Hey guys, first post here, as I have only been using/running vb for a little over a week now.

Basically I added some new required fields for users, so I wanted a way to make users fill out the new fields before they could use the site.

It is real simple, and only requires adding a block of code to the global.php file and adding an error template.

First, in global.php, find "$logincode=makelogincode();" (should be the last before ?>)
And underneath it add:


if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0 && !strchr($REQUEST_URI, "usercp.php") && !strchr($REQUEST_URI, "member.php")) {
$reqfields=$DB_site->query("SELECT * FROM profilefield WHERE required=1");

if ($DB_site->num_rows($reqfields)) {
while ($reqfield=$DB_site->fetch_array($reqfields)) {
$ufields=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM userfield WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");
$fieldname="field$reqfield[profilefieldid]";
$field=$ufields[$fieldname];
if(empty($field)) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate('error_emptyreqfields')."\");");
exit;
}
}
}
}


Then create a new template called "error_emptyreqfields" containing:

We have added new required profile field(s) since your last visit. Please click <a href="member.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&action=editprofile">here</a> to update your profile.


Basically, once they log in, they wont be able to do anything but go to their profile until the fields are completed.

If I posted this in the wrong forum or in the wrong format, I am sorry.