Displayname

[Saintless]

Is it possible for me to have a "displayname" used instead of a login name?

I am trying to do it without "hacking" the code so to speak just replacing variables in the template.

So i guess my question is what variables do i need to replace in order for the display name to override the login name in every context except PM's.

[Jake Bunce]

If the display name is a custom profile field, then you can reference that field in the templates with variables like these:

postbit:

$post[field[color=red]X[/color]]

MEMBERINFO:

$userinfo[field[color=red]X[/color]]

In several other templates that show the name of the logged in user:

$bbuserinfo[field[color=red]X[/color]]

Where X is the number of the field as shown in your:

Admin CP -> User Profile Fields -> User Profile Field Manager

If the display name field isn't filled out for all users, then you may want to use a template conditional to check if the field is defined. For example:

<if condition="$post[field[color=red]X[/color]]">
	$post[field[color=red]X[/color]]
<else />
	$post[musername]
</if>

[Saintless]

Hm i tried this it appears that it wont change the name under thread starter. Is there any way to do this or is that a hook that i would have to setup.

[Jake Bunce]

There are some locations where profile field information is not available, and the threadbit is one of them. A plugin or file hack would be required for those locations.