Profile Enhancements - Show extra social networks to your Instant Messaging/Send Message and Postbit

Please look at the screen shots for more details.


Let me know if there are any problems. I tried to do this from memory as I did this a long time ago and overwrote the script, so I decided to re-do it and post it so I wouldn't forget . I don't know how to automatically do this kind of thing with a plugin, so it is ALL manual updates to your files/templates.


Version Info:
1.0 - Initial Release
1.1 - Fixed the missing </if> and the tutorial to point to the right template.
1.2 - Added Last.FM and YouTube.

[redlabour]

VZ Group is hardly missed.

[Raptor]

everything works for me except the drop down on the postbit

no links or icons showing. i've followed instructions to the letter

vb3.8.4 pl1

tried on both default and custom skin.

[Raptor]

also I have no images at all on my drop down menu (not even mail icons next to the send email to...) - not even on my default skin - I do see img src.. code in memberinfo template tho - any clue as to why there is no icons showing ?

[Raptor]

all the instructions are messed up (postbit) twitter is mentioned 3 times and IF conditions are missing

[mattpist]

this is an okay hack, but your code in the howto.html is missing a few items.

first, this:

STEP 5: Open template POSTBIT

Find:

$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon] $post[skypeicon]

Add next to:

<if condition="$post[field5]">
<a href ="http://www.myspace.com/$post[field5]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/myspace.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_myspace]"</phrase>></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post[field7]">
<a href ="http://www.facebook.com/$post[field7]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/facebook.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_facebook]"</phrase>></a>
</if><if condition="$post[field8]">
<a href ="http://www.twitter.com/$post[field8]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/twitter.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_twitter]"</phrase>></a>
</if>
<a href ="http://www.twitter.com/$post[field9]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/youtube.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_youtube]"</phrase>></a>
</if>
<a href ="http://www.twitter.com/$post[field10]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/lastfm.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_lastfm]"</phrase>></a>
</if>

should be (changes bolded):

<if condition="$post[field15]">
<a href ="http://www.myspace.com/$post[field15]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/myspace.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_myspace]"</phrase>></a>
</if>
<if condition="$post[field16]">
<a href ="http://www.facebook.com/$post[field16]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/facebook.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_facebook]"</phrase>></a>
</if><if condition="$post[field17]">
<a href ="http://www.twitter.com/$post[field17]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/twitter.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_twitter]"</phrase>></a>
</if><if condition="$post[field19]">
<a href ="http://www.youtube.com/user/$post[field19]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/youtube.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_youtube]"</phrase>></a>
</if><if condition="$post[field20]">
<a href ="http://www.last.fm/user/$post[field20]"target="_blank"><img src ="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/lastfm.gif"border="0"<phrase 1="$post[username]">alt="$vbphrase[visit_lastfm]"</phrase>></a>
</if>

also, i added flickr to my list as well, which wasn't hard, just followed your instructions over again changing the details slightly.

also, the icons at this site are a lot nicer! you should use those!

[Kavadas]

Wow, yeah, definitely might wanna revise that install doc. My drop down menu also doesn't work.

[utahraves]

I can no longer support this as my board is now a 4.0 series and not a 3.8. Anyone who wants to republish this with their own name can do so as long as they include my name in their thread.