UBB.Developers Forums UBB.classic V6.4 - 6.7 Modifications V6 Mod Ideas Changing color of names for VIPs

I was wondering if anyone knew how to do this in 6.4. This used to be handled in public_topic_page.pl and public_forum_page.pl by the following code in older versions:

[code][/code]That was from 6.1 and I'm sure quite a lot of code has changed since then.

I'd like to be able to have the VIP names displayed in a different color and bold or italicized on topic pages, the forum page for topic starter and last replier, and in the Recent Visitor's list if possible.

Thanks for any help!

Bumping this after no answers for a few weeks.

Anyone know how to do this?

We added colortags in User Titles :


junior shooter
shooter
senior shooter
hard shooter
extreme shooter

Thanks for the reply, OcShoot.

That is an idea, but I'd like to be able to specify certain members, not groups of members dependent on their rank or admin/mod title.

I run a board on the game, Age of Mythology, and we frequently get developers from the company that made the game, Ensemble Studios. They don't post enough to get mod status, but it's ideal to have their names stand out in the topic pages and forum listings so people can find their posts easily.

I know how to go about doing this, it's just that I don't have enough knowledge about version 6.4 to call lines from the profile. "$user_profile[0]" used to work in 6.1 and 6.2, though it doesn't seem to in 6.4.

I don't quite understand "VIP_NAME"? Will you be substituting that with the user's display name or is "VIP" taken from another hack?

Hey Prime, no, what I meant was that I want to choose a single member, a very important person on the board, tell the UBB to single him/her out, and have his/her name show up in a different color when he/she posts. The "VIP_NAME" waas just a variable name filler... I should be able to put any user's name in there.

There's no substitution, rather a simple if block that tests whether or not it is that user posting. I know how to set up the if statement, but what I don't know is what variable name to use to call the user's name field in the profile. I guess it could also be done by checking their member number.

Take for example, this thread . Scroll down to the fourth reply and you'll see that I changed the name for the VIP, named "matty", to blue. This was done in 6.1.x using the code above in my original post. I've tried it with 6.4 and it doesn't work.

I don't know if this code is correct in syntax but seems to work without a glitch. In public_topic_page.pl find:

If this works then placing it in the "last reply" and "recent visitors" shouldn't be hard. Just let me know.

What actually might be more practical if you were to install just a portion on the Font Hack (color only) then make the custom profile field optional in the Registration Settings via CP. To prevent users from entering their own color code you can edit out the custom profile filed bit in the public_register_form.pl, public_register_confirm.pl and public_edit_profile.pl files. Then to set your VIP user colors go into CP and enter the color code of your choice in each member's properties.

I did that before as well as with their avatars...Very effective.

Thanks a ton Prime! I'll go try this out and let you know.

Edit: Worked like a charm. Thanks again, Prime, I appreciate it.

Cool.

Why not make it as a hack PrimeTime? I'd like to have it too, with the possibility that you can add names in CP. (Including avatars )

Because I'm not a coder. Although I consider myself a template editor.

Hmm...It would be an interesting hack though. Something in the mix of Font Hack, Team Image Hack and Custom Status Hack (all 3 combined).