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

[clearchannel]

That worked very nice.

Thank you, this is a much needed addition.

[Nukey]

Hmm. I installed this hack as a plugin, and I dont get the screen looking as you do. It appears out of format on a while screen with black text and a forum jump menu. It also does not allow you to log out until you edit your profile, which you should be able to do.

[calorie]

@Nukey: Make sure you have a fresh download. It should look like this except with the message in the screenshot. If you want to allow logout use:

$zzz_regex = "(profile|usercp|login)\.php";

[Nukey]

calorie, I just downloaded it a few minutes ago. Im not sure why it looks like it does in the screenshot. Any other ideas? I have the phrase as a "Front End Error Message"

[Nukey]

When I go to the Plugin section and choose edit plugin, this is what I see:

 // #### Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field ####
if ($vbulletin->userinfo['userid'] > 1)
{
    $zzz_regex = "(profile|usercp).php";
    if (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) && !eregi($zzz_regex,$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))
    {
        $zzz_reqfields = $db->query_read("SELECT profilefieldid ".
                "FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."profilefield ".
                "WHERE required = 1");
        if ($db->num_rows($zzz_reqfields))
        {
            while ($zzz_reqfield = $db->fetch_array($zzz_reqfields))
            {
                $zzz_fieldname = "field".$zzz_reqfield['profilefieldid'];
                $zzz_userfield = $vbulletin->userinfo["$zzz_fieldname"];
                if (empty($zzz_userfield) && $zzz_userfield != "0")
                {
                    eval(standard_error(fetch_error('zzz_update_profile',$vbulletin->options['bburl'],$vbulletin->session->vars['sessionurl'])));
                }
            }
        }
    }
}
// #### Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field ####

[calorie]

The plugin you are using looks good, except if you want to add login to the $zzz_regex variable. Try using "Error Messages" not "Front End Error Messages" as the Phrase Type.

[Nukey]

I don't have Error Messages in my list? This is baffling. I want to be able to use the plugin but for some reason its just giving me the white screen instead of the error box.

[calorie]

What does the HTML look like (just around the message)?

[Nukey]

After looking at the HTML of the page that loads, it appears that everything above the three <br /> does not appear. Ie. none of these sections of code that are in the showthread error message are in this plugin's error message.

<!-- CSS Stylesheet -->
<!-- logo -->
<!-- content table -->
<!-- open content container -->

Is there something I can include to get everything to appear correctly?
Or maybe I missed something...I downloaded the file and uploaded it through the "import plugin" part of the admin cp, and I made the phrase in the phrase manager "Front End Error Messages". There is no "Error Messages". Did I miss something?
Thanks Again!

[calorie]

Try moving the plugin from global_start to global_complete.