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):
Code:
<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.
LMFFAO I know, but that's a WHOLE different story. Work's FINALLY getting under control to where I can finally get some decent sleep, so yes, coding's next. My new Android phone's giving me some ideas
LMFFAO I know, but that's a WHOLE different story. Work's FINALLY getting under control to where I can finally get some decent sleep, so yes, coding's next. My new Android phone's giving me some ideas
just a working version asap would be nice.
then we can brainstorm
My need is a bit different, I want to have a list of animals that people keep on my forum. Basically you click it and the list drops down. Problem is that if I have my field as a text box, everything is formatted like a paragraph in the postbit. To have 1 animal per line, I have to make single-line text box for each animal. Some people have 50 animals. I made 10 fields, but that's not enough...is there a working alternative or do I have to scrap this install.... hope not, because I really like this simple mod! You can see it working here
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05-04-2010, 02:44 AM
