Show $username in a post

[Dave Alcock]

Is there a way to pull the viewer's username and substitute it in a post.

I've tried use custom bbcodes - but it doesn't pull the username.

My attempt:

<span>{param} $bbuserinfo[username]</span>

which if I go Dear I get:

Dear $bbuserinfo[username]

What am I doing wrong?

The idea would be to get a similar result in a post that you get when using $username in the email users feature from the admin panel.

So if $username="Dave"

Dear $username, the reader will see Dear Dave,

[bashy]

Have you not thought about the /you hack?

[Dave Alcock]

Sounds good - got a link to the hack?

I've done a search but can't find it.

[bashy]

Sorry, I have tried to search and go through the many hacks but i cannot fin it, it does not help when the word "you" is only 3 letters and the search wont do 3 letter searches :(

I know its there i have used it myself!!

[Ntfu2]

look for the Gag Threads hack

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=123337&highlight=Gag+Threads

[bashy]

Thanks Ntfu2 appreciated :)

[Dave Alcock]

Thanks - just what I was looking for!!