[CAG CheechDogg]

Originally Posted by MarkFL

Here's what you can do:

1.) Create a new phrase:

Language: MASTER LANGUAGE

Phrase Type: GLOBAL

Product: vBulletin

Varname: m_started_by_x_y_z_a

Text:

<span class="label">Started by&nbsp;<a href="{1}" class="username understate" title="Started by {2} on {4} {5}">{3}</a>{6},&nbsp;{4}&nbsp;{5}</span>

Click "Save"

2.) Create new plugins:

First plugin:

Product: vBulletin

Hook Location: threadbit_display

Title: Username Markup In Threadbit (threadbit)

Execution Order: 5

Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

global $db, $vbulletin;

$authors = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
    SELECT user.*
    FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user
    WHERE userid = " . $thread['postuserid']
);

$author = $db->fetch_array($authors);

if ($author['displaygroupid'])
{
    $groupid = $author['displaygroupid'];
}
else
{
    $groupid = $author['usergroupid'];
}

$open_tag = $vbulletin->usergroupcache[$groupid]['opentag'];
$close_tag = $vbulletin->usergroupcache[$groupid]['closetag'];

$thread['postmusername'] = ($open_tag . $thread['postusername'] . $close_tag); 


Plugin is Active: Yes

Click "Save"

Second Plugin:

Product: vBulletin

Hook Location: search_results_threadbit

Title: Username Markup In Threadbit (search_results)

Execution Order: 5

Plugin PHP Code:

PHP Code:

global $db, $vbulletin;

$authors = $vbulletin->db->query_read("
    SELECT user.*
    FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "user AS user
    WHERE userid = " . $thread['postuserid']
);

$author = $db->fetch_array($authors);

if ($author['displaygroupid'])
{
    $groupid = $author['displaygroupid'];
}
else
{
    $groupid = $author['usergroupid'];
}

$open_tag = $vbulletin->usergroupcache[$groupid]['opentag'];
$close_tag = $vbulletin->usergroupcache[$groupid]['closetag'];

$thread['postmusername'] = ($open_tag . $thread['postusername'] . $close_tag); 


Plugin is Active: Yes

Click "Save"

3.) Edit templates (for each style you want to change): threadbit, threadbit_deleted, search_threadbit

Find each instance of:

{vb:rawphrase started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}

and change it to:

{vb:rawphrase m_started_by_x_y_z_a, {vb:link member, {vb:raw thread}, null, 'postuserid', 'postusername'}, {vb:raw thread.postusername}, {vb:raw thread.postmusername}, {vb:raw thread.startdate}, {vb:raw thread.starttime}, {vb:stylevar dirmark}}

Just tried this but didn't work ....