Profile Enhancements - Friends and/or Buddies on Profile

WHAT's THIS

• This product adds a public friends and/or buddy list in the profile.
• What are friends? Friends means you are on each others buddylists. It is no seperate addition/addon. It's all based on vb's buddy system.
• Need more info? Look at the attached screenshots, or the live demo(s).
• Avatars/profilepics will not show up, if stored in filesystem!
• Need some kind of informing the users, which have been added to a buddy list? Look at the AutoPM after addBuddy Plugin by Antivirus
• The product adds 2 queries to the profile page

INSTALLATION


Install with product manager.


Set your preferences in the acp (vBulletin options)


Add

PHP Code:

$FNB_HTML 


somewhere in your MEMBERINFO template. Whereever you'd like to show up the friends or buddies. If you're not sure what to do, search for

<if condition="$show['signature']">

in your MEMBERINFO template and add it before that line.


OPTIONAL (User selectable)


If you want to have this user-selectable you need to add a custom profile field. Create the new field as a radiobutton, give it a name and description of your choice, the options yes and no and use the following code instead of only $FNB_HTML:

<if condition="$userinfo[fieldXX] == yes">$FNB_HTML</if>

(if user wishes to show up)
or

<if condition="$userinfo[fieldXX] != no">$FNB_HTML</if>

(show by default, user can deactivate it)

Remember to replace XX with the number of the new profilefield!


TODO

• Looking into avatar/profilepicture display/detection
• Online status of friends/buddies
• ?SEO compatibility?

LIVE DEMO(S)

• http://www.myrabbits.de/forum/member.php?u=35&styleid=1

CREDITS


Thx to Cloud-Warrior for inspiration and idea. If you want a seperate friends page, too, get the vBFriends extension by Cloud-Warrior.

vwturbo (for the idea of gettin profilepics instead of avatars),
gamebgs (limitting shown friends/buddies to a max number),
D|ver (hiding the information who you got in your buddy list and whohas added you to his buddy list),
yayvb (show a "no avatar" picture if no avatar is available),
ThorstenA (see changelog version 1.0.2)

[Snake]

Okay, I've just upgraded the hack but I would like to have the "Show All" feature back instead of the page jumping. How do I do that?

[Snake]

Bump! Anyone?

[ragtek]

hi

take pls the german version out!
its not working because the plugins are "huddle?"
like cache templates should member_complete...

[y2krazy]

Installed on 3.6.8, but not working. The Friends block is not showing up at all when viewing a member's profile page, even after I add someone to my buddylist.

Any ideas?

[jj]

Originally Posted by StarBuG

Hi

I have just updated from 1.0.1 to 2.0.2 and the list is not showing up anymore.
I used the german version and yes, I have put $FNB_HTML into the MEMBERINFO template.

Any ideas why it is not working?

EDIT: the english version works so there must be a problem with the german version

Fixed the german xml file now...

Originally Posted by Snake

Okay, I've just upgraded the hack but I would like to have the "Show All" feature back instead of the page jumping. How do I do that?

Will be optionally back in the next version.

Originally Posted by ragtek

hi

take pls the german version out!
its not working because the plugins are "huddle?"
like cache templates should member_complete...

Fixed the german xml file now...

Originally Posted by y2krazy

Installed on 3.6.8, but not working. The Friends block is not showing up at all when viewing a member's profile page, even after I add someone to my buddylist.

Any ideas?

Did you add the $FNB_HTML to your MEMBERINFO template? Btw the friend block only shows up, if you're in each others lists...


I can't look into the plugin at the moment, due to the fact that I'm "offline". I have to wait until my new provider will hook me up with some internet connection, but I'll update as soon as get the connection and the time.

jj

[y2krazy]

The update was only for the German version?

[jj]

Yes. Just a fix. The german xml was missing a section.

[AKapadia]

hey I install this but I was wondering can you tell me how can i make it so when there is friends in the buddy list I can say some text for example if there is no friends than i say you don't have any friends yet introduce your self in the community and make friends or something like that please.!

thanks

[jj]

Hey that's a good idea, I will add that

[ChU v2]

Installed, but on the profile page, there is no images for avatars or profile pics, it just displays the username.