Contact fields

[MangaD]

MyBB has deprecated contact fields that can be set at the User CP (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo...). These contact fields should be replaced with better ones (Discord Tag, Steam ID, Facebook...).

Here's how to do it in order to save the LFE administrator some time.

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1. Create new column in mybb_user table for the new contact field.

2. Edit following files: (search 'skype' and add the new contacts accordingly)
/inc/datahandlers/user.php
/inc/languages/*/admin/user_users.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/usercp.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/member.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/memberlist.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/misc.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/modcp.lang.php
/inc/languages/*/usercp.lang.php
/member.php
/memberlist.php
/misc.php
/modcp.php
/usercp.php
/admin/modules/user/users.php

3. Edit templates
Home » Template Sets » YOUR TEMPLATE »
Edit Template » Member Templates »
member_profile_contact_fields_*

Home » Template Sets » YOUR TEMPLATE »
Edit Template » Member Templates »
member_profile_contact_details

Home » Template Sets » YOUR TEMPLATE »
Edit Template » Member List Templates »
memberlist_search

Home » Template Sets » YOUR TEMPLATE »
Edit Template » Moderator Control Panel Templates »
modcp_editprofile

Home » Template Sets » YOUR TEMPLATE »
Edit Template » User Control Panel Templates »
usercp_profile_contact_fields

4. Allow contact field option at AdminCP.

a) SELECT * FROM `mybb_settings` WHERE name like '%skype%'
b) Copy row returned above and create the new one.

[Silverthorn]

This whole process seems silly to me (was from the beginning, to be honest); multiple contact fields linked to a single user id literally screams for an extra-table instead of multiple columns in mybb_user. That would be more flexible as well in case some new service comes along.


Sounds like some work, though........................

[MangaD]

MyBB team plans to get rid of the contact fields and add them to profile fields. Nevermind, don't bother with this.

[Silverthorn]

Sounds more reasonable, thanks for the follow-up!