Display type of hosting as part of forums profile

[Jef S.]

Let's leave this topic open, and see what some of the other users think. I've got no problem enabling anything you guys want. I mean, this is your forum.

[Alan B]

bump ..

[mpyusko]

It could get messy... I have 2 different plans on 2 different severs. i'm sure I'm not the only one, and I bet there are others with more.

[Alan B]

Sure, but that's not the majority of clients. In your case, you could do what such folks did at my last host: list both your servers, or just say "multiple servers".

[Tony]

No, he's got a good point. This isn't just a matter of adding a custom field. It's a matter of someone riding herd on everyone that registers.

I mean, I can't think of an automated way this could be done. Not without a lot of coding.

[Alan B]

I'm not asking for an automated method. Just add the field, and we can encourage forum members to use it. No riding herd, just encouragement. When someone asks for help with a problem, it's often useful to know their server so others on the server can check it. When someone posts such an issue, we can suggest that they add server name to their profile. This worked well at my last host.

[aztech]

Sounds like a reasonable thing to me. Not to hard for a user to update their profile to add their server / account type.

Happy to support this one.
Cheers,
Aaron

[ridebmx]

Another point is that you guys are using VBulletin which is probably one of the worse forum engines to customise anyway... so yes coding it is probably going to be a headache.

Could I suggest moving to phpBB3 as the Gold candidate allows custom fields to be generated from the ACP, it is more secure than VBulletin and IMHO more user friendly.

You could allow fields for multiple accounts and servers, leaving it up to the user to fill in if they want to, and only the completed fields will show.

I am more than happy to offer my help if needed as I am a Valued Contributor (ex-Styles Team) on phpBB.com and know the software pretty well.

[Alan B]

I don't know how tough it is just to add another field. My last host uses VBulletin and they added the field.

[Matt R]

I like this idea. I know where Alan has seen it in place before, so I'll work with the powers that be on this forum and introduce it.