[you] - Use the person who is viewings username in a post.

[ [you] - replace bbcode with a username]

Information

• [high]vBulletin Version:[/high] 3.5.x
• [high]Author:[/high] Dean Clatworthy
• [high]Copyright:[/high] You may use this modification at your own risk. I cannot and will not be held responsible for any damage you may cause to your forums during installation or thereafter. You may not distribute this modification in whole or parts and anyone found doing so faces risk of prosecution. All my modifications are released at vBulletin.org and anyone found releasing them elsewhere also faces risk of prosecution. You may not translate this modification without my prior permission.
• [high]Donations:[/high] I release my modifications for free. If you wish to donate please contact me and I will give you my details. All donations are graciously appreciated.

What does this modification do?
If you place [you] inside of a post. It'll replace it with the username of the person who is viewing the thread.

Installation

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Upload the you-hack.xml file via the plugin uploader in the AdminCP

Please Click Install!
If you installed this modifcation please click the install button. It'll help you keep up to date with future releases and important bugfixes, security updates.

[hambil]

Originally Posted by Boofo

Don't forget the Archive.

Arghhh! Okay. I'll get on it

[Talisman]

Is this a current remake of Chen's old bbusername thing?

[hambil]

Now also works in the archive...

[Boofo]

Originally Posted by hambil

Now also works in the archive...

How about notification emails for the forum/thread titles and subject?

Sorry I didn't include that in my earlier post. I just remembered it.

[zagman76]

Originally Posted by Boofo

How about notification emails for the forum/thread titles and subject?

Sorry I didn't include that in my earlier post. I just remembered it.

(you just want to make him work, don't you?)


Any chance that the ability to restrict this to specific forums can be added? (I know, I asked already... just being a pushy-pete

[hambil]

Now works in outgoing emails

I can do the forum/usergroup permission thing, but I'll wait to hear from the original author of this plugin.

[Edward S]

This looks like a pretty decent and useful addition.
I'd like to caution my friends here that it can also cause you some trouble. If you've promised the users on your site even a wee bit of privacy and they see their name in someone's post.. they could wonder how, that person, knew who they were. Many webmasters won't stop at the "You" thing and go for things like, "address, email, etc... " and if those things have been private in the past... whoosh! - It could get ugly.

I remember the fights that used to start back in the old BBS days when someone would read a post that said something like , "BILL has a BIG NOSE".. Everyone who read that, didn't understand what was happening and many of them took offense and began blasting back at the original poster.. Great for a Flame board, but lots of webmasters don't allow flaming on their site...

So, now where's that Install switch again... ? Just tossing in a caution

[shiola]

Just installed it and hope to create mass confusion. The email addition is a nice touch.

Edward S - good point about possible abuse. To counteract this I did a find and replace on 'you' in Hambil's XML page and replaced it with a long nonsensical word so no-one else can use it except me.

[Nachtfalke]

Originally Posted by hambil

Now works in outgoing emails

I can do the forum/usergroup permission thing, but I'll wait to hear from the original author of this plugin.

Funny thing, Hambil! I installed your last version of the product, but instead of showing up the reader's username, it allways shows the writer's name ... Any Idea about that?
Great addition, though

[Tulsa]

Originally Posted by Nachtfalke

Funny thing, Hambil! I installed your last version of the product, but instead of showing up the reader's username, it allways shows the writer's name ... Any Idea about that?
Great addition, though

Did you look at it through another users account, or your own?