UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? Probably a quick one :)

Anyone know what file controls the words 'by Anonymous' under the last post column on postlist.php?

I thought it was under /languages/english/generic.php under $ubbt_lang['ANON_TEXT'], but I altered that and it had no effect.

I wish to change the words - and it has me stumped!

how about the postlist.php file in the language directory?

Thanks.

Nope - doesn't appear in that file - hence my thinking it was the generic option - weird.

In 6.4 it is in generic.php
$ubbt_lang['ANON_TEXT'] = "Anonymous";

That is what I thought - but changing this has no effect - weird Will dig deeper to find out why. Thanks for confirming it.

Ian, if you're trying to change it for existing posts, it's probably stored in the database with the post.

Try this query for a post which still says anonymous.

SELECT B_AnonName FROM w3t_Posts WHERE B_Number = xxxxxxx

If it says Anonymous, then it's the name stored with the post. It'll display the name they enter when they made the post (the quick reply doesn't let them enter a name).

You can either reset these via SQL command, or turn off the option in the config file to allow users to choose a name, then it'll use the "anonymous" language string instead.

realise that, but I am trying to change the words for new posts - I have now even made the string "" and still the word anonymous appears on new posts - therefore it must be pulling it from elsewhere. Really am not sure why it doesn't shut show the name that the guest puts in the name box - that would make more sense..

Thanks anyway.

This is really a tough one, I searched all text within all files and the only one I could find it in was lang/generic.php

see these lines



what is reged set for and what is $config['anonnames'] set to?

Thanks Scroungr - am going to dive into this a bit more.

It would be nice to show the username/handle that the guest has chosen in the making the post, rather than just anonymous - looks unprofessional at the moment.

Will dive a little deeper.....

(Only snag is - I can't remember what I was going to put instead of anonymous LOL (assuming I can't figure out how to copy over the name entered by the user)