Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field

So you add a new required profile field, and members who join afterwards are forced to fill out the field, but you want your current members to fill out that field too. Well unless your current members go edit their profile, the new field sits and waits for them to take action. This mod will force your current members to fill out the field by prompting them for action before allowing them to return to normal site use. Here are some further details:

• Install as a vB 3.5.0 product.
• Thanks to wolfyman for this post.
• Thanks to KirbyDE for this post.
• Credit is given to Revan from this post.
• Credit is given to Locutus2999 from this thread.
• Related vB 2.2.x from roxics in this thread.
• Here based off the vB 2.3.x hack by Locutus2999.
• Cost to install this mod is an additional query.
• Support only if/as time available, no guarantees.
• Should you install, say thanks by clicking install.

Remember to set 'Field Required' to 'Yes' and 'Field Editable by User' to 'Yes' for mod to kick in (see profile how-to: http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/profile).

Mod Update (03 September 2005):
- changed mod from plugin/hack to product

Mod Update (01 October 2005):
- changed mod to have better output display

Mod Update (10 October 2005):
- changed mod to use required, editable fields

Mod Update (02 February 2006):
- added vB v.3.5.3 force profile update mod

[akanevsky]

Nice hack, but there is a "BIT" more code than required for this hack. Just about 21 extra lines of code that could be eliminated

[calorie]

@Dark Visor: sure, take out the three rows dealing with num_rows if you want, but for this hook location, try taking out the other eighteen rows and see what you get onscreen.

[akanevsky]

Does it have to be in that hook location? :P

[calorie]

How many rows of vB code would be processed if it were in a different hook location?

[akanevsky]

LOL. You're right. However, a lot of standard code is better than a little custom code Besides, it could be done as a code mod, then you would be able to choose the most appropriate place (do we always have to sacrifice performance for easiness of installation? hmm...).

[cmiller1014]

Originally Posted by Psionic Vision

LOL. You're right. However, a lot of standard code is better than a little custom code Besides, it could be done as a code mod, then you would be able to choose the most appropriate place (do we always have to sacrifice performance for easiness of installation? hmm...).

Yes if you want our "friends" over at VB to support it. It's unfortunate, but they are such babies about hacks that I wont install anything unless its mod free.

[akanevsky]

Yes if you want our "friends" over at VB to support it. It's unfortunate, but they are such babies about hacks that I wont install anything unless its mod free.

How did we survive before 3.5.0 came out then?

[banjolawyer]

works great for me so far. Thanks.

[fyjpm]

Id like to see the users that decide to test how "required" this message really is by clicking around other links on the page to keep getting the same message screen instead of a blank html page. Can someone suggest a how-to?

Thanks,

John

[ConqSoft]

They should get the message no matter what part of vBulletin they try to browse to. They do on mine.