AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> [STYLE NAME]
Edit Style: Dropdown Information - Manual


To use the automated dropdown, DISABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Manual" and ENABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Automated". Simple!

"Dropdown - Automated" will automatically create the dropdown for ALL custom fields (it will skip the first 4 default ones).


To sum it up:
Plugin: Dropdown - Manual
PRO: You select which fields, what descriptions, and in what order you want the fields to show up.
CON: Lots of typing


Plugin: Dropdown - Automatic
PRO: Automatic!
CON: no real control, Profile fields 5 and up will show up in order. NOTE: if it is a HIDDEN profile field, apparently only the DATA is hidden, not the field name, so the field name will show up as well. To block a profile field from showing up in the Automatic Dropdown, check out this post.


Version History:
3.0.0 - Initial Release
3.0.1 - Added plugin to cache templates, courtesy of ssslippy.


If you use this mod please hit INSTALL!

[blind-eddie]

I guess I need to read everything a lil closer.....that was it

[shlomot]

Dear Wired1, thanks again for yet another great mod.

Please help me to diagnose why I cannot see the dropdown on my profile pages.

1. I cannot see it with either manual or auto plugin.

2. I cannot see in in either style (including default).

3. I removed the field5 conditional from Dropdown Call.

4. It's the first time that I install this mod in any version.

I do not mean to spam, but here is an actual profile page in case you need to look at it.

Thanks again and a lot.

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by shlomot

Please help me to diagnose why I cannot see the dropdown on my profile pages.

Reading the first sentence of the description:

With this mod you can allow profile fields to show up in a dropdown below a user's name and user's title under each post.

[shlomot]

Sorry Wired1. Must have read your [very clear] description the way I wanted your MOD to be

Originally Posted by Wired1

Reading the first sentence of the description:

[JesterP]

Hello,

I've had this mod installed on www.thebrrrgh.net for a while now without issues and it appears on the front page which is vBAdvanced.

I started another forum www.wizard101central.com and although it appears just fine inside the site, it stubbornly refuses to show on my front page which is also vBAdvanced.

The code was copied directly out of the working site and placed in the same locations. I'm wondering what I could have missed. Any ideas where I could look?

Thank you in advance!!

J

[Wired1]

Not a clue as it's not designed for that. However, looking at your sites, the one that it works w/ vBA on has vB 3.7.0, and the other one has 3.7.2.

[JesterP]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Not a clue as it's not designed for that. However, looking at your sites, the one that it works w/ vBA on has vB 3.7.0, and the other one has 3.7.2.

Thanks fo taking a look. I really didn't think that would be a factor, but I guess I can accept that.

Thanks again

J

[gamerfu]

After you quick reply, your Posbit does not display. Minor details, but i thought I would point it out.

love the product, btw!!!

[Wired1]

Yeah, anything AJAX hides it b/c of the way AJAX works. Refresh the page and it comes back.

[ForgotenDynasty]

I want to put this on the bottom of my post bit legacy and then have it go up when someone clicks it. How can i do this?