usernames in qoutes for member/guests

[ReBe]

Hi all,

i have make the usernames in quotes invisible vor guests. Members can see the names. I edit the template bbcode_quotes per TMS:

I replace

<img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/quote_icon.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase quote}" /> {vb:rawphrase originally_posted_by_x, {vb:raw username}}

with

<img src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/quote_icon.png" alt="{vb:rawphrase quote}" /> 
<vb:if condition="$show['member']">{vb:rawphrase originally_posted_by_x, {vb:raw username}}
<vb:else />
<span style="font-weight:bold; font-size:10pt">{vb:rawphrase quote}</span>
</vb:if>

After that, i create new postcache. Now it works fine. But after some hours can members in some postings not seeing the names and guest see the names in some posts. If i now let the postcache create new, then the errors are gone.

I think if a guest look as the first user to a post, then the posting comes with no username in quote in the postcache. And if the a member looks to this posting, it comes from the postcache. And thats why the member not see the username. I hope you can follow me.

How can i fix it? We have realnames in our foum, so ist necassery to hide the usernames for guest/searchengines.

[Lynne]

Perhaps you can write a plugin that turns postcaching off for guests?

[ReBe]

Thanks for your answer. But i have no idea how to write a plugin.

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I search this and the german vb-forum, but i found no good dokumantation for the plugin-creation.
I make a try, please help me:

Add-On: vBulletin
Hook: ?

PHP-Code:

if($vbulletin->$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == '1'
{
    $vbulletin->options['enablepostcache'] = 0;
}

[ReBe]

Its really important for me. So it would be nice, if someone can help me.

[Lynne]

Did you try that plugin? Perhaps at global_bootstrap_start? or global_bootstrap_end?

Also, make sure you develop plugins on your test site, not live site.

[ReBe]

No, i dont try this, because the terminus "enablepostcache" comes from my fantasie. It would be mad random, if that's true.

[kh99]

I haven't tried it, but you could try a plugin using hook location showthread_post_start and this code:

if($vbulletin->userinfo[usergroupid] == '1')
{
    $post_cachable = 0;
}

That might work for showthread.php but I'm not sure if there's anywhere else that might be a problem. I think a better thing to do would be to arrange for specific posts to not be cached, which can be done by setting $parsedtext = '' at hook bbcode_parse_start. The problem is that you'd have to figure out how to tell if a post has the quote tag in it. You could set $parsedtext = '' all the time and effectively turn off all post caching, but I don't know if you want to do that. I know my site has a lot of guest activity so i don't think we'd even want to turn off caching for guests.

(BTW, you can't check the usergroup to decide whether or not to set $parsedtext = '' or you'll end up with the same problem you have now).

[ReBe]

Thanks for your detailed answer. If i understand you right, i can use the template edits (see first post) + parse the postings for quote-tags and dont cache that quote-postings. I think that would be the best option for me. I will try that at the weekend.

I wonder that i´m be probably the only one with the wish to make the usernames for guests invisible. Social screening is a major theme and its a big advantage, if your realname will dont show for guests and searchengines.

[ReBe]

Originally Posted by kh99

I haven't tried it, but you could try a plugin using hook location showthread_post_start and this code:

if($vbulletin->$bbuserinfo[usergroupid] == '1')
{
    $post_cachable = 0;
}

It does not work. I get a error message:

Fatal error: Cannot access empty property in /var/www/vhosts/xxxxx/httpdocs/showthread.php(811) : eval()'d code on line 1

[kh99]

Yeah, sorry, it should have been this:

if($vbulletin->userinfo[usergroupid] == '1')
{
    $post_cachable = 0;
}