Postbits: Linking "Posts" by user to "search for msgs". Problem: Unregistered po

[theflow]

Rather than display a button called "search" in postbits (which finds all messages by the post's author), I'd prefer to have the word "Posts" linked to that "search" function. Example:

---------------------------------------------------------
wluke
Moderator and Support Guy

Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Lancaster, Ca.
Posts: 3430
---------------------------------------------------------

I click on "Posts" and that = "search all messages by wluke". That part's simple.

The problem is, for Unregistered users.

Solution A: I'd prefer to have the word "Posts" also be linked for these posters. But I need the logic code that determines "if registered, find all messages by this user. If unregistered, display error message instead" -- similar to the message you receive if you try to display an Unregistered user's "profile".

vBulletin Message
This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view.

Try this example: login at my site www.theflow.com/forums using:
username: test
password: test

Now go to this thread: http://www.theflow.com/forums/showth...s=&threadid=25
"General Topics" --> "Ever Notice your coffee..."

I've already got the Author's name linked to their "profile". Now scroll down til you see "Unregistered" name "Andy Rooney". Click on his screename. Appropriately, you get the error message listed above: "This user has not registered and therefore does not have a profile to view."

So imagine "Total Posts" being a link too. Even though the system already displays "Total Posts: N/A", I want to generate an error message that says "We have no way of searching for other messages by an Unregistered user."

Solution B: Same kind of if/then evaluation of Reg or Unregistered. If registered, search for all messages by user. If unregistered, the word "Total Posts" does not display as a link.

(unlike a lot of vB sites, I want to enable Unregistered posting. But at same time, I want to make it clear that there are advantages to being Registered. This helps do that.)