User Postbit Template Selection

I'm just getting back into the swing of things with vBulletin 3.5. Here's my first plugin being released (Others are still in progress).

What this does:
This allows users to select which postbit they wish to use via their control panel.

Installation
Upload the plugin and create a new user profile field by following the directions below.
Once you complete the top two steps you must edit the plugin and find: field5
Then change that to your user profile field number.

Add a New User Profile Field

Profile Field Type:
Single-Selection Menu

Title: Postbit Template Selection

Description:
If you prefer the old-style postbit, using two vertical columns rather than the new horizontal layout, you can switch back to using that template with this switch.

Options:
Horizontal Postbit
Vertical Postbit (Legacy)

Set Default:
Yes, but no First Blank Option

Display Order:
This is your choice.

Field Required:
No

Field Editable by User:
Yes

Private Field:
Yes

Field Searchable on Members List
No

Show on Members List
No

Allow user to input their own value for this option
No

The rest does not matter.

[Christine]

Heya,

This hook location conflicts with the ignore user function as well as the soft-delete noted above.

No biggie -- it is just an issue of when it is being called.

Tested with a minor change to the code and moving the hook to global_start. Add in the template cache I PM'd ya, and you are all set.

[Neutral Singh]

Exactly what i was looking for thanks...

[trancetopia]

Works a treat. Thanks.

[CMX_CMGSCCC]

Can you attach the minor change you did to the code to fix the problem?

-CMX

[Christine]

Given that this isn't my hack, I would prefer for the hack author to fix and re-release it. No stepping on any toes that way.

[WhSox21]

Originally Posted by Christine

Given that this isn't my hack, I would prefer for the hack author to fix and re-release it. No stepping on any toes that way.

Christine,

If you have the time would/could you PM me the working code? I'll re-release it along with giving you credit for your work.

I'm very busy right now getting the Help Desk plugin converted to 3.5.

[Christine]

Done.

[InfiniteWebby]

Has anyone figured out how to make this work if you have postbit_legacy selected in the vboptions. Because I have racked my brain trying to get it to work to no avail. And I would like to make postbit_legacy default for members AND guests.

[InfiniteWebby]

Ok the problem lies in functions.php

PHP Code:

    if ($vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] AND in_array('postbit', $templates))
    {
        $templateassoc['postbit'] = $templateassoc['postbit_legacy'];
    } 


And

PHP Code:

    if ($vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] AND $templatename == 'postbit')
    {
        $templatename = 'postbit_legacy';
    } 


vBulletin replaces the templatename of postbit with postbit_legacy if you have the setting selected in the cp, no matter what you do before hand. So short of hacking files this sort of hack will never work with postbit_legacy selected in the cp.

[CMX_CMGSCCC]

Aha, I have figured it out.

I have my forums enabled for "Legacy Postbit" by default.

Add the plugin to the hook 'cache_templates'

Use this code:

global $vbulletin;
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field9'] == "Vertical Postbit (Legacy)")
{
	$vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] = 1;
}
else if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field9'] == "Horizontal Postbit")
{
	$vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] = 0;
}

CHANGE the field9 to your userfield fieldname.

This way when it caches the template, it will disable the legacypostbit option and not force it to use postbit_legacy.

-CMX

[InfiniteWebby]

Originally Posted by CMX_CMGSCCC

Aha, I have figured it out.

I have my forums enabled for "Legacy Postbit" by default.

Add the plugin to the hook 'cache_templates'

Use this code:

global $vbulletin;
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field9'] == "Vertical Postbit (Legacy)")
{
	$vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] = 1;
}
else if ($vbulletin->userinfo['field9'] == "Horizontal Postbit")
{
	$vbulletin->options['legacypostbit'] = 0;
}

CHANGE the field9 to your userfield fieldname.

This way when it caches the template, it will disable the legacypostbit option and not force it to use postbit_legacy.

-CMX

Thnx for the help man, sometimes the solution is right in front of you. You just need to get some alternate thinking =)

[RoryF]

Thanks CMX_CMGSCCC, works like a charm

[ged]

Is there any way to do it with plugin?

[Loony BoB]

I've tried to implement this and failed miserably.

I tried using the default version and had that same problem with the deleted posts. Then I tried using the above version instead, and I got the following message whenever I tried to edit my user options...

Could not find phrase '::$values for profile fields is not an array::'.

Any ideas on whether we can get a working version of this available for download instead of downloading the file just to find it doesn't work?

[Martz]

Thanks for this fix