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Show Profile Fields In Postbit, Zero Query & Template Edit! · **Released**: 03-13-2009

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Introduction & Description:
This product allows you to choose which profile fields you want to show in the postbit / postbit_legacy, and adds them automatically without any query or any template edit.

Features:

Zero Query!
Zero Template Edit!
Set it once, and forget it.
Choose which profile fields to show by entering their names (ex: field1) in the option (Profile Fields To Show In Postbit).
Set the display order in the option (Profile Fields To Show In Postbit).
Choose to show titles for profile fields or not.
- If not, profile fields' values will be separated by dash - and shown in one line Attachment 78860.
- Otherwise every profile field will be shown in its own line (in the format title: value) Attachment 78861.
Choose to show the profile fields in one of current seven supported locations:
- Under the user name, user title and user rank Attachment 78860.
- Right Under the number of user posts Attachment 78861.
- Under the infractions and reputation.
- Start of Message Area
- Start of Signature
- End of Signature
- Postbit Controls
Option to add custom non-profile-field content, to serve requests like this. see this post to know how to use it
An option to style the profile fields in the psotbit.
Support for Multiple-Selection Checkbox and Multiple-Selection Menu.

How comes you don't use any query or any template edit even?
When you set your options, a template will be modified to suit your new options, and will be cached, eval()ed and used to show the profile fields.

Installation & Upgrade: 3.8.0 at least is required.

Import the product file product-profile_fields_in_postbit.xml and you're done.
Choose yes to overwrite for upgrading.
Now modify the settings in (Thread Display Options (showthread)) according to your needs.
When you upgrade, make sure you hit the save button in the Thread Display Options (showthread) page.

Settings:
See the screen shot, settings explain themselves.

Change log:

2.0.0 first public release, on April, 17 2008
2.0.1 released on May, 17 2008
- Performance optimized: I don't create a template on the fly anymore, the template will be updated once upon saving the Thread Display Options (showthread) options.
2.0.2 released on May, 24 2008
- Bug fixed: Profile fields' titles aren't shown in quick replies, announcements and PMS. 1, 2 and 3.
- Experimental fix for this bug
- uncached template had been fixed.
2.1.0 released on May, 14 2009
- Added an options to define a CSS class to style the profile field, such a functionality has been required by many users: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
- Bug fixed.
- New option to add custom non-profile-field content, to serve requests like this.
- New postbit locations: Start of Message Area, Start of Signature, End of Signature and Postbit Controls.
- Support for Multiple-Selection Checkbox and Multiple-Selection Menu