Okay. I’m trying to do something big, almost as big as a mod. This is for those who take challenges:
My site is not just a discussion forum, it’s an RPG game, where users are characters, forums are places and topics are events (you guys have probably seen one of those around).
So, for profile, I wanted to extend the fields a little, I mean, since the profile in my site should have the characters AND the players info, there were many fields that I’d have to add, like, Race, Weigh, Blood, Height, Abilities and so on, and I didn’t wanna use only the regular “custom fields’ option”. So:
1. I completely changed the structure in view_profile_body.tpl file; I added many new fields and took off those which I didn’t want; (see here)
2. I invented some new “{} tags” (don’t know how to call them) for the new fields;
3. I crated a new .tpl file for the form in which users would submit their characters info (see this in .htm here);
Now, the questions are:
1. Will it be easier if I create a new .php file for the form (just copying preset code from a similar file) or if I extend the profile editing file to have the new fields?
2. What is the .tpl file for >this page<? (maybe it will be here that I’ll put my new form)
3. What makes the “{} tags” work? In which file do I have to copy them and that tells them what to do? I'm almost sure there is a file where all the tags like {USERNAME} {AGE} {GENDER} are saved for the files containing them refer to.
4. Where can I learn more about this?
P.S.: I’m not using the newest version of Icy Phoenix because it’s too late, I mean, I have changed many things on the site (style, html, etc), and I don’t want to lose the changes.