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.


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[tpn87]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Sure, if you want, it's appreciated! I should probably slap up a paypal link up, gotta find the info somewhere.

Please slap up a paypal link... I want to throw some cash your way for this

BTW, any way to position this somewhere else in the postbit? I would like it just above the IM icon section.

[SVTOA]

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

I think you might want to re-word that to say;

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

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Dave-M

I have got it working, well, the manual setting works for me, but the automatic doesn't - It's not a problem because I needed to redo all the fields anyway.

One thing that you might want to stress in the installation instructions is to completely remove the old version because mine wouldn't work properly until that was done

I think the automatic plugin not working may be to do with the old fields being left from the 3.6.8 installation, but I can't find them anywhere to remove them. Anyway, it's up and running using the manual plugin

I'd have to see it to fix the dropdowns, but ultimately reversing the install of 3.6.x and then popping this in should do it. Yeah, the old code still there could pooch it a bit. Have you reverted all your templates?

Thanks wired1 and don't forget to put up the donation thing.

Edit: forgot to say, I would like to have the dropdown so it just says "system specs" and not "whoever's sytem specs"

Edit these templates:
Dropdown Call
Dropdown Information - Manual
Dropdown Information - Automatic

Find and delete

PHP Code:

$post[username]'s 


I don't get any results for that search

Default it searches for Phrase Text Only. You have to hit the radio button under it for Phrase Variable Name Only

Originally Posted by tpn87

Please slap up a paypal link... I want to throw some cash your way for this

BTW, any way to position this somewhere else in the postbit? I would like it just above the IM icon section.

Edit whichever Dropdown plugin you're using.

FIND:

PHP Code:

postbit_userinfo_left 


REPLACE WITH:

PHP Code:

postbit_userinfo_right_after_posts
OR
postbit_userinfo_right 


They're at the same location, so use either or, but not both

[Dave-M]

Thanks, working perfectly now on manual

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Dave-M

Thanks, working perfectly now on manual

Removed the old stuff?

[Dave-M]

No, I couldn't find where I had entered the info into the templates for the old version to make the automatic plug in work, but the manual is working as it should

I went back through the installation instructions for the old version and did it all in reverse, it was the two large chunks of code that were stopping it working, so I removed those and got the manual plugin working.

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Dave-M

No, I couldn't find where I had entered the info into the templates for the old version to make the automatic plug in work, but the manual is working as it should

I went back through the installation instructions for the old version and did it all in reverse, it was the two large chunks of code that were stopping it working, so I removed those and got the manual plugin working.

Probably couldn't find the template edits because you properly reverted the templates when you upgraded to 3.7.0

[MarkoXaser]

wired my dropdown don't show ufff

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by MarkoXaser

wired my dropdown don't show ufff

Are you using the Manual or Automatic one? Are the fields filled in?

[KHALIK]

a stupid question,

but where are the instuctions for the manual edits and what templates do I edit?

I just want field10, field11, field12 and field 13 to be displayed only.