Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Thomas Seifert — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:09:40 -0600

then you should tell the author ;)

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

NeBuLuS — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 08:10:07 -0600

oh, thanx :)))) the last thing that i need - show birthdays fix :)) it's would be nice to have ability to get/show list of users with birthdays :)

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 04:22:18 -0600

This module will not be fixed for Phorum 5.2. It is no longer needed. If you go to the general settings page in the admin interface, you can find an option to specify whether the username or the real_name has to be used as the display name for your users.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

NeBuLuS — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:31:43 -0600

Well, that plugin doesn't work for 5.2 version. "phorum_user_get" - missing function. Please fix that plugin.

Re: Real Name Module, version 2

iamback — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 04:39:35 -0500

As I explained in Quoting style, and Markdown and Real Name modules, the default Phorum quoting style doesn't result in nice, structural markup when using the Markdown module. My modifications are written up in that thread, so (as indicated there) here I'm only attaching my modified Real Name module (sorry, zip only); CHANGELOG properly extended.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:29:14 -0600

I uploaded a new version of the Real Names module (version 2.1.0) to the v2 message from this thread. Here's the changelog for this version:

2007-01-30 version 2.1.0 by Maurice Makaay 

    - Added new plugin functionality, which enables other modules
      to supply extra rewrite rules to this module. This way, it's
      not needed anymore to add rewrite rules for other modules
      and addons to the rewrite_rules.src file of this module.
      See the README file (section "Supplying extra rewrite rules")
      for information on the use of this feature.

    - Changed the code compilation. Instead of writing one
      code file in the cache dir, which contains all rewriting code
      for all pages, now separate files are written per Phorum page.
      This method is better for the module's performance in case
      there are a lot of rewrite rules for many pages.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 09:47:51 -0600

I uploaded a new version of the Real Names module (version 2.0.5) to the v2 message from this thread. 2.0.4 was never released, because it only had changes for the Phorum 5.2 development tree. Here's the changelog for both 2.0.4 and 2.0.5:

2007-01-17 version 2.0.5 by Maurice Makaay 

    - Added quoting options, which mimic the BBcode and Phorum
      default quoting methods, only with the real name used
      instead of the username. See the README for more information
      on using the quote functionality of the Real Names module.

    - Added a check to see if the real_name custom field does
      HTML escaping on its own or not (based on the "HTML Disabled"
      field setting). If it doesn't, the real_name module will do
      the escaping to prevent XSS problems. This prevents the
      real_name from being escaped twice before displaying. A user
      with a real-name like "" would be displayed as
      "<john>" on screen before.

      Beware: this change has implications for the required behaviour
      for real_name plugins. The displayname that has to be returned
      by a plugin now has to be correctly HTML escaped. See also
      the README for this module.

2006-10-11 version 2.0.4 by Maurice Makaay 

    - Added support for the followed threads control center page
      in Phorum 5.2.

    - Added support for rewriting the username on the "Show all
      posts by user" search page (Phorum 5.2).

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 02:25:49 -0600

Hi Grendel,

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Grendel
I downloaded the current phorum version and installed it

It seems you downloaded my module 1.3.0

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Grendel
the BBCode module doesn't show an option to turn off its quote function

There are varios BBCode modules. The basic one shows an option "Enable quote hook" (last option in the module settings).

Quote
Grendel
Strangely enough, even in the realnames module the quote function was set to off

Default value is off.

Quote
Grendel
but nevertheless, the sanity check showed that there were two modules using it, namely BBCode and realnames.

The sanity check can only check how many modules are registered for using the quote hook. It doesn't say that theses modules are really using the hook...

Regards
Oliver

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Grendel — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:41:06 -0600

Hi,
I downloaded the current phorum version and installed it - the BBCode module doesn't show an option to turn off its quote function. Strangely enough, even in the realnames module the quote function was set to off, but nevertheless, the sanity check showed that there were two modules using it, namely BBCode and realnames.
ciao

Grendel

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

jarin — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 03:20:28 -0600

hi maurice

thanks much for the reply. everytime i add something to lastforumpost.php i get mysql syntax errors. i guess my php skills are not really up to snuff for this mod. anyway, thanks for yr help.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 06:34:18 -0600

If you look at the real_name.php script from the real_name version 2 mod, then you can find some example code. Here's a snippet (from line 174). The $user_id variable should contain the id of the user that posted the message.

        $user = phorum_user_get($user_id, false);

        // Determine the displayname to show.
        if (!$user) {
            // We have a user id in the posting, but the user does no longer
            // exist within forum. Use "anonmous user" for the display name.
            $displayname = $GLOBALS["PHORUM"]["DATA"]["LANG"]["AnonymousUser"];
        } else {
            if (isset($user["real_name"]) && trim($user["real_name"]) != '') {
                $displayname = $user["real_name"];
            } else {
                $displayname = $user["username"];
            }
        }

        // Determine the profile page URL.
        if ($user) {
            $link_url = phorum_get_url(PHORUM_PROFILE_URL, $user_id);
        }

After this code, you can use $displayname and $link_url to create the real name + link. Something like this:

    print '';
    print htmlspecialchars($displayname);
    print '';

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

jarin — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 05:49:58 -0600

thanks for your reply but you're right that isn't enough for me to fly on. is there any documentation for this function? can anyone provide some sample code?
thanks!

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:20:03 -0600

Hacking the code should not be that hard. Use the phorum_user_get() function to retrieve the full user data and after that print out the real name in the user data instead of the author field from the posting. This probably isn't enough for you to fly on, but at least you'll have the steps to perform in the last post module to get the results you want. I'll see how far you got after I get back from my vacation ;-) Good luck!

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

jarin — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:32:04 -0600

hi maurice

thanks for the reply, although half of it is greek to me. i am flailing about in the dark with trying to make adjustments to phorum. it's quite hard to get definitive information about how to reference variables among other things.

guess i'll try the last forum post thread and see if anyone responds there to a plea for help in hacking it to show the real name.

thanks!

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:23:20 -0600

You configured here that $PHORUM["MOD_LAST_FORUM_POST"] is an array. Each record in that array would contain a field named "author" and a field named "link_author". These would be rewritten to the real name and profile URL using the id that can be found in the field "user_id". All this has to be done on pages which have the "phorum_page" set to "read" (so basically this has to be done on the read page).

This is wrong, since the mod you're referring to seems to modify the forum description on the index page and it does not fill $PHORUM["MOD_LAST_FORUM_POST"] at all. I guess you're just trying to copy some rewrite rules that were written for another mod, without knowing the semantics.

The real_name module does all its rewriting stuff after all processing has been done and before the data is sent to the browser. This means that it lets Phorum fill all the template fields and then overrides the fields that need changing. At every place where a user's name is put in a single template variable (e.g. $PHORUM["DATA"]["AUTHOR"] c.q. {AUTHOR}), this mod can be told to change the data in that field using the rewrite rules.

The Last Forum Post mod does change the description field of the forums by adding last post info and as such, the name of the author(s) is not separated in a template variable. Instead, all author names are put together inside a block of text with other text surrounding it. Therefore you cannot possibly write real_name rewrite rules for rewriting these names.

Conclusion: Because of it's structure, the Last Forum Post mod needs to be hacked in order to provide the names that you want on screen.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

jarin — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 05:07:47 -0600

hi
i'm trying to get this to work with the Last Forum Post module...[www.phorum.org]

i've added the following to rewrite_rules.src:

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Support for the last_post module
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------

page read

  array [MOD_LAST_FORUM_POST]
    rewrite author with real_name(user_id)
    rewrite link_author with profile_url(user_id)
  end array

end page

but no joy. can anyone help? thanks!!!

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:16:36 -0600

Hi Maurice,

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mmakaay
On my own site, I use this to not only show another name, but also to point the profile link to my own profile system, [...] and add an icon if the user is in my chatroom.

That's what I meant with "embedded". ;-)

Regards
Oliver

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 17:58:03 -0600

Embedding has nothing to do with the version 2 module really. It's also not true that version 2 would be harder to use. It's a simple drop-in-and-go-module. I coded version 2 to be functionally the same as version 1.

A big difference is that version 2 offers more flexibility for extending its functionality. By default, the real_name user field is used for translating the username, but developers can write modules that can implement any kind of translation. On my own site, I use this to not only show another name, but also to point the profile link to my own profile system, add an icon for moderators and add an icon if the user is in my chatroom.

Another big difference is that I made up a description language for describing what fields in the page info need translating. This language makes it easier to maintain the long list of rewriting actions. As a user, you do not have to worry about this, but for developers the rewriting code is easier to maintain.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:37:18 -0600

ah i see.

I am using the embed_phorum module so i guess i had better stick with version 2.

thanks.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 13:51:54 -0600

Hi rheo,

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rheo
are there some bottom line differences we should know about before deciding?

Did you see my new additional hint in the first post?

Why there are two maintained versions of this module?
At the moment there are two different versions of this module. The version 1 by
Oliver Riesen is an easy to use variant. Version 2 by Maurice Makaay is more
sophisticated and offers special features for embedded phorum's or sharing user 
informations. Both versions offers (nearly) the same functionality. So, if you 
are using your Phorum stand-alone try version 1. If you are using your Phorum 
as an embedded part of your homepage or if you want to share user informations 
try version 2.

Regards
Oliver

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:16:48 -0600

this is confusing..

now should I be using your 1.3.0 ?

any chance you and maurice are going to combine versions are there some bottom line differences we should know about before deciding?

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 04:41:19 -0600

Hi rheo,

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rheo
I just noticed that with this module it still will say "batman" instead of "Bruce" [...] in the textarea if you click on "Quote This Message"

Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready), new version 1.3.0

Changelog
2006/11/30 version 1.3.0 by Oliver Riesen (oliver@riesen.org)
- User name in quotes (posts and private messages) now also replaced by real name.

Regards
Oliver

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 16:06:23 -0600

Handling quoting with real names can be a bit wobbly I think, since there's no good way of predicting what name in the quoted message has to be replaced with the real name. This is, because there can be quote hooks active, which change the format of the quote message. I'd have to look into this to see how this could be solved gracefully. I don't feel like implementing a crude hack for this.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:12:51 -0600

Version : 2.0.3

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:55:55 -0600

Hi rheo,

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rheo
I just noticed that with this module it still will say "batman" instead of "Bruce" when it says :

batman Wrote:
----------------

in the textarea if you click on "Quote This Message"

In which version? My 1.2.6 or Maurice´s 2.0.3?

Regards
Oliver

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:31:39 -0600

building on the "batman" login "Bruce" realname example..

I just noticed that with this module it still will say "batman" instead of "Bruce" when it says :

batman Wrote:
----------------

in the textarea if you click on "Quote This Message"

unless there is something unique to my install..

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

Maurice Makaay — Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:04:00 -0600

Quote

i guess what confuses me is that is what is the point of the author field at all then? seems kind of redundant if it is never supposed to be anything but what is in the users.username anyway.

It can be user for displaying the author's name, without having to retrieve the name every time from the user table. Redundacy is sometimes neccessary for speed (else you might say that Phorum is way too redundant by all the meta data caching that it does).

But there's no reason to keep the author name the same as the username at all. All that is going on here is that you are apparently looking for some other mod than the real_name mod. Since this mod simply displays the real_name instead of the original author name in postings. The description of the mod is not "use any name the author likes at write time and remember that name". I would not want this kind of functionality in the real_name mod.

What you apparently want, sounds more like the named posting module. It's on the modules listing page as well.

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:47:32 -0600

sorry i missed this reply in the other thread. moving it here where it is more on topic.

Quote
mmakaay
Why not? The real name mod rewrites all occurances of the username dynamically. If you store the real name in the author field, then the name would not change along with changing the name in the real_name custom user field. Additionally, this way more options are available. For example: on my own site, I do not only display a user's name, but also a profile image button next to their name and some small flagging images for marking moderators and users that are in the chatroom. All I have to code for this, is a small module that adds functionality to the real_name mod.

it's true that the name would not change along with the real_name field. i would think however that this is fine as the user intended to change their name. they may even like posting as a different name every time. doesn't matter much if the profile links all use the user_id anyway.

i guess what confuses me is that is what is the point of the author field at all then? seems kind of redundant if it is never supposed to be anything but what is in the users.username anyway.

mystery solved however and i got it working. thanks for answering.

r

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 and 5.2 ready)

rheo — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 22:40:56 -0600

It seems that this module does not actually store the real_name in the author field when you post.

Is there a reason for this?

Re: Real Name Module (5.1 ready)

Oliver Riesen-Mallmann — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 09:11:46 -0500

Hi Maurice,

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mmakaay
This is almost a full rewrite of the real_name module that was created by Oliver Riesen.

For the moment I stay with my own (well tested) version because time is short and it's offering everthing I need. But certainly I'll update to your version later.

Quote
mmakaay
The sorting function for the userlist for user drop down lists didn't work correctly.

For those already using version 1 I offer in my first post a corrected version which supports now also my new "Search Unanswered Topics" module.

Regards
Oliver