Custom Profile Field Mod

drumsage · April 16, 2007, 12:59:03 PM

Quote from: FreeGeezer on April 13, 2007, 09:11:28 PM
I installed "Custom Profile Field Mod" this afternoon, and everything appeared to go well during the installation. I installed it using the Package Manager. I did have to download the mod to my system first, as the package manager carped about it. My SMF is version 1.1.2 and was freshly installed today. I have no other mods installed.

When I log on as the Administrator and go to "Features and Options," nothing has changed from the initial install. More specifically, there is no place on the 3 tabs presented to define custom profile fields. The 3 tabs are: "Basic Features," "Layout and Options," and "Karma".

Where do I add the custom fields?

I'm having the same problem. Install went well, as far as I can tell, but there's nothing in the Features and Options that I can see.

I'm searching the SMF forum for answers but coming up with nothing.

Any suggestions as to where I can look for an answer?

Thanks!

TrueSatan · April 16, 2007, 01:11:32 PM

It's pretty obvious that the mod didn't install properly for you so go through the manual installation process and put right any items of code edit that have been missed out.

FreeGeezer · April 16, 2007, 01:56:01 PM

drumsage, If you will read post #1114, you'll see how I solved the problem.
Solution: Changed "Default Forum Language" to "English" rather than "English-Utf8".

And no, TrueSatan, it isn't obvious that the mod didn't install properly. In my case the english-utf8 module wasn't there, so that certainly isn't the mod's fault.

Thanks,
Roy

lonz · April 19, 2007, 10:28:59 AM

Hi there,

These are the errors I'm getting... trying to install on 1.1.2:

2: copy(/var/www/humanity/forum/Themes/default/languages/CustomProfile.english.php) [<a href='function.copy'>function.copy</a>]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
File: /var/www/humanity/forum/Sources/Subs-Package.php
Line: 1025

2: copy(/var/www/humanity/forum/Sources/CustomProfile.php) [<a href='function.copy'>function.copy</a>]: failed to open stream: Permission denied
File: /var/www/humanity/forum/Sources/Subs-Package.php
Line: 1025

Any ideas?

Thanks!

linds

TrueSatan · April 19, 2007, 11:06:55 AM

Have you made sure that your forum files are set to suitable CHMOD? Go to Admin>Packages>Options>Installation Options enter the correct ftp details for your site then go to Cleanup Permissions on the same page and select All files are writable. Having done that try the installation again.

You should set the permissions this way whenever you want to install a mod...after installation you can select one of the other Cleanup Permissions options if you so wish.

lonz · April 19, 2007, 12:05:28 PM

I just tried that... I still get the same errors

TrueSatan · April 19, 2007, 12:44:34 PM

Are the files set to CHMOD 777...just make sure via ftp please.

lonz · April 19, 2007, 01:34:58 PM

They're not actually... I sent an email to my host earlier and he's working on it. I'll let you know if setting it to that works! Thanks!

absonic · April 21, 2007, 06:40:27 AM

hello,
can anyone help me.
i installed this mod, but i don't see anything different on my acp.
i'm using the mercury theme, so do i have to make some codechanges?

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 07:35:41 AM

Please check if the mod is working properly in the default theme...if it is then please search on this site for details on how to alter additional themes to make mods work in them.

absonic · April 21, 2007, 08:31:15 AM

well actually no.
i don't see anythyng related to custom profile field in the Features and Options.
maybe i should reinstall the mod, with the default theme selected?

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 08:39:58 AM

As with a previous member's problems with the mod please make sure you've got CHMOD permissions as they should be (777 for the affected files would be ideal.) Having done that I'd just make sure that your forum is set to English and not English utf8 as that has caused a lot of problems with some mods.

At that point you could do an uninstall/reinstall but personally I'd ftp the files this mod affects from your server and inspect them to see if the mod has been edited into them or not...if it's not there or is incomplete then I'd manually edit it into them.

absonic · April 21, 2007, 08:49:02 AM

where can i change the language of the board?

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 08:52:01 AM

Quote from: absonic on April 21, 2007, 08:49:02 AM
where can i change the language of the board?

ACP>Configuration>Server Settings>Core Configuration>Default Forum Language

absonic · April 21, 2007, 09:16:58 AM

It is already set to English. In fact that is the only option (no English UTF8).
Also, i tryed uninstalling the mod, but it says that the action can't be done, because some files aren't CHMODed tpo 0777 (but they are).
sooo...
what do you suggest now?

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 09:27:09 AM

You are down to manually editing the mod into the files...it looks far more difficult that it really is so don't be put off too easily. If you get really stuck then ftp the files the mod affects (all of them not just those showing fails in the package uninstaller) and put them on here...if I can find the time this evening I'll go through them for you.

If you want anyone else to do edits for you it tends to help if we know what other mods might be found in them...so please list the mods you are using.

Once the mod is edited into the files it should then uninstall properly if that is what you desire...right now you seem likely to have some files with the mod in them and some not thus the uninstall gets messed up.

absonic · April 21, 2007, 10:04:44 AM

i;m sorry for my ignorance, but i don't have experience with smf.
i used phpBB and IPB, and in modifications for them, there were instructions how to manually install some files.
how will i know what to search for and what to add an where?
in this mod i have files CustomProfile.php, CustomProfile.english.php, fixpostsbug.xml
modification.xml, package-info.xml, tablanguageissue.xml

So, how can i from this find out how to manually modify files?

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 10:12:14 AM

OK...start off with this link...it's the official documentation:

http://docs.simplemachines.org/index.php?topic=402

The SMF Package Parser is also likely to help you (it's by Daniel15):

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=140034

With those two you ought to be able to do it.

teamyakuza · April 21, 2007, 03:19:12 PM

i'm having some problem here

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and i cant view "show under the post"

i use default theme

TrueSatan · April 21, 2007, 03:31:18 PM

To get any custom field you have first to set it up in the ACP>Features and Options>Custom Profile Field...have you done so? Are you using a custom theme? Have you tried the mod in the default theme?

If you set up the field(s) you want to add in the ACP and it works in the default theme then please search for how to add mods to custom themes.

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