"Post As" Hack

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I am looking for a hack that allows a user to post as a different username.

This is NOT to allow one user to post under the name of another user.

I run an RPG messageboard and users are contantly making new accounts so they can role play in games under a different username. What I want, is something that allows them to choose another name to post under when they are posting a new message or replying to a message.

I don't think I am explaining this right, so let me tell you the features I want and maybe that will help.

1. Users can goto their UserCP and add usernames to "Post As".

2. When a "Post As" username is chosen, it checks to cee if the name is taken on the regular user list as well as other "post as" username list so that there are no duplicates. Maybe assign a unique identification number to each "post as" identity.

3. When posting a message, the user is presented with a "Post As" option which contains a list of usernames that has been configured in the usercp. The default name is the users actual account login name.

4. Make all posts attach to the actual account rather than the "Post As" identity.

5. When the post/reply is posted, and the post is displayed, the login name should not be displayed. Instead it should show the "post as" identity. But it should still link to the users profile.

6. If a "Post As" identity is deleted from the usercp, then all posts that have been posted under that name should now say it was posted by the default identity (or login name).

7. When viewing a users profile, it should list all the identies that have been configured in that users usercp.

8. ACP options to allow/disallow this feature, limit the amount of identities that can be used, etc.

Hopefully, this will remove the need for my users to logout and then back in under a different account and make posting more fun.