Don't show a field in view profile if value is null?

[bgaidan]

I have added numerous fields to my registration and profile areas however some of these fields are specialized and many people will not be filing them in.

What I'd like to do is have these fields only show up in the view profile page if the user has entered a value.

Take the field "Maiden Name" for example. Since a majority of my members won't be filling out this field, I don't want an empty "Maiden Name:" showing up in everyone's profile. I'd much rather have just a blank line or something.

I'm not worried much about the effect this will have on the general layout of the profile as I can work around that with the placement of these lines.

Thanks for readin'!

[bgaidan]

It can't be that hard.......can it?

[Posco Deepdelver]

I have an idea, I think I can make this work. When my webhost stops being stupid, I'll try to see if I can rig something up.

[bgaidan]

Sweet! I'm looking forward to what you find!

[OmegaQuest]

You can try something like this in the usercp_viewprofile.php file:

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if ( !empty($profiledata['user_maidenname']) )
{
	$profile_maidenname = '<tr><td> ....... What ever you want the Profile to view </td></tr>';
}
else
{
	$profile_maidenname = '';
}

Then look for:

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	'POSTS' => $profiledata['user_posts'],

and add something like this:

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	'MAIDENNAME' => $profile_maidenname,

Then in the profile_view_body.tpl file, replace the lines that have the <td><tr> .... that is for your Maiden Names and replace it with something like this:

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{MAIDENNAME}

Note the Values might be differant for you, because I guessed on the Database Values because I do not have Maiden Names on my Forums...

I hope that helps

[bgaidan]

Thanks! I give that a shot sometime today when I get a chance.

[bgaidan]

I haven't tried this yet, but could this same general mehtod also work for viewtopic? I have a couple of extra lines showing up under the user's name....but if the field is left blank I'd like it to not show up.

[OmegaQuest]

Yes

[bgaidan]

Yeah dude! You rock!


Worked like a charm in the profile!