Profile Enhancements - Additional Section within Profile and Dropdown within Posts

NOTE: After checking out the vBulletin 3.7 First Look thread, which contains significant changes to the Member Profile page, it is clear that this mod as-is will probably not work properly when it comes to displaying the Extra Profile Info on that page. As soon as an official 3.7 comes out, I'll start working on the changes.

The 3.5.x version of this hack can be found here.

This hack builds upon my Extra Profile Fields Page hack. This template mod lets you take the extra fields from that hack and places them within a dropdown that sits below the user's title within each post, as well as replaces the Group Memberships area with a listing of only these specs. The EPFP hack is basically the entry form for the data that's manipulated in this hack. Please check out the pics at the EPFP hack link to get the full idea.

In my case, it is used for PC specs (and as you will see the instructions are tailored towards this), however it can be easily used for parts or specifications of almost anything (car parts for example).

An example is shown here:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39826

Example of user profile with specs:
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/member.php?userid=15


# of plugin hooks: 1
# of php page edits: 1 (just 1 line to add the custom hook line into member.php)
# of template edits: 3
# of phrase edits: 1

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

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

Also, please post where you've installed this, as I'd like to see how people are using it. Or if guests can't see the effects, then please post a pic.

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by EaglezEye

I looked at the version I had from 3.6.4. It doesn't have the coding I need either. Cant' you just point out where I need to put the code. Below is my Memberinfo template.

You don't have it because your memberinfo is already edited by another plugin. The code I said to search for is in the default page from Jelsoft. I remember posting the code to add another row of cells to the memberinfo page in either this thread, or the 3.5.x version.

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Dave-M

Yep, I have those.

Hrm... Ok...

Have you:

uploaded the XML file?
Edited hooks_vbulletin.xml?
Edited member.php?
Edited MEMBERINFO template?
Edited postbit template (2 parts to edit)?

[Dave-M]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Hrm... Ok...

Have you:

uploaded the XML file?
Edited hooks_vbulletin.xml?
Edited member.php?
Edited MEMBERINFO template?
Edited postbit template (2 parts to edit)?

Yep, redone it several times now, and thats why I'm completely stumped.

Could it be something to do with this custom skin? ( I mentioned it in my first post in this thread )

[Wired1]

Possibly.

[lostgirl815]

I'm hoping somebody who knows how all this stuff works can answer a question for me. If I were to use this Mod with this mod, (the Profile Fields in Postbits Mod), would I be able to have images in the dropdown list? (I know I could just install them both and see for myself, but if somebody knows the answer offhand I'd appreciate it.)

[Wired1]

My dropdown is the vBulletin one, which is text only, and the other plugin looks to be text only as well. I'd ask the creator of that one to be sure. What are you trying to accomplish exactly?

[lostgirl815]

Thanks for your reply, Wired1. I was hoping to be able to put a selectable image in profile fields and have it show up on the dropdown list. So that (for example) if somebody wanted to show that they took part in an event, they'd have the option of checking off that information in their profile and then having the image/icon represent this.

Kind of how people have the option of showing their AIM name, which is represented by an icon.

(Hope that made sense.)

[Wired1]

I think there are event icons built in, or it may be a plugin. May want to search for "attended event".

[lostgirl815]

That never even occurred to me - thanks!

[Maxus]

Thank you so much for this hack. I am going to use it for users VC in profiles.

And it should be great, if you help to set up the search through this fields, by Advanced Memberlist Search...