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.

[Hades-1]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Yeah, PM me the template.


Try disabling other plugins. Got a link to your forum?

i pm'ed u the template a few days ago, did u check it out?

[Wired1]

Sorry, thought PM Notification via Email was on, it wasn't.

MEMBERINFO template in the PM looks fine. I think it's working though, as I see on the member page listed above a block called XBOX with some profile info. Can you confirm this? If so, have you changed anything, and if so, what?

[Conner85]

For some reason, when I add <hook>member_extras</hook> inside of /includes/xml/hooks_vbulletin.xml, it doesn't create another hook. And nothing "extra" shows up in my profile either. I have installed the first hack with the xml file as well as all of the other changes. I have no clue as to why it isn't working.

The dropdown menu is working just fine.

[Conner85]

Originally Posted by Hades-1

what do you mean?

in admincp i add a new field and for display page i choose options: extra options.

i did file edits right, i mean the stuff that was in the membergroups area is now gone, but the custom fields i made wont show up.

Didn't see this post before I made my last one. But this is the same problem I'm having.

[Wired1]

What version of vB do you have?

[Conner85]

3.6.9

[viper357]

Wired1

I'm having a problem. Everything is looking fine and working well, except for the Memberinfo page, it looks fine until data is entered and it then breaks the format and the data is displayed all over the place.

Could it be my memberinfo template?

[viper357]

Here is a user with no info, 100%
http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/member.php?u=770

Here is my profile with info added -
http://www.marineaquariumsa.com/member.php?u=1

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by Conner85

3.6.9

Haven't tested on that yet. I'll see what I can do, but I don't recall reading anything in it that would affect this mod.

Originally Posted by viper357

I'm having a problem. Everything is looking fine and working well, except for the Memberinfo page, it looks fine until data is entered and it then breaks the format and the data is displayed all over the place.

Could it be my memberinfo template?

Looks like the edit was done wrong. Revert the template and try again.

[stemmy]

Great Hack !!!!

I have installed everything and made all the code changes. - It works perfectly.

one question.

How do i change the title of the section in the usercp ?

Currently its called "Extra Options" I would like to call it "Experience"

I run a photography forum and this drop down menu is perfect for showing peoples photography experience. But it will be confusing in the usercp if its called "Extra options".

thanks in advance

Ive clicked installed !!!!!