Ive noticed a small glitch with having the age and DOB set as a required field ..... the PRIVACY settings sort of defeats it

I require users to enter there birthday so there age will display in the postbit ... many reasons for this, mostly to protect the youngins from offensive content or what have you.

Well when they register or edit their profile they can change there privacy settings to hide this info (the DOB isnt displayed in the postbit, only the age)
is there a way to either remove this box from profile, so the user cannot change it to hide age, or a way to force them to display it?

Too easy, just clean it up! In 2 templates:
1. Registration
2. Modify profile
Just clean up the option you don't want your user chose. They can nerver take them )

wow.... that is simple... ill test it out in a bit and let you know how it went.

Sorry, after considering it carefully, I found that they are these 2 templates you need edit:
1. In modifyprofile_birthday
Find:
Replace:
2. Sorry again, I tried so much but hasn't found how to hide the option "Hide age" in register template :p Maybe some coder will help u this part. I, amatuer without a php code in mind, can only help you in Modify profile template.

(Final solution: chang phrase "Hide age" into "Don't chose that otherwise your acc will be deleted" :p)

i think i can find the templates ... i still havent done this yet as i havent had time ... but i will

Soloution

in profile modifyprofile_birthday

FIND AND COMMENT OUT
Phrase Editing
In Phrase $vbphrase[your_date_of_birth]

To the English Translation box, ADD

Your date of birth and age are displayed in several places on the forum. If you wish to change this profile field after registration, You will need to contact the administrator.



DONE