i've seen a number of calls for the addition of xfire to the postbit alongside the other four major IM services, and i wanted it myself.
result: a quick template hack. this will get you a nice little icon on that row in postbit, linking to the user's xfire profile (i couldn't find a send-message protocol).
step 1: go to admin panel, create a new one-line editable profile entry for the xfire username.
step 2: note the name of the field you've created (mine's field5, for example). i'll use fieldX in place of that value, you'll need to replace it with your own (in two places. lines 1 and 2 of my code)
step 3: open postbit (or postbit legacy, woo) template.
find:
HTML Code:
Code:
<div>$post[icqicon] $post[aimicon] $post[msnicon] $post[yahooicon]after, add:
HTML Code:
Code:
<if condition="$post['fieldX']">
<a href="http://www.xfire.com/xf/modules.php?name=XFire&file=profile&uname=$userinfo[fieldX]" target="_blank"><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_misc]/im_xfire.png" alt="<phrase 1="$userinfo[username]">$vbphrase[view_xfire_profile]</phrase>" border="0" /></a>
</if>important note: make sure you add it before the following </div> tags.
i won't provide you with my image, because i'm hazy on copyright/trademark laws regarding that kind of thing... but you make your own by using the ICO plugin from
vBTEAM Underground - Free vBulletin Hacks, Skins and Support and simply pulling the xfire program icon into photoshop.
name it im_xfire.png and upload it to forum/images/misc/
demo: i have this all installed on my own board, of course, at
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comments, suggestions, improvements, optimizations, ... heck, anything you say is welcome. hope this helps somebody.
