Profile Enhancements - Profile Update - myspace/facebook layout

This is a pre-pre-release beta version. I'm only releasing this for people to use as a starter for their page. This may contain bugs, and may not work correctly.

Unfortunately I don't have enough spare time to support this, so please only install this if you're confident changing things. Any ideas or suggestions please let me know.

What does this do?
This will change your profile page to have a myspace/facebook style layout.

This creates new templates so should not alter anything.

This also uses standard css classes so should fit into any skin.

It should squeeze down to 800x600 (just) and stops expanding around 1000 wide so it doesn't look too warped.

Version History
0.1 - Initial test/pre-release version

Product Details
4 plugins
5 templates (all new)

Installation instructions
1 - Install product
2 - Create profile fields - gender, country.
3 - Edit template: memberinfo_block_mainprofile
3a - Change references of field21 to gender field
3b - Change references of field2 to location field
3c - Change references of field 22 to country field

Additional (optional) instructions
4 - Create 3 categories (as shown in attached photo)
4a Set "blurbs" location in category to: Main Column, First Tab
4b Set the other 2 categories location to: Blocks Column, After Ministats
4c Set Display Order as shown in attached photo
5 - Create profile fields for these categories (as shown in attached photo). You can use your own ones for these. Use myspace or facebook to get the list of values for each field.
6 - Modify MEMBERINFO_new and memberinfo_css_new to suit.

Please remember I'm unable to support this so please understand that installing this under the expectation of changing things yourself.

Also i've only been programming/using vBulletin for a month so there may be some obvious errors - please let me know if there are. I'm not usually a php coder.

[arcadian_girl]

any idea when your version would be ready? As for features, I'd really like, like someone else mentioned, to be able to put video or at least pictures into the "about me" section

[Hex_legend]

It should be ready within the next few days. I'm working on html in profile fields at the moment

[Megatr0n]

Just an idea. When you have completed both templates. Maybe you can present an option for users to choose between the 2?

Not sure if it'd be possible.

[logicuk]

Originally Posted by Hex_legend

It should be ready within the next few days. I'm working on html in profile fields at the moment

thats not good ppl can exploit your forum if html is allowed

[ghostiya]

Originally Posted by logicuk

thats not good ppl can exploit your forum if html is allowed

yeah as he said just allow BBcode and you can add in images and basicaly the same stuff.

[Hex_legend]

it will be a usergroup setting, so you can choose whether a usergroup can use HTML or BBCode

[bvbuk]

I am looking forward to your release of this Hex,

for the time being, is it easy to install this one, and then uninstall it when yours is released?

[Hex_legend]

It would be harder doing it this way as I will be calling different templates and there MAY be some template edits.

[Captain Tycoon]

How would i delete some of the blocks which i dont need? such as the "URL" block.

[Hex_legend]

Simply remove the table from memberinfo_new.

All tables are assigned numbers, just delete the reference