[KuraFire]

Austin Dea, what're you talking about??

<p><normalfont color="$post[field5]">$post[message]</normalfont></p>

works just fine, no need for 2 font tags (<normalfont> is a font tag, you can just add ` color="whatever"` to it...).

However, doing this through Template changes only, will mess things up if a user doesn't enter anything in the field. If the field is left blank, with some browsers the font color will be made BLACK. If you're running a black-bg board with white text, that's not a fun thing.

The idea of this hack is nice, but it can be improved easily. In showthread.php, find:

PHP Code:

while ($post=$DB_site->fetch_array($posts) and $counter++<$perpage) { 


add beneath that:

PHP Code:

if($post[fieldX]!=""){
 $color_on = "<font color=\"$post[fieldX]\">";
$color_off = "</font>";
}else{
$color_on = "";
$color_off = "";
} 


Now add
$color_on and $color_off around $post[message] and it'll work.

If a user doesn't enter anything, their posts will be default color. If they do, their posts (ALL their posts, including their former posts, made before you implemented this hack) will show up in the chosen color.