Admin Signatures Parsed for vB Variables: by Logician

Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables

Version 1.01 changes explained in the End of this post.

As the thread name suggests, credit for this cute little modification belongs to Logician, the gr8 vB Magician, who distributes hacks without even taking a credit for them.

Requested by: Myself :devious: --> here



Context
Searched through all vb.org website for this nature of hack and anything that visually comes near to this modification is /you /me hack but that hack did not suit my requirement. I wanted to show any vb variable of my liking in the signatures and this little modification by Logician does exactly the same and is much more dynamic... Any resemblance to my other hack is surely coincidental.

What this hack does ?
Pretty simple, this modification is only for Admin's signatures, which parses the admin signatures for all vb variables and presents it into a readable information.

Utility:
For example: i, as an admin, want my signatures to a show personalised message for members as follows:

Dear [Aman Singh], if you like spending your time at these forums then please consider making a donation. [more details here...]

Now, here the [membername] is dynamic and should change accordingly to every user who is reading the message in my signatures. After the modification, to achieve the above signatures, i enter the following information in my signatures:

Dear $bbuserinfo[username], if you like spending your time at these forums then please consider making a donation. [more details here...]

This mod makes the vb variable $bbuserinfo[username] dynamically change for each username to make the message a lot more personalised and more appealing. (and who knows someone might get encouraged to shell out a buck or two )

Some of useful vB variables are listed below:

$bbuserinfo[username] : Username of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[email] : email of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[icq] : icq number of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[aim] : aim nick of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[yahoo] : yahoo id of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[posts] : Post count of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[homepage] : Home page of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[field1] : Value of user profile 1 of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[field2] : Value of user profile 2 of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[field3] : Value of user profile 3 of the visitor
$bbuserinfo[joindate]
$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]
$bbuserinfo[lastactivity]
$bbuserinfo[lastpost]
$bbuserinfo[reputation]
$bbuserinfo[pmtotal]
$bbuserinfo[pmunread]
$bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate]

(List compiled from gr8 WebTemplates Content Management System by Logician --> here) and kind help by Zero Tolerance

File Edits : Two

Files to Edit :
i) forum_root/includes/functions_showthread.php
ii) forum_root/member.php

Difficulty : Still, one of the easiest hacks ever.

Installation Time : Now it takes less than 3 mintues to apply the hack.

Instructions :

Edit includes/functions_showthread.php

FIND
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
$post['signature'] = parse_bbcode($post['signature'], 'nonforum', $vboptions['allowsmilies']);
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

ADD BELOW:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
				if ($post['usergroupid']==6) 
				{
					@eval('$post[signature] = "' . addslashes($post['signature']) . '";');
					$post['signature'] = stripslashes($post['signature']);
				}
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

That's all. ;)

Logician \\=^))

Modificaton done by Aurous --> here
This mod helps in parsing the signatures properly in member profiles.

In member.php:

Search for:

// signature
if ($userinfo['signature'])
{
	require_once('./includes/functions_bbcodeparse.php');


Below, add this code:


// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
				if ($userinfo['usergroupid']==6) 
				{
					@eval('$userinfo[signature] = "' . addslashes($userinfo['signature']) . '";');
					$userinfo['signature'] = stripslashes($userinfo['signature']);
				}
// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables

Versions Changes:

1.01 : Added modification by Aurous at post#8, this helps properly parsing the signatures in member profiles as well. Thanks Aurous.
1.00 : Released

Instructions are attached herewith.
The snapshot is attached herewith.

Hey You!! Dont Forget to hit INSTALL !!
Enjoy !!
Aman Singh

[Neutral Singh]

Originally Posted by yinyang

is there a place where i can get the complete list of vB variables?

mmmmmm... nope !! i dont think so ...

[Zero Tolerance]

$bbuserinfo contains a lot of information, if you make a file in your forums directory called "test.php", and put this code in it:

PHP Code:

<?php
require_once("./global.php");
print_r($bbuserinfo);
?>

Then visit this file in your browser, you will see a load of mumbo jumbo, right click, view source, you will get a lot of stuff, like:

Array
(
[userid] => 1
[temp] =>
[field1] => I like to code :P
[field2] => England
[field3] => Coding...
[field4] => ...more coding
[field5] => Male
[field6] => #0099FF

To use this field, just put $bbuserinfo[FIELD]

So if you see:
[myfield] => Bla bla
You would use:
$bbuserinfo[myfield]



- Zero Tolerance

[yinyang]

Originally Posted by Zero Tolerance

$bbuserinfo contains a lot of information, if you make a file in your forums directory called "test.php", and put this code in it:

PHP Code:

<?php
require_once("./global.php");
print_r($bbuserinfo);
?>

Then visit this file in your browser, you will see a load of mumbo jumbo, right click, view source, you will get a lot of stuff, like:


To use this field, just put $bbuserinfo[FIELD]

So if you see:
[myfield] => Bla bla
You would use:
$bbuserinfo[myfield]



- Zero Tolerance

thanks! that was awesome and so much info. for others who may find it also useful, i have found the following bbuserinfo's helpful as well:

$bbuserinfo[joindate]
$bbuserinfo[lastvisit]
$bbuserinfo[lastactivity]
$bbuserinfo[lastpost]
$bbuserinfo[reputation]
$bbuserinfo[pmtotal]
$bbuserinfo[pmunread]
$bbuserinfo[lastvisitdate]

*edit*
actually, don't use anything with dates as they show up as really long numbers.

[Zero Tolerance]

Yeah the date's show up as unix timestamps, i suppose additional code could be added to parse them into text format

- Zero Tolerance

[COBRAws]

im gonna have fun with this one with my members hehehe

[supernet33]

I installed this, and it works fine in all the admins except for one? Could it be some permissions?

[Neutral Singh]

Yes, i think the user should be a member of Administrator (id: 6) Usergroup.

[Hoang Tu Ao Den]

Installed ! Can I have more than one usergroups ?

[Neutral Singh]

Originally Posted by Hoang Tu Ao Den

Installed ! Can I have more than one usergroups ?

Edit includes/functions_showthread.php

FIND
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
$post['signature'] = parse_bbcode($post['signature'], 'nonforum', $vboptions['allowsmilies']);
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

ADD BELOW:
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
				if ($post['usergroupid']==6) 
				{
					@eval('$post[signature] = "' . addslashes($post['signature']) . '";');
					$post['signature'] = stripslashes($post['signature']);
				}
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

JUST BELOW THE ABOVE CODE, ADD:

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
				if ($post['usergroupid']==2) 
				{
					@eval('$post[signature] = "' . addslashes($post['signature']) . '";');
					$post['signature'] = stripslashes($post['signature']);
				}
				// Logician Hack : Admin signatures parsed for vb variables
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

(Notice the change in above code --> if ($post['usergroupid']==2). You can do it for each usergroupid, separately.

Enjoy !!

[Hoang Tu Ao Den]

Thank you !