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.

If you use this mod please hit INSTALL!

[Burnt]

Okay found the name of what it was calling itself in the postbit.. Got it moved..Woot. Oh and great mod condenses all the BS I wanted to put in the profile!

[Burnt]

Small problem probably needs another if but not sure where or its something else I changed and screwed up. Okay so I got the manual profile dropdown working for everyone that have something filled out. Those that don't have anything filled out show a small thin bar where its suppose to go. How do I get it not to show up when nothing is filled out in their profile?

Also for some reason it doesn't show up when they send you a PM it just shows the small thin bar even tho they actually do have it filled out. If I take it out of the div class that I have it in and just have it sit there against the background it works fine and doesn't show any random stuff or mess anything up in both cases. Hopefully can understand this if you need photos let me know.

http://onlinedegenerate.com/forum/sh...hp?t=103#specs If you go here and look at Coldsteel you'll see what I'm saying. Thanks.

[Burnt]

LOL From now on whenever I get stuck I'm going to post regardless of whatever the problem is cause I seem to figure it out eventually. Thanks anyways guys.

[Wired1]

In otherwords you used the conditional like I have it as default, so that if a particular profile field doesn't exist, it doesn't make any part of the dropdown.

[gorentals]

I installed it. But nothing shows up on my postbit. I looked in the postbit template, but don't see any calls to it. Possible other mod conflicting? Anything I should be looking for? And field 5 is filled in. Thanks

[Wired1]

Do you have any other mods installed that do something to the postbit?

[gorentals]

Which postbit template does it write too. All my postbits are default 3.8.3. I do use vbexperience.

[Wired1]

The postbit template. Specifically, do any of them write to the same postbit hooks? You can check this out in the plugin area.

[gorentals]

I'll take a look. I have it displaying, but it only displays the bar for banned users. It removes their avatar and puts the bar up. Could you tell me the code that goes into the postbit template, and I will add it manually. Thanks!!

[gorentals]

Ok. Looks like its VBExperience that is causing the issue. As soon as I disable that plugin it works. It seems to want to put the bar in the same place as VBE, is there code I can put, lets say below the avatar to display the dropdown bar? Thanks

Update: I changed it to postbit_userinfo_right and its working now.