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Welcome text, links to your profile. · **Released**: 07-18-2007

Time taken: 2 Minutes
Difficulty: Easy as pie
What it does: This will basically change your username at the top of the page in the navbar template to the html markup and a link to that persons profile.

You can also use this for Vb 3.5.x too

Go to:

Style Manager --> [Template you wanna edit] --> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates --> navbar

Find:

PHP Code:


			
            <strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[username]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</phrase></strong><br />

Replace with:

PHP Code:


			
            <strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[musername]"><a href="member.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</a></phrase></strong><br />

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Making it link to the usercp:

Style Manager --> [Template you wanna edit] --> Navigation / Breadcrumb Templates --> navbar

Replace:

PHP Code:


			
            <strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[musername]"><a href="member.php?u=$bbuserinfo[userid]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</a></phrase></strong><br />

With:

PHP Code:


			
            <strong><phrase 1="$bbuserinfo[musername]"><a href="usercp.php$session[sessionurl_q]">$vbphrase[welcome_x]</a></phrase></strong><br />

To come:

Let the user choose what they want their name to link to
Post some ideas

Versions:

1.00
- Release
1.01
- Updated to use phrases instead of editing the templates
- Corrected usercp url
1.02
- Fixed again as using phrases doesn't parse the links correctly

Yours Truly · #12 07-25-2007, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dismas

Looking forward to it!

Would be much appreciated if you pressed the install button as well =]

Yours Truly · #13 07-25-2007, 05:03 PM

Updated to use phrases and use the correct url for the usercp

dismas · #14 07-25-2007, 06:43 PM

I still get the same error. The URL that it's trying to go to is:

Code:

/forum/member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]

Yours Truly · #15 07-26-2007, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dismas

I still get the same error. The URL that it's trying to go to is:

Code:

/forum/member.php?$session[sessionurl]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]

Try

Code:

/forum/member.php?$session[sessionurl_q]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]

dismas · #16 07-26-2007, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yours Truly

Try

Code:

/forum/member.php?$session[sessionurl_q]u=$bbuserinfo[userid]

I still get the same error.

Yours Truly · #17 07-26-2007, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dismas

I still get the same error.

I have figured it out ill post the fix in an hour when i get back from work

Yours Truly · #18 07-26-2007, 03:19 PM

Version 1.02 released

1.02

Fixed again as using phrases doesn't parse the links correctly

dismas · #19 07-26-2007, 05:07 PM

A template edit it is then.

Thanks!

Yours Truly · #20 07-26-2007, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dismas

A template edit it is then.

Thanks!

Sorry about that mate the phrase manager wasn't parsing the links correctly =]

dismas · #21 07-27-2007, 03:07 AM

No worries. Not your fault.

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