Professional Names

Professional Names

About this hack:
If your forum is aimed to look stylish or professional yet your staff or users insit to use their nicknames instead of their proper names then this hack is for you.

This is a simple hack which shows a users real name under their title in a professional style.

Features:
Show users/staff real names under posts.

Installation information on hack:
Files edited: 0
Templates edited: 2 (both postbit)
Files to upload: 0
Cronjobs to add: 0
Time to install: 2 minutes max

Instructions:
1) In admincp Add a New User Profile field
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Type: Single-Line Text Box
Title: Real Name
Description: Please enter your real name to be displayed on the forum or leave blank.
Max length: 30
Field Required: No
Field Editable by user: Yes
*If you want it staff only set Editable by user no so it can only be changed in AdminCP*
Private Field: No
Display Page: Edit Profile
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Now the Profile Field is made you need to remeber the field number, (i.e field5 = 5)

2) In template named: postbit
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Find:
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<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>

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Below Add:
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<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><div class="smallfont"><i>$post[fieldX]</i></div></if>

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Be sure to change the two X to your field number!

Click Save

3) In template named: postbit_legacy
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Find:
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<if condition="$post['rank']"><div class="smallfont">$post[rank]</div></if>

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Below Add:
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<if condition="$post[fieldX] != ''"><div class="smallfont"><i>$post[fieldX]</i></div></if>

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Be sure to change the two X to your field number!

Click Save

4) Press Install on vBulletin.org

MAKE SURE YOU CLICK INSTALL!

[Ohiosweetheart]

I LIKE this!

[TrueDeath]

FAQ updated

Originally Posted by Ohiosweetheart

I LIKE this!

Glad you like, dont forget to press install if you install it

[Tony G]

Originally Posted by TrueDeath

Are you unable to see the ReadMe.txt? :ermm:

Maybe I missed it before. Sorry.

[apfparadise]

Great hack, now how do we do 2 things:

1. Put it into Registration form, mandatory
2. Make existing users have to fill it out on next sign on

[TrueDeath]

Originally Posted by apfparadise

Great hack, now how do we do 2 things:

1. Put it into Registration form, mandatory

Make the profile Field Required = Yes

[quanvo81]

It's a good one, but I think running too many queries in a large thread is good.
Anyway, it's a great idea and nice hack.

[hiiped]

Originally Posted by quanvo81

It's a good one, but I think running too many queries in a large thread is good.
Anyway, it's a great idea and nice hack.

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[TrueDeath]

Originally Posted by quanvo81

It's a good one, but I think running too many queries in a large thread is good.
Anyway, it's a great idea and nice hack.

Its just the same as postcount or any other postbit hack you install :P.

[Renada]

Hi,

Can this be used to replace the user name with the real name? If so, how could I do that?

Thanks,
Renada

[Xplorer4x4]

Originally Posted by hiiped

nonsense

20 users can be "TITLED" DEVELOPER, or HACKER, or CHIEFS

but with this its a million to 1 shot if theres two Harry J Porter ( Professional Names ) is on the same forum

How is it nonsense? You enter a custom staff title on that hack and turn it on and off by user. You can also add HTML mark up to it.

I apreciate the work but I will stick with Liveweires hack.