Users Choose Username Font/Color Posts

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Want members to be able to choose the font color of their usernames in posts?

[high]Step 1[/high]
[high]Go to User Profile Fields >> Add New User Profile Field[/high]

Choose A "Single-Line Text Box"

[high]Title:[/high] "Color of Your Username"

[high]Description:[/high] Type in the color in which you will like your username to be. Keep in mind that writing the colors in text does not always work, so try and format it like this: #ff0000 (that code is for red).

[high]Display Size:[/high] 11

[high]Max length of allowed user input:[/high] 7


[high]HIT SAVE[/high]


[high]Step 2[/high]
Now go to edit your postbit template and search for this code:

$post[musername]

Replace it with this

<if condition="$post['fieldx'] != '' ">
<font style="color:$post[fieldx]">$post[musername]</font>
	<else />
$post[musername]
</if>

X will be the id for the field in which you created. To view the id of the field created go to the "Profile Field Manager" and find the field ID of the field you made. (This appears under the "Name" column). It should show as fieldx where x is the ID.


[high]HIT SAVE[/high]



Want them to be able to choose the font as well?

[high]Step 1[/high]
[high]Go to User Profile Fields >> Add New User Profile Field[/high]

Choose A "Single-Line Text Box"

[high]Title:[/high] "Font of Your Username"

[high]Description:[/high] Type in the font in which you will like. For example for tahoma, type in "Tahoma", without the quotations.

[high]Display Size:[/high] 15

[high]Max length of allowed user input:[/high] 20


[high]HIT SAVE[/high]

[high]Step 2[/high]
Now go to edit your postbit template and search for this code:

$post[musername]

Replace it with this

<if condition="$post['fieldx'] != '' ">
<font style="font-family:$post[fieldx]">$post[musername]</font>
	<else />
$post[musername]
</if>

The X in font-family will be the id for the field in which you created. To view the id of the field created go to the "Profile Field Manager" and find the field ID of the field you made. (This appears under the "Name" column). It should show as fieldx where x is the ID.


[high]HIT SAVE[/high]

[high]AND WE'RE DONE![/high]

If you want them to be able to choose both color AND font, only do step 1 in each part, and then replace:

$post[musername]

with

<if condition="$post['fieldx'] != '' ">
<font style="font-family:$post[fieldx]; color:$post[fieldx];">$post[musername]</font>
	<else />
$post[musername]
</if>

The X in font-family will be the id for the field in which you created. The X in font-color will be the id for the field in which you created before. To view the id of the field created go to the "Profile Field Manager" and find the field ID of the field you made. (This appears under the "Name" column). It should show as fieldx where x is the ID.


[HIGH]Current Add-Ons[/high]
Exclude Certain Colors



[HIGH]Planned For Next Version (So Far)[/high]
- Have a pop up that allows you to pick a color and then shows the code for that color.

If you have any other ideas feel free to post them!

[WNM07]

there's got to be a username markup that will pick up on the profile field and at the same time
keep the username color on the missing places like whos online / chatbox etc

[USAMustangs.com]

I did this hack on my forum. I am running vB 3.6.5 (I know it's old, but I have reasons as for why I do not wish to update at the moment).

I primarily use Firefox, but I just recently noticed that Internet Explorer (default settings) is displaying my post reply text in green instead of the default white. My default settings are for Verdana white text. And that is how it displays in Firefox, which is correct per my settings. However, in IE it displays the same font style, but in green text. And I've had other members state that it also displays in green when they view it from a PDA/Phone.

Any idea's on what the problem could be? Could it be related to this particular template modification?

Any help would be appreciated.

- Thanks.