Show Thread Enhancements - Profile Fields in a Postbit Dropdown

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With this mod you can allow profile fields to show up in a dropdown below a user's name and user's title under each post. There are two ways to use this product, and each has its own plugin (and template): Dropdown - Manual (enabled by default), and Dropdown - Automated (disabled by default).

NOTE: The dropdown's title shows up as [username]'s [dropdown_title]. Yes, the 's is hardcoded into the mod. Figured if I didn't hardcode it, someone wouldn't be able to figure out how to add it

To edit the title:

Go to AdminCP -> Languages & Phrases -> Search in Phrases. Search for the phrase's title: [dropdown_title] (no brackets). Edit and save!

The dropdown is dependent on Profile Field 5 being filled. If the user does not have this profile field filled out, then the dropdown will not show. To edit or remove this restriction:

Go to the Dropdown Call Template. Find and edit, or remove these 2 lines of code (so that the dropdown will always show):

<if condition="$post['field5']">
...
</if>

The "Dropdown - Manual" template allows you to manually create the dropdown. Some examples of how to do this are already provided within the template. This template is the default.

To edit it, go to AdminCP -> Styles & Templates -> Style Manager -> [STYLE NAME]
Edit Style: Dropdown Information - Manual

The "Dropdown - Automated" template / plugin combo will automatically create the dropdown for ALL custom fields (it will skip the first 4 default ones).

To use the automated dropdown, DISABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Manual" and ENABLE Plugin "Dropdown - Automated". Simple!


To sum it up:
Plugin: Dropdown - Manual
PRO: You select which fields, what descriptions, and in what order you want the fields to show up.
CON: Lots of typing


Plugin: Dropdown - Automatic
PRO: Automatic!
CON: no real control, Profile fields 5 and up will show up in order. NOTE: if it is a HIDDEN profile field, apparently only the DATA is hidden, not the field name, so the field name will show up as well. To block a profile field from showing up in the Automatic Dropdown, check out this post.


Version History:
3.0.0 - Initial Release
3.0.1 - Added plugin to cache templates, courtesy of ssslippy.
3.1.0 - Updated for 3.8.x, no code changes made.

NOTE: Support will only be given to those who have hit install.

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[Saviour]

With a little bit of finagling...I think I finally have it right.

Thanks for your time.

[TigerC10]

That's good news. Let's hope Wired1 likes my customizations enough to add some (or all) of them to the next version.

[Wired1]

Originally Posted by TigerC10

You would manually insert a bbcode into the value for the profile field. This means they could specify the name of the component at their own disgression... Like

[url=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3867865&Sku=CP2-AM2-9550]AMD Phenom X4 9550 Quad Core Processor[/url]

It's better than duplicating all of your profile fields to add a URL for a detailed description of each field. Can you dig it?

Gotcha. The ultimate idea of my mods is to keep it simple for both the end user and admin. Being in IT I can see lots of people screwing up entering in BBCODE manually, and admins having to edit everyone's profiles manually. Considering I do that a lot on a daily basis for typos and the like w/ system specs on my forum, I wouldn't wish that on other forum staff

However, I'm now wondering if (and I'm pretty sure this would be possible) a small WYSIWYG button for just the link could be added to the EPGP page. Hrm... I think I know how to do it, I'll attempt to mess with it tomorrow. However considering today turned from an 8 hr to a 14 hr day, I'm pretty sure I'm not gonna want to do anything after work tomorrow

I've created a customization for this mod and sent it to you via PM, Wired1. It takes out the reliance on "automatic" and "manual" and instead displays all of the profile fields in a profile field category (specified through vboptions). It has the bbCode feature I was talking about too - so you can see how it works.

I remember looking at categories when they first came out, and there was a reason I didn't want to use them, can't remember ATM though. Something to do with duplication of fields on other tabs I think, although IIRC I had figured out a workaround for that. Something to look at tomorrow / Thurs.

[TigerC10]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Gotcha. The ultimate idea of my mods is to keep it simple for both the end user and admin.

Well, the mod customization I made makes bbCode optional for the admin. Furthermore, they could just type what they would normally do without bbCode and the bbCode parser won't care. I don't think it's a big enough deal to actually worry about.

Originally Posted by Wired1

I remember looking at categories when they first came out, and there was a reason I didn't want to use them, can't remember ATM though. Something to do with duplication of fields on other tabs I think, although IIRC I had figured out a workaround for that. Something to look at tomorrow / Thurs.

I'm not sure what you mean by that. I think that if you put a profile field in a category, it is removed from the "about me" tab and put in a tab for that category instead. Profile fields can only be in 1 category at a time, so I don't think that's what you were talking about.

[Saviour]

Wired...

If I wanted to change the font on the Dropdown Call image...where and what would I add?

or

If I include my own image with a font...

How would I disable the font from automatically appearing over the new image I'm using for the Dropdown Call?

[arekieh]

hey, i installed this but its not showing up in my user cp :/????

[Wired1]

Tiger: gotta remember to check out those mods when I have some free time.
Saviour: there's no images in my mods. Do you mean changing the arrow for the dropdown?

arekieh: This mod has NOTHING to do with the userCP.

[Saviour]

Originally Posted by Wired1

Tiger: gotta remember to check out those mods when I have some free time.
Saviour: there's no images in my mods. Do you mean changing the arrow for the dropdown?

arekieh: This mod has NOTHING to do with the userCP.

Never mind, Wired...

I got it sorted. Sorry...I should have come back here and updated, but forgot.

Thanks for the reply.

[arekieh]

THen how do people input stuff into the custom fields????????????

[arekieh]

k well now i got it working along with its own page in usercp for editing. Everthing shows up. but when i fill out the form, the specs dont appear in the drop down. The drop down just shows each category

EDIT* Fixed. Thanks alot, this mod is awesome