[Logician]

Originally posted by kira
I'd like to provide the usual login field so unregistered people can leave their names too (erasing the automatic "Unregistered" that appears for them). Is it possible to hardcode this, or to provide it for people who aren't cookied/registered?

Registered users (ones who are cookied) will still be able to post with their user names.

For unregistered guests I can provide you another solution, try this:

First replace your HTML code with that:
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<form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="newreply.php" name="vbform" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="postreply">
<input type="hidden" name="threadid" value="37446">
<input type="hidden" name="title" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="iconid" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="parseurl" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="email" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="disablesmilies" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="closethread" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="hiddenreply" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="signature" value="yes">
<input type="hidden" name="rating" value="0">

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#555576" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#8080A6" colspan="2"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" color="#EEEEFF" class="thtcolor"><b>Post
Reply</b></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" valign="top" nowrap><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" ><b>Your
Reply:</b></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<textarea name="message" rows="7" cols="70" wrap="virtual" tabindex="1"></textarea>
<br>
<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1" ></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" valign="top" nowrap><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" ><b>Your
Name (*):</b></font></td>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF">
<input type="text" name="guestname" maxlength="20" size="20">
<br>
<font size="-2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">*Leave this field
blank, if you are a registered user..</font></td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>

<br>

<table cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<tr>
<td align="center"><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" >
<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="submit" value="Submit Reply" accesskey="s" tabindex="2">
</font></td>
</tr>
</table>

</form>
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Now edit the file "newreply.php". Find this line:
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$postusername = htmlspecialchars($username);
}
} else {
$postusername = $bbuserinfo['username'];
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AFTER THAT LINE, add:
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if ($guestname) {$postusername=substr(strip_tags($guestname),0,20) ;}
else
{$postusername="A Kira Fan";}
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This will add the guest's entry as poster name unless she is a registered user! If she is already registered (and loged in!), her registered name will be the poster name regardless of what she entered in the name field. If she is neither registered nor entered her name, her name would be replaced with "A Kira Fan".

I guess this is exactly what you want..

Second Question: also, just for my own curiosity (and in case I'd like to test out the feasibility of your earlier suggestion) ... would it be possible to create the second scenario you mentioned -- posting a scene as a VB thread in which the first post is formatted differently from the rest?
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Well possible but requires some time to think and code.. This is why I asked which one you prefer in the first place LOL..

I am so very, very grateful for your coming to the rescue! If you need any kind of design or copy editing, I'm your girl.

Never mind.. I like helping people especially if they are asking very kindly