User Profile as User Titles

[doctiar]

Is there any Mods that can take custom profile fields and replace the default User Titles?

AN example would be you create a user profile field for Occupations. Once a user registers with your forum and selects the Occupation listed, it would appear alongside his avatar in place of the default titles, Junior Member, Member etc..

I know that Admins can give them selves custom titles in their CP's, but automation of this for every registered user, would be awesome!

THanks.

[Andreas]

Hmm ... you can just allow your normal usergroup to have custom titles (Usergroup Manager, Edit, General Permissions, Can Use Custom Title = Yes)

[doctiar]

Thats true, but If I do that and allow say regular members to have access to add a custom title, I'm sure I will get alot of jokers out there putting in fake descriptions. I don't want to have to administrate it. If a user selects it once in their CP under their profile it would just appear in all of there posts. Thats what I want.

[Andreas]

Hmm. Then you could do the following:

1) Create a new custom profile file (select) with all the titles you want to have, set it to required, profile
2) In profile.php FIND

PHP Code:

              else
              {
                      $customtitle = $bbuserinfo['customtitle'];
                      $customtext = $bbuserinfo['usertitle'];
              }
      }
      else
      {
               $customtitle = $bbuserinfo['customtitle'];
               $customtext = $bbuserinfo['usertitle'];
      } 


REPLACE that with

PHP Code:

              else
              {
                      $customtitle = $bbuserinfo['customtitle'];
                      $customtext = $bbuserinfo['usertitle'];
              }
      }
      else
      {
               $customtitle = 2;
               preg_match("/fieldx = '(.*)'/", $userfields, $matches);
               $customtext = $matches[1];
      } 


Where fieldx is the name of your new profile field. Then the users can select the title in User CP.

[doctiar]

I think you are on to Something KirbyDE. I put in your code and it now shows the add custom title bar in the CP for a basic user. I set the fieldx to field7 which is the custom profile field that I want to use. But when I post it still displays Junior Member.

Should not the matches[1] return the value of the selected profile field?

I still don't want to give regular users the ability to create there own custom titles. Just make the selection box = the name of the custom profile.

If that makes sense.

[Andreas]

Hmm, does work just fine on my testboard.

Which version do you use?
Did you save the profile?

[doctiar]

Ya I saved the profile.php

I'm using VB3 RC3.

Perhaps I could PM you and you could take a look at my board or I could view your test board to make sure we on the same page with this.

Thanks!