Manually coding custom profile fields instead of using the array?

[LostForWords]

Well I'll just quote you my modifyprofile template, and then you may be able to get a clearer picture of what I'm attempting to achieve (scroll down to where the custom profile fields normally are).

At the moment I'm just trying to see if I can get one user profile field to work before I go ahead and code the rest.

<if condition="$bbuserinfo['coppauser']">
<!-- coppa text -->
<form action="register.php?do=coppaform" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="coppaform" />
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">$vbphrase[coppa_information]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">
	<div class="panel">
		<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth_usercp]" align="$stylevar[left]">

			<p class="smallfont">
				<phrase 1="$vboptions[contactuslink]">$vbphrase[make_changes_parent_notified]</phrase>
			</p>

			<p class="smallfont">
				$vbphrase[print_new_permissions_form]
			</p>

			<input type="submit" class="button" style="font-weight:normal" value="$vbphrase[display_permissions_form]" />

		</div>
	</div>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<br />
<!-- end coppa text -->
</if>

<form action="profile.php?do=updateprofile" method="post" id="profileform">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="$bbuserinfo[securitytoken]" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="updateprofile" />

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="tcat">$vbphrase[edit_your_details]<span class="normal"> $bbuserinfo[username]</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="thead">$vbphrase[registration_required_information]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">
	<div class="panel">
		<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth_usercp]" align="$stylevar[left]">

			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend>$vbphrase[email_and_password]</legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[click_button_below_edit_email]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>
						<!-- don't remove -->
						<input type="image" src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" style="width: 1px; height: 1px;" />
						<!-- / don't remove -->
						<input type="submit" class="button" style="font-weight:normal" value="$vbphrase[edit_email_and_password]" name="gotopassword" />
					</td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>

			<if condition="$bbuserinfo['coppauser']">
			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend><label for="tb_parentemail">$vbphrase[parent_guardian_email]</label></legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[if_under_13_provide_parent]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>
						$vbphrase[parent_guardian_email]<br />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="parentemail" id="tb_parentemail" size="50" maxlength="30" value="$bbuserinfo[parentemail]" />
						<input type="hidden" name="coppauser" value="1" />
					</td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>
			</if>

			<if condition="$show['birthday_required']">
				$birthdaybit
			</if>

			$customfields[required]

		</div>
	</div>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<br />

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="thead">$vbphrase[optional_information_will]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">
	<div class="panel">
		<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth_usercp]" align="$stylevar[left]">

			<if condition="$show['customtitleoption']">
			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend><label for="tb_customtext">$vbphrase[custom_user_title]</label></legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td colspan="2">$vbphrase[title_appears_beneath_your_name]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[your_current_user_title_is]<br /><strong>$bbuserinfo[usertitle]</strong></td>
					<td align="$stylevar[right]"><label for="cb_resettitle"><input type="checkbox" name="resettitle" value="yes" id="cb_resettitle" />$vbphrase[reset]</label></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[custom_user_title]<br /><input type="text" class="bginput" name="customtext" id="tb_customtext" value="" size="50" maxlength="$vboptions[ctMaxChars]" /></td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>
			</if>

			<if condition="$show['birthday_optional']">
				$birthdaybit
			</if>

			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend><label for="tb_homepage">$vbphrase[home_page_url]</label></legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[let_other_visitors_know_url]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[home_page_url]<br /><input type="text" class="bginput" name="homepage" id="tb_homepage" value="$bbuserinfo[homepage]" size="50" maxlength="200" dir="ltr" /></td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>

			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend>$vbphrase[instant_messaging]</legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td colspan="2">$vbphrase[may_enter_identity_for_im]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[icq_number]<br />
						<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_icq.gif" alt="" />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="icq" value="$bbuserinfo[icq]" size="25" maxlength="30" dir="ltr" /></td>
					<td>$vbphrase[aim_screen_name]<br />
						<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_aim.gif" alt="" />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="aim" value="$bbuserinfo[aim]" size="25" maxlength="30" dir="ltr" /></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[msn_messenger_handle]<br />
						<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_msn.gif" alt="" />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="msn" value="$bbuserinfo[msn]" size="25" maxlength="50" dir="ltr" /></td>
					<td>$vbphrase[yahoo_messenger_handle]<br />
						<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_yahoo.gif" alt="" />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="yahoo" value="$bbuserinfo[yahoo]" size="25" maxlength="30" dir="ltr" /></td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[skype_name]<br />
						<img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_skype.gif" alt="" />
						<input type="text" class="bginput" name="skype" value="$bbuserinfo[skype]" size="25" maxlength="32" dir="ltr" /></td>
					<td>&nbsp;</td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>

<if condition="$customfields['regular']">
<!-- start if customfields -->

		</div>
	</div>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

<br />

<table class="tborder" cellpadding="$stylevar[cellpadding]" cellspacing="$stylevar[cellspacing]" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
	<td class="thead">$vbphrase[additional_information]</td>
</tr>
<tr>
	<td class="panelsurround" align="center">

	<div class="panel">


		<div style="width:$stylevar[formwidth_usercp]" align="$stylevar[left]">


			<fieldset class="fieldset">
				<legend><label>$vbphrase[field5_title]</label></legend>
				<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="$stylevar[formspacer]" border="0" width="100%">
				<tr>
					<td>$vbphrase[field5_desc]</td>
				</tr>
				<tr>
					<td><input type="text" class="bginput" name="field3" value="" size="25" maxlength="250"> <input type="hidden" name="userfield[field3_set]" value="1" /></td>
				</tr>
				</table>
			</fieldset>

		

<!-- end if custom fields -->
</if>

		</div>
	</div>

	<div style="margin-top:$stylevar[cellpadding]px">
		<input type="submit" class="button" value="$vbphrase[save_changes]" accesskey="s" />
		<input type="reset" class="button" value="$vbphrase[reset_fields]" accesskey="r" />
	</div>
	</td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>