How do I change the icon display by author in FORUMHOME?

[zeroality]

I want to remove the image (called icon1.gif by default) from showing up by the last poster's name on the Forum Index.

I want to remove the image completely, rather than use a new image so I need to know which template to edit, thanks.

[Kirk Y]

I'm not sure which icon you mean. If you're talking about the "Go to last post" icon then you'd need to edit your "forumhome_lastpostby" template.

[zeroality]

Thanks for the reply.

[Kirk Y]

Ahh that icon is selected by the individual user when they're creating the thread. You can select a default "Post Icon" that's to be used in the event that one is not specified by going to your vBulletin Options Panel -> Thread Display Options. Edit the same template to get rid of it. I believe there's a standard option to stop displaying them all together, but I'm having no luck finding it.

[zeroality]

OK, that removed the image but like I said - I want to put in text there. I want to format it so that it's like:

In: [topic name]
By: [author]

rather than

[topic name]
by [author]

[Kirk Y]

Where did you say that?

Edit phrase "by_x" to produce the By: effect. Then add "In:" where you removed the HTML to produce the Post Icon from the forumhome_lastpostby. That should do it.

[zeroality]

Alright, we're halfway there.

Editing the by_x phrase worked but editing the second field isn't working because it asks you for a filepath to an image and entering anything else simply makes it not show up. It's gonna take a template hack, I just don't know which one.

Sorry for not being clear about exactly what I wanted, I thought I stated it in my first post.

Edit: Finally found it - thanks for all the help. It was the forumhomelastpostby template.

[Kirk Y]

... I said that in the post above, lol.