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dbbis
Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

  • 2003/11/22 22:50

  • dbbis

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 12

  • Since: 2003/1/20


Hi!

On the site I manage, EDCA, I'd like to make the bloc 'new members' to look the same as the others : the size is different, because the usernames are too long.

Is there a way to make that the usernames appear of a maximum of 8 or 9 letters, for example, in this specific bloc? How to modify the code with the good parameter?

Thanks in advance and best regards,

BD.
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skalpa
Re: Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

  • 2003/11/22 23:21

  • skalpa

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 300

  • Since: 2003/4/16


Checked that, and it's not possible to do this modifying the template file.

You'll hade to edit /modules/system/blocks/system_blocks.html
And change this line:
$members .= ' .XOOPS_URL.'/userinfo.php?uid='.$onlines[$i]['online_uid'].'">'.$onlines[$i]['online_uname'].',';


with something like this:
$name = $onlines[$i]['online_uname'];
if (strlen($name) > 8) {
 $name = substr( $name, 0, 8) . '...';
}
$members .= ' .XOOPS_URL.'/userinfo.php?uid='.$onlines[$i]['online_uid'].'">'.$name.',';


( change le 8 if you want )

Skalpa.>
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Mithrandir
Re: Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

Check this out:
http://smarty.php.net/manual/en/language.modifier.truncate.php

So basically, as I understand it, you can change
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/userinfo.php?uid=<{$user.id}>"><{$user.name}>a>

to
<a href="<{$xoops_url}>/userinfo.php?uid=<{$user.id}>"><{$user.name|truncate:8:"":true}>a>

in the block template
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skalpa
Re: Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

  • 2003/11/22 23:51

  • skalpa

  • Quite a regular

  • Posts: 300

  • Since: 2003/4/16


Yep, that's what I wanted to advise first, but here the problem is that the "online users" block generates everything from the php side.
The tpl just contains
<{$block.online_names}>

But for other things the Smarty truncate works...

[edited]Damn I've been checking the "online users" block since the beginning. My bad. Sorry guys.|/edited]

Skalpa.>
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dbbis
Re: Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

  • 2003/11/23 20:35

  • dbbis

  • Just popping in

  • Posts: 12

  • Since: 2003/1/20


Thanks a lot for your help.

I have tried to do the tip suggested by MithyT2, which works when I am in the Admin part (bloc edition), and I click on "View". The problem is that it does not work in the main page.

Then I have edited directly the template file. But it does not work.

Maybe I have forgotten to do something?

You can check: EDCA.

Thanks again and best regards,

Don.
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Mithrandir
Re: Shorter usernames in 'new members' bloc?

When messing with the templates, you should first clone the default template set in System -> Templates and then edit that block template for new members.

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