modifying user info on posts

[Faevilangel]

i am looking into a mod that involves the member name next to their post

i have found where it shows - display.template.php and the code is

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$message['member']['link']


now where do i find the above so i can modify it ?

thanks

[Arantor]

It really isn't as simple as that.

What exactly do you want to do with posts? A user's name is already against their post - at least normally.

[Faevilangel]

basically in vb, the user name when clicked displays a menu, so was going to do this to smf

[Arantor]

You'd be better off not touching how $message['member']['link'] is built in Display.php, but simply modifying how it is displayed in Display.template.php, you can get the user name from $message['member']['name'] and their id from $message['member']['id'].

Though if you are planning to distribute as a mod, I can see the potential benefit in modding it in Display.php itself and injecting a JS menu into ['link'].

[Faevilangel]

yeah hopefully will release it as a mod 

this will be my first so going to be a fun exercise

[Arantor]

In which case, I would look at Display.php not Display.template.php, if only because you are marginally more likely to make it easier to install (and not have to have hundreds of 'how do I put this on [insert-theme-name] theme' requests)

Any problems please do ask in the forum; there are plenty of current modders about.

[Faevilangel]

thanks mate, great help as usual