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

[ShadowOne]

this does work on 3.5.4.... but it causes my members not to be able to login...at all even after they change it, but when i tested it...it worked...

[dutchbb]

Originally Posted by Zachariah

Ideas Sir.

Have the profile area field with a Star * next to required fields or hi-light it some color .

Good idea!

[haytham]

Tried to try it but after telling me to eedit my profile it told me my password was old and had to be changed. If I click to change , the message keeps comming back and nothing happens. I am stuck on the " change your password" page. Any ideas?

[Tralala]

Originally Posted by ConKien

Is there a way to force users to pick their avatar

I came here wanting to ask the same question. Can this be used to force folks to pick (or upload) an avatar? That's precisely what I am looking for, but don't know how to make this work with that "field."

[Sculli]

Anyone have this properly working under 3.5.4?

[vinzphua]

I have it on 3.5.4. No complaints so far.

[Neo_obs]

using it and its awesome but how hard would it be to make it check for birthdate instead of a profile field?

[rady]

i instelled it but it doesn't work.. does it need activation or something?
i'm on 3.5.4

[Neo_obs]

I used it on 3.5.4 and it worked flawlessly. Which version did you use? and are you sure you have a required profile field?

[rady]

product vB353 force profile update 1.xml

this is the product i downloaded. i installed it from the product manager and i am pretty sure that new registrations require birthday.
i went to my profile and cleared by DOB. after that i logged out and when i logged back in it didn;t required me to do anything. I also tried it with a test account, that has no admin/moderator proviledges