Post As An Alternative User

[[SiNaN]]

Mee too.

[Ncen]

Could i somehow get it to not show "Guest" when i Post as forum-staff? And siply show nothing at all? If this would affect everyone posting as guest, that would be okay, i just can't find how to change it.

[Chopper]

This is an excellent mod, it works really well.

[[SiNaN]]

Could i somehow get it to not show "Guest" when i Post as forum-staff? And siply show nothing at all? If this would affect everyone posting as guest, that would be okay, i just can't find how to change it.

You can create a new user named Forum Staff and post as this user.

[Ncen]

You can create a new user named Forum Staff and post as this user.

The problem with that is that my members would PM the User"Forum Staff", so i would simply like to take out the Group-name. Or possibly change the group-name. Since Guests can not post in my forum, could i just change the Group-name somehow to something like "~" or whatever, would that change the value for "Forum Staff"'s group, and if so, could someone point me in the right direction, please?

[Eliana Tamerin]

Just set the Forum Staff user's PM ignore list to "*" (which blocks all PMs), and then put in the signature "Do not PM this account." If they do anyways, it's their own fault for not following the rules.

[[SiNaN]]

You can create a new user named Forum Staff and post as this user.

The problem with that is that my members would PM the User"Forum Staff", so i would simply like to take out the Group-name. Or possibly change the group-name. Since Guests can not post in my forum, could i just change the Group-name somehow to something like "~" or whatever, would that change the value for "Forum Staff"'s group, and if so, could someone point me in the right direction, please?

Sources/Display.php

Find:

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$memberContext[$message['ID_MEMBER']]['group'] = $txt[28];


Replace:

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$memberContext[$message['ID_MEMBER']]['group'] = 'WHATYOUWANTTOBESHOWN';


[Ncen]

Thank you so much [SiNaN]! It worked great!

And thanks for the suggestion Eliana Tamerin, i didn't realize it could be done like that. However, just removing the group was a better alternative for my site.

[soyabiatch]

all of my posts come up as forum staff even though I put a name in the box

[Eliana Tamerin]

You can't put a name in the box. You have to put the ID number of the user.

How do you find the ID number?
-Right click on the user's name on any page.
-Click Copy Link Location or Copy Link Address or Copy Shortcut
-You'll get a link like this: http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=profile;u=150900
-This is the part you need: 150900 (See where to find it? http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?action=profile;u=150900)
-Copy/Paste or type that number into the box and post as an alternative user!

[SBurke930]

Much easier to navigate, thank you.

[soyabiatch]

thankyou, love it

[[SiNaN]]

Thanks Elina.

[Eliana Tamerin]

No problem, [SiNaN].

[Sabre™]

Hi [SiNaN]

This failed installing to the post template, and when I went to manually install it, I couldnt find the section.
I have other mods that may have altered the selected area.
Could you look at my template please?

Thank You in advance.

[ccbtimewiz]

Hi [SiNaN]

This failed installing to the post template, and when I went to manually install it, I couldnt find the section.
I have other mods that may have altered the selected area.
Could you look at my template please?

Thank You in advance.

I did it for you instead. Here you go.

[Sabre™]

Thanks ccbtimewiz, it works perfect 

I went through your addition, and noticed the subtle changes youve made.
Very nice mate.
With my limited knowledge(limited = non existent), I would never have gotten this to work.

Thanks again bud 

ADDITION: Would there be a way to get this to change previous posts, to "forum staff" posts?

[ccbtimewiz]

Thanks ccbtimewiz, it works perfect 

I went through your addition, and noticed the subtle changes youve made.
Very nice mate.
With my limited knowledge(limited = non existent), I would never have gotten this to work.

Thanks again bud 

ADDITION: Would there be a way to get this to change previous posts, to "forum staff" posts?

Indeed. You had the other mod Sinan made in your template. Just change the owner of the topic to "0" or make another account called "Forum Staff" and type their ID in the field.

[[unplugged]]

Hello. I had the "Admins Can Post As Alternative User" installed on my site and tweaked a bit to allow users to post as an account set up called Anonymous.

Basically, I believe that this is essentially what this mod does. My question then is do you have any plans on making this available for SMF2.0? It's a fantastic idea and I have been without such a feature for far too long. 

Thanks for your time.

[[SiNaN]]

Thanks ccbtimewiz for support.

SunKing, so many people waiting my mods to be updated for 2.0, but really I do not have time. I have 13 mods and the que is:

-SimplePortal
-Profile Visitors
-Automatic Karma
-Topic Locked Message
-Post As An Alternative User
-.....