MGetUsrName
Version
1.0
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
9
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
9287
Date Added
22 January 2009
Instructions:
Enter in {mgetusrname} into a content item.
I want to throw my 2¢ worth in here for this great plugin.
I noticed that one reviewer wanted to be able to show the member's name instead of the username and I just went into the plugins folder on the server and looked in the content folder & found the MGetUsrName.php file (/public_html or www/plugins/content/MGetUsrName.php) and found this line where it says
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else $username = $user->username;
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and replaced it with
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else $username = $user->name; and it worked.
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It placed the member's name in the article instead of the username but it would be nice to be able to do this without editing the script and, yes it would be nice to be able to choose either/or or even both if u wanted to but I like it just the same like it is.
I'm not a programmer just a really good hack so it kept me on my toes and brushed up on my skill of ... well you know. LOL
Shalom,
Frank
I noticed that one reviewer wanted to be able to show the member's name instead of the username and I just went into the plugins folder on the server and looked in the content folder & found the MGetUsrName.php file (/public_html or www/plugins/content/MGetUsrName.php) and found this line where it says
=======
else $username = $user->username;
=======
and replaced it with
=======
else $username = $user->name; and it worked.
=======
It placed the member's name in the article instead of the username but it would be nice to be able to do this without editing the script and, yes it would be nice to be able to choose either/or or even both if u wanted to but I like it just the same like it is.
I'm not a programmer just a really good hack so it kept me on my toes and brushed up on my skill of ... well you know. LOL
Shalom,
Frank
Very nice and clean plugin. I used another free joomla.org module that allows content used as a module. That way I used this plugin to insert the username in the sidebar.
1 problem though - A lot of users will use a funky username but I would rather display thier first name instead.
Maybe future updates will allow for changing the parameters to choose which name to use, or maybe even display both the Name and Username.
1 problem though - A lot of users will use a funky username but I would rather display thier first name instead.
Maybe future updates will allow for changing the parameters to choose which name to use, or maybe even display both the Name and Username.
I've entered in {mgetusrname} into a module item but it's not worked, it write {mgetusrname}. In an article item it's ok, but I need user name in a module item.
Owner's reply
This plugin is for content items only. If you still need user info in a module you can try programming one yourself, the documentation and forums are a good place to start.