Friends and/or Buddies on Profile

WHAT's THIS

• This product adds a public friends and/or buddy list in the profile.
• What are friends? Friends means you are on each others buddylists. It is no seperate addition/addon. It's all based on vb's buddy system.
• Need more info? Look at the attached screenshots, or the live demo(s).
• Avatars/profilepics will not show up, if stored in filesystem!
• Need some kind of informing the users, which have been added to a buddy list? Look at the AutoPM after addBuddy Plugin by Antivirus
• The product adds 2 queries to the profile page

INSTALLATION


Install with product manager.


Set your preferences in the acp (vBulletin options)


Add

PHP Code:

$FNB_HTML 


somewhere in your MEMBERINFO template. Whereever you'd like to show up the friends or buddies. If you're not sure what to do, search for

<if condition="$show['signature']">

in your MEMBERINFO template and add it before that line.


OPTIONAL (User selectable)


If you want to have this user-selectable you need to add a custom profile field. Create the new field as a radiobutton, give it a name and description of your choice, the options yes and no and use the following code instead of only $FNB_HTML:

<if condition="$userinfo[fieldXX] == yes">$FNB_HTML</if>

(if user wishes to show up)
or

<if condition="$userinfo[fieldXX] != no">$FNB_HTML</if>

(show by default, user can deactivate it)

Remember to replace XX with the number of the new profilefield!


PLANNED FEATURES

• Using Templates

LIVE DEMO(S)

• http://www.myrabbits.de/forum/member.php?u=35&styleid=1

CREDITS


Thx to Cloud-Warrior for inspiration and idea. If you want a seperate friends page, too, get the vBFriends extension by Cloud-Warrior.

vwturbo (for the idea of gettin profilepics instead of avatars),
gamebgs (limitting shown friends/buddies to a max number),
D|ver (hiding the information who you got in your buddy list and whohas added you to his buddy list),
yayvb (show a "no avatar" picture if no avatar is available),
ThorstenA (see changelog version 1.0.2)

[agiacosa]

How would you add a link to "Add $userinfo[username] to your buddy list"?

[jj]

Originally Posted by agiacosa

How would you add a link to "Add $userinfo[username] to your buddy list"?

Search your MEMBERINFO template for <if condition="$show['addbuddylist']"> you should find it there.

[vwturbo]

I think I found a pretty big bug. I decided to change my profile pic which changed successfully. The problem is whoever I had as a friend when I go to their pages it still has my old profile pic.

[ThorstenA]

Great great idea! Some suggestions:

- if there is no friend, do not show friends (same for buddy lists)
- set no avatar pic location standard to any standard picture from vbulletin like "images/smilies/smile.gif"
- maybe implement template system, hopefully it's not soo complicated
(- more complicated: get a private message if someone has put you on his buddy list "Dear ... xxx has put you on his buddy list, to be his friend, just put him also on your buddy list")

This hack's a really big improvement to community.

[Hanif]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

(- more complicated: get a private message if someone has put you on his buddy list "Dear ... xxx has put you on his buddy list, to be his friend, just put him also on your buddy list")

Dude, have a look at https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...2&page=1&pp=15
The hack that Antivirus has done.

Hope it helps.

Hanif

[jj]

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

if there is no friend, do not show friends (same for buddy lists)

On list for next update

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

set no avatar pic location standard to any standard picture from vbulletin like "images/smilies/smile.gif"

Hm, don't know. You are free to set in there what ever you like to. As the options will move to acp soon, it's even easier to set an alternative pic location.

Originally Posted by ThorstenA

maybe implement template system, hopefully it's not soo complicated
(more complicated: get a private message if someone has put you on his buddy list "Dear ... xxx has put you on his buddy list, to be his friend, just put him also on your buddy list")

Read the answer by Hanif or re-read my initial posting, in which I mentioned both of your "requests"

Thx for your suggestions.

[jj]

Originally Posted by vwturbo

I think I found a pretty big bug. I decided to change my profile pic which changed successfully. The problem is whoever I had as a friend when I go to their pages it still has my old profile pic.

As my time is limited at the moment, I have to figure out that later.

[vwturbo]

Originally Posted by j.jacobsen

As my time is limited at the moment, I have to figure out that later.

No problem, I just thought that I would let you know what I found.

[ThorstenA]

j.jacobsen, thanks very much for considering my last suggestion. And Hanif, thanks for showing me the right product for the private message suggestion.

My users do like this hack very much. I have one more suggestion about the redundant view of buddys both as "friends" and "buddys", I think it's very easy to implement. Show all buddys with avatars - and if they are friends, extra mark this "friends" as "confirmed" or "Friendship".

[The Chief]

Thanks, take your time j.jacobsen and thanks for all the efforts you put into this