Profile Enhancements - Twitter Updates in Members Profile

Compatible with vBulletin 3.6.x and 3.7.0b3

Okay guys, this is my first 'mod'. It's pretty simple, and a more a workaround than mod... Anyway, here goes:

What this does
This adds a profile field wich is then turned into a twitter output. This means, all twitter updates of your users will be displayed in the users profile.
Preview:



How to install

Basicly, we add a simple profile field, and then catch it in the output and replace the code. Here goes:

1. Add a Single-Line Text Box via the User Profile Field Manager and name it (for example) Twitter. Leave the rest blank if you like.
2. Go to Style & Templates -> Style Manager -> Choose your style -> Member Info Templates -> memberinfo_customfields
3. Replace the entire content with this:

<if condition="$profilefield[title]=='Twitter'">
<dt class="smallfont"><strong>$profilefield[title]</strong>:</dt>
<div id="twitter_div">
<ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script>
<script text="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/$profilefield[value].json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=3"></script>
<br><dt class="smallfont">You can add me to your friendslist, my username is <strong>$profilefield[value]</strong></dt>
<else />
<dt class="smallfont"><strong>$profilefield[title]</strong>:</dt>
<dd class="smallfont">$profilefield[value]</dd>
</if>

Note the highlights:
1. 'Twitter' must be the same as the name you gave your new profile field
2. count=3 <-- here you can set how many updates to show. Three is a good value.

And finally, click Install if you use this please

Hope you like it, it's simple

Btw.: check out www.twitter.com if you don't know what this is all about

[ran_iu_Conan]

do you know ? :-??

[Alfa1]

Interesting.

Is it possible to make this available on profiles of members in certain member groups only? So this can be a supporters feature?

[winduff]

you could add the following condition:

<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == x">

wich would mean, the twitter function would only be shown if the usergroup is x

for example:

<if condition="$profilefield[title]=='Twitter'">
<if condition="$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 1 OR $bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == 2">
<dt class="smallfont"><strong>$profilefield[title]</strong>:</dt>
<div id="twitter_div">
<ul id="twitter_update_list"></ul></div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/javascripts/blogger.js"></script>
<script text="text/javascript" src="http://twitter.com/statuses/user_timeline/$profilefield[value].json?callback=twitterCallback2&count=3"></script>
<br><dt class="smallfont">You can add me to your friendslist, my username is <strong>$profilefield[value]</strong></dt>
</if>
<else />
<dt class="smallfont"><strong>$profilefield[title]</strong>:</dt>
<dd class="smallfont">$profilefield[value]</dd>
</if>

you can add as many OR's as you like, wich would mean ( in this example) usergroups 1 and 2 can use this function. Any other usergroup who set a twitter account would just not show up

[Alfa1]

Doesn't that only SHOW the function to members within a certain member group, instead of allowing the function only on profiles of members within a certain member group?

[winduff]

oh yeah true, my bad wrong thinking... will come up with sth later for you okay?

[Alfa1]

Super.

[Big Daddy Payne]

Fantastic! Thank you So Much for this!

[gforce75]

Nice hack

[Hornstar]

I have not got myself involved in Twitter yet, but I may see if my members have ^^ THanks for sharing this.