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vbmechanic

03-29-2004 10:00 PM

Truncate Looooooooooooong Usernames on ForumHome

Simple hack, answering request: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=63179

What this does: It will shorten any username that is longer than XX characters on the forum home display.

Files to Modify: 1, functions_forumlist.php

Time to Install: 2 minutes

Difficulty: Simple

sabret00the

03-30-2004 10:48 AM

thank you very much, this is awesome :D

Logikos

03-30-2004 10:55 AM

Very nice! Great job!

sabret00the

03-30-2004 11:01 AM

just installed although not sure if it's working or not, it doesn't seem to work in the moderators column or forums that appear in column format courtesy of Xenon's hack here

deathemperor

03-30-2004 12:28 PM

nice
1st time to see a hack below 1KB ^^

Charlie Argueta

03-30-2004 12:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

just installed although not sure if it's working or not, it doesn't seem to work in the moderators column or forums that appear in column format courtesy of Xenon's hack here

Looks nice, I will use it :D

See Ya

Boofo

03-30-2004 12:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

just installed although not sure if it's working or not, it doesn't seem to work in the moderators column or forums that appear in column format courtesy of Xenon's hack here

That's beacuse the variable they are truncating is $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] which is only for the lastposter. ;)

Owen	03-30-2004 01:28 PM

why not just set a max in the options? Long usernames are gonna be a pain anywhere on the forums anyway.

sabret00the

03-30-2004 01:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boofo

That's beacuse the variable they are truncating is $lastpostinfo['lastposter'] which is only for the lastposter. ;)

but that wouldn't explain why it's not working in the columns on the forumhome would it?

vbmechanic

03-30-2004 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabret00the

but that wouldn't explain why it's not working in the columns on the forumhome would it?

Can you give an example URL? It is only set to work on the last poster info, not on usernames elsewhere. Point out which one's you'd like affected and we'll find the variable to substr.

sabret00the

03-30-2004 02:10 PM

Code:

<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>

just lifted this from the template. seem to be the same for me but for some reason it's not updated, i.e. old posts by users with long usernames aint now truncated, does it only work on new posts?

and also what would i have to do to make it work on the moderator column?

vbmechanic

03-30-2004 02:56 PM

Should work on any part of forumhome that uses the $lastpostinfo variable. Sorry, can't say why it wouldn't work with Xenon's Hack.

For the moderator name, it would be the same thing. Find:

PHP Code:


		
			
$showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true;

Above that add

PHP Code:


		
			
// Begin Username Truncate Hack - vBMechanic

                            if (strlen($moderator['musername'])>18)

                            {

                                $moderator['musername'] = substr($moderator['musername'],0,18)."...";

                            }

                            // End Username Truncate Hack

???`S?LV?R???`

03-31-2004 07:16 AM

seems useful

sabret00the

03-31-2004 07:24 AM

what an awesome hack, thanks very much :D

CreedFeed

06-24-2004 04:09 AM

How would you truncate the username listed under last post info on Forum Display?

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