When I add a new field to the profile, I want the field name to be in Japanese. I typed Japanese into this field, but when I go to modify profile my character encoding is not recognized.

Any idea how I could add a new field with a character encoding like 'shift_jis'?

or perhaps could someone suggest how to add this new field name to the profile.lng file? I am new to board mod and perl so this seems like a daunting task.

I could get around the problem by changing the ext_gen_editfield subroutine in ExtendedProfiles.pl

I commented out these lines
$template1 = qq~<tr class="windowbg"><td align="left" valign="top"><b>$field{'name'}: </b><br /><span class="small">$field{'comment'}</span></td><td align="left">~;
$template2 = qq~</td></tr>\n~;

Then when displaying the extended field names
I replaced
$yymain .= &ext_register;
with
     my ($FieldInput1, $FieldInput2);
     $FieldInput 1= ext_gen_editfield('0');
     $FieldInput 2= ext_gen_editfield('1');
     $yymain .= qq~
  <tr class="windowbg">
         <td>
            <b>$MyFieldPrompt</b>
       </td>
       <td>
            $FieldInput1<br/><small>$myFieldDetails</small>
       </td>
  </tr><tr class="windowbg">
       <td>
             <b>$myFieldPrompt2</b>
       </td>
       <td>
             $FieldInput2
       </td>
  </tr>
     ~;

Good mod. Congratulations.

Actually it doesn't really matter how you chmod your .pl files if they are located in the Sources folder. The only important thing is that the server needs to be able to read the file. This is because they are never executed, only included into YaBB.pl (which of cause needs to be marked executable [755]),

I could really use some help. I have followed the instructions exactly and I have a problem. the fields display fine and everything but when they are updated by a user they will save, but the default value is still displayed and no matter what I try it will not work. there seems to be a problem and Im getting really frustrated now and are on the verge of just not having this mod and going without

I still haven't gotten this to work - see my comments on rpevious page. I get an error when I click on the mod in the admin panel.

How do I check if the paths are correct?

Has anyone else had the same problem as me?

Do you want the URL settings also?

Absolute Path to your main YaBB directory 
This information is useful for troubleshooting purposes 

/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/




  Path Settings 
Edit all your path settings here 

                 Board URL:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="boardurl" size="40" value="http://ozpolitic.com/forum" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Board Directory:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="boarddir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Boards Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="boardsdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Boards" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Data Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="datadir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Messages" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Member Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="memberdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Members" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Source Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="sourcedir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Sources" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Admin Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="admindir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Admin" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Variables Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="vardir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Variables" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Languages Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="langdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Languages" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Help Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="helpfile" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Help" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Templates Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="templatesdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Templates" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Forum Style Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="forumstylesdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Templates/Forum" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Admin Style Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="adminstylesdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Templates/Admin" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 HTML Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="htmldir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Avatar Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="facesdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/avatars" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Smilies Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="smiliesdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Smilies" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Mod Images Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="modimgdir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/ModImages" />
           </div>
           <br />
           <div class="setting_cell">
                 Attachments Dir:
           </div>
           <div class="setting_cell2">
                 <input type="text" name="uploaddir" size="40" value="/home2/ozpolit/public_html/forum/Attachments" />
           </div>
           <br />