Here comes the first public beta of the often requested Extended Profiles mod for YaBB2. What this mod does: It allows you do add an unlimited number of additional fields to user profiles.

Extended Profiles v2.2

Note: a YaBB1-compatible version of this mod can be found here.

Features:

• unlimited profile fields
• additional fields can be displayed on viewprofile, memberlist and post pages
• easily add, edit, reorder and remove fields in admin center
• 10 different field types:
    - textbox
    - textarea
    - dropdown list
    - radiobuttons
    - checkbox
    - date
    - email
    - url
    - spacer
    - image
• each field has the following settings available:
    - active
    - comment/description
    - required/visible on registration
    - visible in ViewProfile (including limitation for special users and/or groups!)
    - visible in Posts (including limitation for special users and/or groups!)
    - visible in Posts as Popup (including limitation for special users and/or groups!)
    - visible in Memberlist (including limitation for special users and/or groups!)
    - switch for editable by user or admin only
• special settings for a couple of types:
    - limit length
    - input box width
    - force numberic value
    - default value
    - allow ubbc
    - unlimited options for dropdown lists and radiobuttons
    - different spacer types (<br> and <hr>)
    - max width & height for image
    - only allow specific image extensions
• highly compatible with other mods
• easy integration into your own code
• global moderators support
• converter for extended YaBB1 profiles included

Installation Instructions:

• Install the mod
• upload ALL modified files
• upload ExtendedProfiles.pl to your Sources folder, in ASCII mode, chmod 666
• upload ExtendedProfiles.lng to your Languages/English folder, in ASCII mode, chmod 666
• upload extended_profiles_fields.txt to your Variables folder, in ASCII mode, chmod 666
• upload extended_profiles_order.txt to your Variables folder, in ASCII mode, chmod 666
• if upgrading from Y1, run the converter (see FAQs below for details)

FAQs:
Q: How do I convert my old extended profiles to the new format?
A: Open the admin center and goto "Installed Mods->Edit Profile Fields". Scroll all the way down to the converter input form. You'll find detailed instructions there.

Q: How can I allow global moderators to edit profiles or to access the Extended Profiles admin area?
A: In the admin center, goto "Global Moderator Access". There check "Allow Global Moderators Access to edit User Profiles". Then press "save". Now "ext_admin" should show in the list too. Check that to allow GMods to edit the profile fields too. Press "save" again to apply the changes.
 

Screenshots
admin
admin_edit
editprofile
viewprofile
memberlist
post
post popup



Version History:
v2.2:
  - made compatible with latest YaMMS version 2.04
v2.1:
  - made compatible with latest YaMMS version 1.41
  - fixed empty images display as <img src="http://">
  - properly cut off too long emails, urls and images when submitting profile changes
  - dutch translation added (thanks to jans for that)
v2.0:
  - made compatible with YaBB 2.1 and new YaMMS version
  - mod is now marked as _stable_
v2.0 Beta10:
  - you can now create fields that can only be set once by the user at registration (set "Editable By User" to "only admin..." and "Required On Registration" to "required" or "not req. but show anyway"
v2.0 Beta9:
  - fixed converter (old profile information were lost)
v2.0 Beta8:
  - completely rewrote membergroup access permissions, should now work with YaBB 2.0 properly
v2.0 Beta7:
  - made compatible with YaBB 2.0 final release
  - changed converter to support the ./Convert folder
v2.0 Beta6:
  - made compatible with RC3 2005-08-11 and recent YaMS version
v2.0 Beta5:
  - you can now display profile information in post view as popup!
v2.0 Beta4:
  - added YaMMS4-compatible .mod file
  - a couple of smaller bugfixes
v2.0 Beta3:
  - added new 'image' field type
  - if there are two spacers of the same type behind each other in viewprofile or viewpost (for example because a field has not been filled out), only one spacer will be displayed.
v2.0 Beta2:
  - made compatible with YaBB2 RC2
  - mod will now add itself to the list of installed mods (admin center)
  - added german translation (thx to JetLi)
v2.0:
  - now compatible with YaBB2
  - added support for global moderators (they can edit profiles if allowed by admin)
  - you can convert old extended profiles to new YaBB 2 profile format in the admin center
  - minor file format changes for extended_profiles_fields.txt
  - you can now choose on what "edit profile" page to display the fields ("edit profile", "contact information", "options", "IM Prefs" and "Admin Edits")
  - all language defs are now in a seperat file, so you can easily translate everything into other languages
  - spacer fields on "edit profile"/registration page can now have a description
v1.2.3: - fixed comment field on "edit profiles" page not showing if field type is "date"
v1.2.2: - fixed "limit to membergroups" option for membergroups with spaces
v1.2.1: - added YaMS5-compatible mod file and made ExtendedProfiles.pl compatible with it
v1.2: - fixed admin-only fields to be reset when user changes his profile
v1.1: - fixed allowing html in field comments
v1.0: - minor html fixes (replaced <BR> with <br>)
Beta 4: - fixed conflicts with multiple date fields and birthday
Beta 3: - "Invalid Character" error in textareas fixed
Beta 2: - Changed search strings in Profile.pl to make the mod more compatible with other mods.

Boris wrote on Mar 9^th, 2005 at 12:34am:
There indeed is a way to change the default editor: open boardmod.ini and change

TextEditor=notepad.exe 

I'm not sure though that Wordpad will serve you better than notepad, Microsoft's editors can't handle the unix fileformat. I suggest you a more advanced editor like UltraEdit.

Quote:
That usually happens when some modified files were not uploaded. In your case it's Admin/AdminSubList.pl, but it might be possible that you missed other files too. Please doublecheck if all files got modified and uploaded properly.

Um ... does this

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Mean you have to use one or the other for now, or just that their extra features don't apply to each other, yet?

I'd like to test both of these mods for you folks, not that I'm really getting my test board going.

A further interesting situation ....

The first time I went into the extended profiles admin section, it allowed me to add new profiles.

Now, though, it will allow me to enter the 'edit fields' section (though they can't actually be edited, as per the message above), but there is no longer a button allowing me to add more new profiles.

Hi Michael
is this Beta Mods in german too? 

Found a possible problem.

Collecting info, will post it soon.

Update...

I am not sure why but when I access the Extedned Profiles section of the Admin Center Perl.exe keeps crashing.

I have 4 other mods installed and have no had any problems before this.

KongWeb_YaBB2_Paths_Fix.mod
password_conversion.mod
Simple_Spoiler_2_YaBB2_RC1_020705.mod
cat_and_mbco2_conversion_fix.mod

It seems to be loading the pages except I made a new field and clicked on options.  The page would not fully load.  I'll add an example in a few mins.

I can't get the mod to work properly ???

I get the Extended Profiles Welcome text and The first part of the Edit extended Profiles Fields box.  The mod ends just under the headings: Active, Field Name, Field Type and Actions.

Please help.  I've double checked my permissions and the modes i uploaded the files in, but still can't seem to find the problem.

I've added some smaller fixes to the mod, please redownload and upload the new ExtendedProfiles.pl. I can't guarantee that this will fix your problems though.