Show Thread Enhancements - Profile Fields in a Postbit Dropdown

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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. Figured if I didn't hardcode it, someone wouldn't be able to 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 "Dropdown - Manual" template allows you to manually create the dropdown. Some examples of how to do this are already provided within the template. This template is the default.

To edit it, go to AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> [STYLE NAME]
Edit Style: Dropdown Information - Manual

The "Dropdown - Automated" template / plugin combo will automatically create the dropdown for ALL custom fields (it will skip the first 4 default ones).

To use the automated dropdown, DISABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Manual" and ENABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Automated". Simple!


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.
3.1.0 - Updated for 3.8.x, no code changes made.

NOTE: Support will only be given to those who have hit install.

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[Saviour]

nope...doesn't work...

Any other ideas?

[Wired1]

Put it around the Dropdown Call template and it'll work, remove it from the plugin.

[Saviour]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Put it around the Dropdown Call template and it'll work, remove it from the plugin.

Wired1...

I tried wrapping the code you gave me around the text in the Dropdown Call template. It'll work if there is only one forum listed...but the minute you add another forum, separated by a comma...it fails...giving you a parse error...a malformed conditional.

Not being one who is that familiar with nested IF statements...it would seem the code you gave me to use doesn't work.

I think I'll have to research nested IF statements.

[Wired1]

Meh, I had the syntax wrong. Here's the right way:

<if condition="$forum[forumid] != X or $forum[forumid] != Y">

[Saviour]

Sorry...that's not working, either...

[Saviour]

Finally got it to work by using this code:

<!-- post specs_menu -->
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 8">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 56">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 58">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 59">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 60">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 61">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 62">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 63">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 64">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 65">
<if condition="$forum[forumid] != 66">
<if condition="$post['field23']">
	<div style="background-image: url('http://glitchpc.com/forums/images/buttons/specs.gif'); position:absolute; width:auto;" id="specs_$post[postid]" class="vbmenu_control">
		<a href="#specs">$vbphrase[dropdown_title]</a> 
		<script type="text/javascript"> vbmenu_register("specs_$post[postid]"); </script>
	</div>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
</if>
<!-- / post specs_menu -->

May be sloppy...but it works...

[Wired1]

<if condition="$forum[forumid] != '8'or $forum[forumid] != '56'">

Try that (note the additional quotes).

[Saviour]

Wired1...

Ended up using this code:

<if condition="!in_array($forum['forumid'], array(8,56,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65,66))">
</if>

Works like a charm...Thanks for the help...

[Wired1]

Heh, knew there was a cleaner way, nice work!

[Burnt]

If I don't want it under the name and above the avatar what do I edit to put it under the avatar?