Join Date, Location, Posts...??

[Matt Whelan]

Ok, I upgraded to the latest edition of vB3 about a week ago. Before, on vb2, I had made a long time ago, a custom thing where when they register, or edit their profile, they can list the type of car that they drive, and their car type is listed with/under the Join Date, Location, Posts....

Now that I have upgraded this feature is gone. Are peoples settings of their cars gone forever?

How do I get this back?

If I can't get this back, how do I make it?

http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulleti...ad.php?t=50443

Thanks.

[Floris]

This additional profile fields in version 2 were custom profile fields? Or was that done through a hack from vbulletin.org?

If they were custom profile fields, please check in the admin control panel > custom profile fields> manager > to see if the custom profile field for the cars is still there or not. If it is, then all you have to do is add the $post[field] to the postbit (or postbit_legacy) template.

If this was done through a hack, then the data is probably still in the database in the user field or whatever it was stored in, and you need to make a hack to use it for the version 2 hack won't work on version 3.

[Matt Whelan]

This additional profile fields in version 2 were custom profile fields? Or was that done through a hack from vbulletin.org?

If they were custom profile fields, please check in the admin control panel > custom profile fields> manager > to see if the custom profile field for the cars is still there or not. If it is, then all you have to do is add the $post[field] to the postbit (or postbit_legacy) template.

If this was done through a hack, then the data is probably still in the database in the user field or whatever it was stored in, and you need to make a hack to use it for the version 2 hack won't work on version 3.

I can't remember how it was done.

Ok, when I go to > User Profile Fields > User Profile Field Manager, it lists "Car" as the 5th Profile Field type. So the custom profile field for the car is still there.

I am not sure how to add "$post[field] to the postbit (or postbit_legacy) template."

How do I do this?

Thank you so much for the reply.

[Matt Whelan]

This post was never replied to....I need help..

Thanks.

[Matt Whelan]

Bump...

[Matt Whelan]

Yet another bump, where are you vbulletin management?

[Zachery]

Try $post[field5]

or $post[fieldX], replacing X for the field id of the other profile fields.

[Floris]

I have made a test on my own web site to show you step by step how I set up a custom profile field, how I enter information in it and how I update the style/template to use it. Hopefully it clears it up for you.

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Here I add a new custom profile field.

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Here I enter the details as you said you'd use.

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From the custom profile field manager, I find the field id, in my case, 11.

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I open the template postbit and find that code, because in my example, that is where I'd like to show the field.

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The selected text is what I insert in the already existing code, so the field shows.

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Then I goto the user control panel and edit my profile.

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As you can see, I can enter anything in the input field for the custom profile field. In my example, I set it to 15.

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I goto a post and notice the number 15 appears

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It works! So now I go back to the postbit template, remove what I added and instead, I add a conditional, so it shows the content when something is set, and it shows n/a when nothing is entered. I use the code:

<if condition="$post['field11'] == ''">
<div>Denomination: N/A</div>
<else />
<div>Denomination: $post[field11]</div>
</if>

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Now when I view my post, it has changed to the new template code. Showing the content, because I previously set 15 to it.

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In the user control panel, profile, I remove everything from the denomination profile field.

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And then it says 'N/A' instead because no content was set.

Hopefully this clears it up for you.

Please let me know if you require any further assistance.

[Kraw]

great writeup Floris.. thanks! I just added a few fields

[Beth]

Thanks. Just what i was looking for!

[wynode]

Thanks for that......just what I was looking for!

[GsxrTony]

Thanks for the help, it had been 4 years since I did this last and totally forgot how I did it.

[zendiver]

Floris, you have outdone yourself, AGAIN. That is an awesome tutuorial.

Thanks,
-ZD