User Away Messages

[ Feature Description ]
This hack allows users to easily set themselves as away via the Edit Profile page. An optional away message can be added along with the away status. Away messages are viewable at the top of the user profile (by the avatar/user picture). If a post is made when a user is in away mode, the user is automatically set off away mode.

[ Hack Concept ]
Credits to bira for making the original away message hack for vBulletin 2. This is a complete remake however.

[ Future Plans ]

• Show away status in postbit. (If you want, you can add this right now by using an xhtml conditional ($bbuserinfo[awaystatus] == 1)).

[ Example ]
http://www.gamingforce.com/forums/member.php?u=852


Enjoy!

[flstreetscene]

Great will the update be compatible with 3.0.3. Just curious because so many major additions (vbgarage, vbarcade) aren't.

[turbidblue]

Originally Posted by Gamingforce

I'll be issuing an update to this modification soon with many more features.

Stay tuned!

awesome! cant wait!!

[M1th]

Suggestion:

dropdown menu, with different away messages on forumhome for easy access.

[Oldfart]

Originally Posted by flstreetscene

Great will the update be compatible with 3.0.3. Just curious because so many major additions (vbgarage, vbarcade) aren't.

VbArcade works fine with 3.0.3, what kind of problems are you having?

[Gamingforce]

I think he was wondering if it was compatible or not.

Yes, it's fully compatible with 3.03 since it doesn't rely on special vB 3 functions (well, maybe vbdate but that doesn't count )

[rookie7]

Originally Posted by Gamingforce

I'll be issuing an update to this modification soon with many more features.

Stay tuned!

Any chance you can make the away message display on postbit as well?

Thanks

[dookie]

I love U for this hack.
I requested it long long ago - now it?s done. *install*

[sv1cec]

One thing I believe would be useful, is to show "User is away", next to the member's name in his posts, when that member is away. Those who view his posts, will know not to comment on his writings, until he is ... no longer away.

After a lot of "trials and errors", here is what I came up with:

In postbit template, find this :

				<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
				
			</td>
			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>

Replace the last line above, i.e. the line:

			<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>

with

<if condition="$post['awaystatus'] == 1">
<td width="100%"><CENTER>User $post[musername] is away at the moment.</td>
<else />
<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>
</if>

The whole chunk of code there, should look like:

<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>
				
			</td>
<if condition="$post['awaystatus'] == 1">
<td width="100%"><CENTER>User $post[musername] is away at the moment.</td>
<else />
<td width="100%">&nbsp;</td>
</if>
			<td valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">
				
				<div class="smallfont">
					<if condition="$post['joindate']"><div>$vbphrase[join_date]: $post[joindate]</div></if>

I hope it make sense, if not e-mail me, I am nowhere being as good in documenting things, as those people who offer us those lovely hacks.

If only I knew how to put the awaysincedate parameter there!!!

Rgds

John

[Sadie Frost]

Awesome - thanks for that mod as well John

[sv1cec]

Originally Posted by Sadie Frost

Awesome - thanks for that mod as well John

Glad if I can be of (little) help. I like that hack so I took some time to tailor it to my needs.

I am not sure though, how the members will appreciate it.

Rgds