Profile Enhancements - Extra Profile Fields Page

Note to all: Yes I will be upgrading this mod if needed to work with vB 4.0, but not before it goes gold on or around the ETA of December 21st. I personally wouldn't recommend anyone upgrade their forum for a couple weeks after it comes out so that the modding community has a chance to test their code on the gold version.

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Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

NOTE: No code changes have been made from v3.0.1 for vB 3.7.x to v3.1.0 for vB 3.8.x.

This product will add a new page to the User CP for easy editing of specially marked profile fields, that for one reason or another you would like to split off from the main list.

NOTE: Any fields marked for this page will not be seen in the user's profile. You would need to install the Extra Profile Fields Tab addon to do this.


After the product is FULLY installed, when a you want to move a profile field to the new page for easy editing:

1. Go to the AdminCP and edit the field as normal.
2. At the bottom in the Display Page area, you will see "Which page displays this option?" The last option should say Options: $vbphrase[extra_options].
3. Save!

Personally, I use this page for PC specs, but it can also be used for other specs as well (e.g. cars). With an ADDITIONAL product (e.g. NOT this one), I place these specs in a dropdown list under the user title in each user's post, as well as in their profile as an extra tab.

Here's some examples of how I use this mod (with the Add-On mod, Extra Profile Fields Tab, and a separate mod, Profile Fields in a Postbit Dropdown):
http://www.houseofhelp.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=39826


# of plugins: 3
# of php page edits: 1 (admincp/profilefield.php)
# of new templates: 1 (page)
# of template edits: 1 (USERCP_SHELL)
# of new phrases: 3 Click here for details. Also look at the attached pictures to see where they show up.

To Install:
1) Save the attached product-wired1_epfp.xml file.
2) Navigate to AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> [Add/Import Product]
3) Browse to wherever you saved the file.
4) Allow Overwrite -> Yes.
5) Import!
6) Follow the instructions for the manual edits (1 template edit, 1 PHP page edit)

The install process should only take 5 minutes at most.

Don't forget to hit INSTALL!

Support will only be given to people who have hit install.

[grey_goose]

With what blind-eddie posted (thanks!) this could be pretty amazing *if* the CES Parser Permissions could be added to the extra pages. I'm sure this is just adding the parser, right?

[high]* grey_goose looks hopefully at the people who know what they're doing [/high]

[Wired1]

If that affects profile fields in the back end, it should work fine with this mod.

[grey_goose]

Well, it's odd... it parses the fields on your epfp tab but not on the dedicated epfp page ^^

[Wired1]

Does that mod process profile fields in the Edit Profile area?

[grey_goose]

Yes it does; is there a hook or something needed to load the parser on that epfp page?

[Wired1]

No idea how his mod works.

[burlesque]

I've tried installing this mod onto a brand new 3.8.4 board, but for some reason, when I click the 'Edit Extra Options' link in the UserCP, the 'profile.php?do=extra' page is totally blank.

I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the mod several times, but to no avail.

Please help!

[Wired1]

Sounds like you haven't done any of the ma nual edits as per the instructions.

[grey_goose]

Very cool stuff; I used the multi-page hack in conjunction with DJ's dots to do some truly awesome stuff I've been wanting for a long time. Thanks, all!

[Wired1]

Got a link? I love to see how people use this mod in new ways.