Truncate Looooooooooooong Usernames on ForumHome

Simple hack, answering request: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=63179


What this does: It will shorten any username that is longer than XX characters on the forum home display.

Files to Modify: 1, functions_forumlist.php

Time to Install: 2 minutes

Difficulty: Simple

[sabret00the]

<phrase 1="member.php?$session[sessionurl]find=lastposter&amp;f=$lastpostinfo[forumid]" 2="$lastpostinfo[lastposter]">$vbphrase[by_x]</phrase>

just lifted this from the template. seem to be the same for me but for some reason it's not updated, i.e. old posts by users with long usernames aint now truncated, does it only work on new posts?

and also what would i have to do to make it work on the moderator column?

[vbmechanic]

Should work on any part of forumhome that uses the $lastpostinfo variable. Sorry, can't say why it wouldn't work with Xenon's Hack.

For the moderator name, it would be the same thing. Find:

PHP Code:

$showmods["$moderator[userid]"] = true; 


Above that add

PHP Code:

// Begin Username Truncate Hack - vBMechanic
                            if (strlen($moderator['musername'])>18)
                            {
                                $moderator['musername'] = substr($moderator['musername'],0,18)."...";
                            }
                            // End Username Truncate Hack 


[???`S?LV?R???`]

seems useful

[sabret00the]

what an awesome hack, thanks very much

[CreedFeed]

How would you truncate the username listed under last post info on Forum Display?