Nintendo Wii Friend Code in Profile & Postbit

A quick guide on adding a Nintendo Wii Friend Code profile field and postbit icon. Example here or see attached screenshot.

Step 1: Add Profile Field

Go to your Admin CP and add a new profile field for the Wii Code. This option can be found under User Profile Fields >> Add New User Profile Field. I suggest you use Single-Line Text Box with a maximum length of 19 (that allows for 16 digits and three spaces). Name the field something like "Nintendo Wii Friend Code."

Save, and check the Profile Field Manager. Make a note of the field name. For me, it is 'field5', but your results will differ depending on what your other profile fields are.

Step 2: Create & Upload an Appropriate Image for the Postbit

Create an image that is appropriate for Nintendo Wii and will fit nicely next to the other communication icons. Since I already made an appropriate icon for Nintendo Wii news posts, I have re-used that icon on my site for Wii Friend Codes. Create an icon that works well on your site, and upload it to your images folder. Make a note of the image URL, you will need that for the next step.

Step 3: Add Postbit Icon

Now pull up the AdminCP and go to Styles & Templates >> Style Manager. Choose Edit Template for the template your site is using (repeat this step for each unique root-level tempate your site uses). Open the Postbit Templates section and choose either Postbit or Postbit_Legacy depending on which type of postbit your site uses (vertical or horizontal).

Edit the template to include an image after your communication icons are listed.

The code template to display the image is below:

<if condition="$post[YOUR_WII_FIELD_NAME_HERE]"><img src="YOUR_WII_IMAGE_PATH_HERE" alt="Wii Friend Code: $post[YOUR_WII_FIELD_NAME_HERE]"></if>

For instance, here is my communication icon line before and after edits:

Before:

<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]
</div>

After:

<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]
<if condition="$post[field5]"><img src="http://forums.editingarchive.com/images/newsposticons2/wii.jpg" alt="Wii Friend Code: $post[field5]"></if>
</div>

Step 4: Test it Out & Notify Your Users

Go to your User CP, and update your profile with your Wii Code (or make one up if you don't have a Wii :P). That number should show up on your profile and as an icon in your postbit. If everything works, annouce it to your community and encourage them to add their Wii numbers.

[Smooth Adam]

Thanks for this I'm using it for Wii and XBox Live GamerTag

I have a question... how can I get this to work with check boxes. I have 6 check boxes to tell which games people have in my forum. I get how the code would work I just need to know how the forum would if its checked or not?

[SkippySkippy]

Nice addon, my forum has been looking for something like this!

-Skip

[Sim9]

Thanks all, glad to hear you found it useful

Originally Posted by Necrosaro420

Ok, when I input the wii code itself while editing the profile, I can put in the # etc etc. When it shows on my postbit, itll display the image, but will not display the number? Any ideas? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Canis Firebrand

If you just cut and pasted this part,

<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]
<if condition="$post[field5]"><img src="http://forums.editingarchive.com/images/newsposticons2/wii.jpg" alt="Wii Friend Code: $post[field5]"></if>
</div>

You need to look at the field number for your Wii code field. If it isn't field5, nothing will show when you over over the Wii image.

You'll have to see what the field number is in your profile fields manager and edit the template again to change it from field5 to whatever field number it is.

Correct, you will need to edit that code appropriately. Also please be sure to change the image URL to an image on your own server

Originally Posted by Smooth Adam

Thanks for this I'm using it for Wii and XBox Live GamerTag

I have a question... how can I get this to work with check boxes. I have 6 check boxes to tell which games people have in my forum. I get how the code would work I just need to know how the forum would if its checked or not?

I must be missing something... I don't think you could represent a Wii Number with checkboxes... at least not efficiently. In binary representation, the Wii Code would need fifty-some checkboxes... and I doubt anyone would decode that :P

[Reinhart]

Check out http://www.wiipals.net
Ive got it set up there. (In the Forum)
Friend Codes Galore.

[Atakan KOC]

Thanks........

[Xray12345]

This wont work for me, it says
The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING, expecting ']' in /home/content/n/i/k/nike2132/html/forum/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(3596) : eval()'d code on line 70

This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.

[Sim9]

Double check your $post[YOUR_WII_FIELD_NAME_HERE] corresponds to the field name you created in step 1?

[Xray12345]

I figured it out, also i installed some other products now it looks nice in the profiles, it shows friendcodes:

http://www.nintendostars.com/forum/member.php?u=1

[Sim9]

That's a private link - can you open up permission to guests or post a guest login so we can admire it?

[Xray12345]

Do you have any idea how to do this?

Hello, I really need someone to code this plugin! its for users to post there friendcodes for profiles.

Heres how it should look in the user cp:


Heres how it should look when you click on the game to add your friendcode to it:


Heres how it should look in the profile:


Heres how it should look with your mouse hovered over it in profile:


There should be an Area in the Admin Control Panel where you can add games and images for the games, also it should only display the image in the profile if the user added that friendcode via user cp. Im sure im not the only person needing this, so please can someone do it?