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Force Current Members To Fill Out Required Profile Field · **Released**: 09-09-2004

So you add a new required profile field, and members who join afterwards are forced to fill out the field, but you want your current members to fill out that field too. Well unless your current members go edit their profile, the new field sits and waits for them to take action. This mini hack will force your current members to fill out the field by prompting them for action before allowing them to return to normal site use. Here are some further details:

Credit is given to Revan from this post.
Credit is given to Locutus2999 from this thread.
Related vB 2.2.x from roxics in this thread.
Here based off the vB 2.3.x hack by Locutus2999.
This is for vB 3.0.7 though rather similar indeed.
Add one phrase, edit one file, set profile field.
Support only if/as time available, no guarantees.
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T3MEDIA · #42 06-04-2005, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by T3MEDIA

Its not that is why I responded as I did remember?

how could I make your code work with the position of the field in the database?

Thanks in advance.

bump

dsboyce8624 · #43 06-06-2005, 12:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T3MEDIA

bump

Sounds like you two need a translator.

calorie · #44 06-09-2005, 07:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Revan

Well the thing is, if the Birthday is not listed as a Required profilefield in that table, it will be ignored automatically

Agreed. To not require birthdays...

vB Options > User Registration Options > Uncheck Require Birthday

calorie · #45 06-09-2005, 07:47 AM

FYI: Hack updated for vB 3.0.7. Thanks to Revan for this post.

T3MEDIA · #46 06-09-2005, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by calorie

Agreed. To not require birthdays...

vB Options > User Registration Options > Uncheck Require Birthday

well what if you require birthdays?
see the issue is this I made a site where users have to enter an age (coppa) but the age is permament. they cant change it after. (kids signing up then saying they are 15 after)

This will constanly ask to fix thier age even though they cant.

besides it would be nice to ignore certain fields. giving you more flexability.

calorie · #47 06-09-2005, 04:33 PM

Run the following query, and copy-paste the results:

Code:

SELECT profilefieldid,title,description FROM vb3_profilefield WHERE required=1;

thephonemall · #48 08-31-2005, 02:38 PM

great hack -installed.

GoTTi · #49 11-27-2005, 06:46 AM

any info on how to make this make users put their birthdays in?

for some reason, i had require birthday unchecked, but coppa was turned on for 18+, so when they entered their age in the first page for coppa, it would take em to the register page with no bday field, and their bidays werent being recorded.

T3MEDIA · #50 11-27-2005, 02:49 PM

she said she isnt supporting this anymore. And Birthdays are seperate. I had this issue a while back but Im blacklisted on vb so I didnt get help. I got some answers elsewhere on a differnt site.

Do a google you will see there are tons of hack vb sites besides here.

GoTTi · #51 11-27-2005, 11:29 PM

what would i search for in google?

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