XF 2.3 Displaying Custom user fields data under user profile photo

[ActorMike]

IN 2.2 I added the code below to add their car's model year under the users profile in the forums. No longer works in 2.3 and gives a parse error. How can custom user data added in 2.3 under the users profile handle where it says "Well-Known member" for example?

 .message-userExtras
 {
 display: block !important;
 }

 

[Old Nick]

If I understand correctly the model year is from a custom user field isn't it? In 2.2 and again in 2.3, to display it in the postbit, you just need to check the box in the style properties... ACP >> Appearance >> Style properties >> Messages



Or did I miss something in your question?
Side question, were you using an add-on related to this, an add-on that you uninstalled when upgrading to 2.3?

 

[ActorMike]

No it shows it under their name in the forum list like here where it says "Well-Known member" I already have that checked in styles.

 

[Kirby]

//Display Model Year under user handle in bold is not a valid comment in CSS - remove that or use /* Display Model Year under user handle in bold */ which is a valid CSS comment.

Comments - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN

A CSS comment is used to add explanatory notes to the code or to prevent the browser from interpreting specific parts of the style sheet. By design, comments have no effect on the layout of a document.

developer.mozilla.org

 

[ActorMike]

//Display Model Year under user handle in bold is not a valid comment in CSS -

This is true, but this is inside the extra.less file and that is for comments and ignores those lines. In fact, I put these // in front of these lines that worked in 2.2 and no longer work in 2.3 and it ignores them now and there is no error generated.

To clarify, this extra.less code all words in 2.2.

 

[Kirby]

To clarify, this extra.less code all words in 2.2.

That doesn't necessarily mean it will work in 2.3.

Just one example:

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Thread 'Less templates appear to be in strict maths mode (ie more parentheses)'

Apr 19, 2024

Math expressions in .less templates seem to now require being wrapped by parentheses e.g.

property: (0.8 * @xf-style-property);

Previously this was only necessary if the expression was ambiguous (such as multiple padding values).

I haven't seen this reported as a bug.

But this makes porting less to XF2.3 quite annoying as it is unsure when existing less will work as-is or just fails silently.

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The stack trace indicates the parser chokes on the comment line, maybe in conjunction with other definitions - but that is difficult to diagnose without seeing the full LESS code.

 

[Russ]

//Display Model Year under user handle in bold is not a valid comment in CSS - remove that or use /* Display Model Year under user handle in bold */ which is a valid CSS comment.

Comments - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets | MDN

A CSS comment is used to add explanatory notes to the code or to prevent the browser from interpreting specific parts of the style sheet. By design, comments have no effect on the layout of a document.

developer.mozilla.org

It's a valid LESS comment: https://lesscss.org/#comments

app_nav.less



Do you have CSS above/below the code you posted? Could be something else going on (even though the error is pointing to that)

 

[ActorMike]

Oh my, this went down the rabbit hole real quick. LOL. Let me rephrase the question.

In XF 2.3, how can I display the data from a Custom user field under the profile photo of the member?

It stopped working in 2.3.

 

[Russ]

Oh my, this went down the rabbit hole real quick. LOL. Let me rephrase the question.

In XF 2.3, how can I display the data from a Custom user field under the profile photo of the member?

It stopped working in 2.3.

The original reply is the correct answer. You need to make sure that this is also checked (I'm assuming it's a custom user field).

Users -> Custom user fields -> Select field -> General Options -> Viewable in message user info

 

[ActorMike]

Got it! The only problem with this new methods is that it shows the entire name of the field "Thunderbird Year" and that's too long for the forum and takes two lines, and it says we cannot change that customer user field to something else like "Tbird"



EDIT: made it 5px wider and it fits.