This article is written with the assumption that you have already created your own User Profile Fields in the User Profile Field Manager. If you need help with this, you may read about it in the manual here - http://www.vbulletin.com/docs/html/profile
For the Purposes of this article, I will be referring to "fieldx" as the name of your profile field. Your real name will be found in the User Profile Manager in the "Name" column - field1, field2, etc.
First thing to do is figure out which fields you want to add to your postbit. Go to your Admincp > User Profile Fields > User Profile Field Manager and note both the Field Name (field1, field2, etc) and the Category the field is in (see image 1). The Profile Fields are listed under their Category Title on this page. It should either be "(Uncategorized)" or have some other category listed. To then get the Category ID, go to User Profile Field Categories, click to Edit the category you want the ID of, and it will be listed at the top - id x (see image 2). Uncategorized Categories have no Category ID.
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So, now that you have a list of field ids and category ids, you can now easily add them to your postbit.
First make sure your hook system is active (it is turned off by default). Go to Admincp > Settings > Products/Hook System > Enable/Disable Hook System > Yes.
Now, go to Admincp > Products & Hooks > Manage Hooks and click the link that says "[Add New Hook]". In that new hook, set the following:
Hook is Active: Yes
Hook Location: conversation_userstats
Title: Show Profile Fields in Postbit
Template Name: conversation_fields
Hook Arguments: conversation=conversation
SAVE
Now go to Admincp > Styles & Templates > Style Manager > Add New Template and on that page, set the following:
Replace the X in "FieldX" (three times) with the fieldid and, if your field is in a Category other than Uncategoried, then replace "default" with "categoryY_title" where Y is the category id.
So, for instance, say I have the following I want to add:
Name Category
field5 (uncategoried)
field7 New Cat(id 1)
The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:
Warning: Illegal string offset 'field2' in [path]/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(4723) : eval()'d code on line 3
Warning: Illegal string offset 'field7' in [path]/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(4723) : eval()'d code on line 9
This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wis
and since the error message is the temple will not be stored
The following error occurred when attempting to evaluate this template:
Warning: Illegal string offset 'field2' in [path]/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(4738) : eval()'d code on line 3
Warning: Illegal string offset 'field3' in [path]/includes/adminfunctions_template.php(4738) : eval()'d code on line 9
This is likely caused by a malformed conditional statement. It is highly recommended that you fix this error before continuing, but you may continue as-is if you wish.
what should i do?
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Originally Posted by Lynne
That is my example template. I doubt yours would be exactly the same. Post images of your admincp > User Profile Field Manager and the Categories.