You all may be happy to know I've got this working for vb 3.6.8
To do so, perform the following additional template edits:
in JOURNAL:
find
Code:
<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[your_current_journal_status_is]: <if condition="$bbuserinfo[private]=='1'"><b><font color="red">$vbphrase[private]</font></b><else /><if condition="$bbuserinfo[private]==''"><b><font color="orange">$vbphrase[non_existent]</font></b><else /><b><font color="green">$vbphrase[public]</font></b></if></if></div></td>
change to
Code:
<div class="smallfont">$vbphrase[your_current_journal_status_is]: <if condition="$bbuserinfo['private']=='1'"><b><font color="red">$vbphrase[private]</font></b><else /><if condition="$bbuserinfo['private']==''"><b><font color="orange">$vbphrase[non_existent]</font></b><else /><b><font color="green">$vbphrase[public]</font></b></if></if></div></td>
note the addition of the ' in the bbuserinfo calls
in journal_edit_entryinfo:
find:
Code:
<input type="checkbox" name="epriv" value="1" <if condition="$entryinfo[private]">checked="checked" </if>/>$vbphrase[make_this_entry_private]
change to:
Code:
<input type="checkbox" name="epriv" value="1" <if condition="$entryinfo['private']">checked="checked" </if>/>$vbphrase[make_this_entry_private]
again notice the same
in journalpage
find:
Code:
<b>$vbphrase[status]</b>: <if condition="$journalinfo[private]=='1'"><b><font color="red">$vbphrase[private]</font></b><else /><b><font color="green">$vbphrase[public]</font></b></if>
change to:
Code:
<b>$vbphrase[status]</b>: <if condition="$journalinfo['private']=='1'"><b><font color="red">$vbphrase[private]</font></b><else /><b><font color="green">$vbphrase[public]</font></b></if>
in journal_edit_journalinfo
find:
Code:
<input type="checkbox" name="jpriv" value="1" <if condition="$journalinfo[private]">checked="checked" </if>/>$vbphrase[make_this_journal_private]
change to:
Code:
<input type="checkbox" name="jpriv" value="1" <if condition="$journalinfo['private']">checked="checked" </if>/>$vbphrase[make_this_journal_private]
these are all the ones i've found necessary thus far. hope this helps everybody