How do i remove this?

[1833]

Hi

How do i remove the user's info that appears at left side of every comment on a thread?

I attach a screenshot

[Steve]

Edited out unnecessary question.

[ARG01]

<---------  I believe that he means the profile area.

[margarett]

You want to remove all the user info? So... Who posted what?
It is doable, yes. But a strange request, nonetheless...

[Kindred]

Before we go handing out code which would be viewed as breaking the system, Perhaps an explanation of WHY anyone would want to remove the poster information from the posts?

[ARG01]

Before we go handing out code which would be viewed as breaking the system, Perhaps an explanation of WHY anyone would want to remove the poster information from the posts?

This is exactly why I did not offer a solution just yet. 

[1833]

Before we go handing out code which would be viewed as breaking the system, Perhaps an explanation of WHY anyone would want to remove the poster information from the posts?

Oh dear, excuse the awkwardness please, it happened as a result of gadget malfunction, i haven't got stable network till now. Very sorry!

Some of the things i posted do not appear, dunno why, but i posted twice in this thread and uploaded two screenshots.

The screenshot below is how i want the posts to look like after removing the left side profile area. I want only the username to appear along with comments.

[1833]

Edited out unnecessary question.

Action not deliberate, apologies.

[Illori]

maybe http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2924 would be useful.

[1833]

maybe http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=2924 would be useful.

Ehm, i saw that mod before and skip it. Thanks.

[Kindred]

you're really sort of looking for a custom theme to make your site look like VB... (ICK, BTW, very ICK)

[1833]

you're really sort of looking for a custom theme to make your site look like VB... (ICK, BTW, very ICK)

Something a little more like above screenshot, be it theme, mod or a code to edit it look that way.

[Kindred]

basically - what you ask is not a MINOR change... it's a fairly MAJOR layout change...   which takes it well outside the real of support and into the real of custom coding.

[1833]

basically - what you ask is not a MINOR change... it's a fairly MAJOR layout change...   which takes it well outside the real of support and into the real of custom coding.

How unfortunate, so, it wasn't easy as I presume. Thanks for the education.

However, I will so much appreciate a veteran advice about this custom coding, I pretty much learn the basics of php from w3schools and some random youtube videos and am putting effort to learn as much as I can, is php enough and are the sources am learning from good enough to support me excel to a stage I can customize my site to my taste?

[Antechinus]

Yeah you can do it. It is really more suited for the "Coding Discussion" or "Graphics and Temples" boards, rather than 2.0.x support as such. This board is for problems with the default installation.

Anyway, someone can move the thread if necessary.

What you want to do isn't that difficult ( IMO, says he from his ivory tower ). One question: what is the @Whoever text?

[1833]

Relieved at last, glad I didn't fall for that power yoga thing[something proposed by a close friend], it will now be power php all the way. Wish me success

About  @whoever, dunno what the heck that is!

[Gwenwyfar]

Removing everything but name and online status would be very simple, but to have it look like that you'll have to edit quite a bit around the php indeed. The text files to display gender info as well, probably. Its still just moving things around on the code and removing others though, so shouldn't be too complicated.

[Antechinus]

Relieved at last, glad I didn't fall for that power yoga thing[something proposed by a close friend], it will now be power php all the way. Wish me success

About  @whoever, dunno what the heck that is!

You have avatar > username > gender > @whoever

[kat]

In the default theme's Display.template.php I removed this lot and it seems to do what you want...

...'course, the theme that you're using might be subtly different.

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// Show the member's custom title, if they have one.
if (!empty($message['member']['title']))
echo '
<li class="title">', $message['member']['title'], '</li>';

// Show the member's primary group (like 'Administrator') if they have one.
if (!empty($message['member']['group']))
echo '
<li class="membergroup">', $message['member']['group'], '</li>';

// Don't show these things for guests.
if (!$message['member']['is_guest'])
{
// Show the post group if and only if they have no other group or the option is on, and they are in a post group.
if ((empty($settings['hide_post_group']) || $message['member']['group'] == '') && $message['member']['post_group'] != '')
echo '
<li class="postgroup">', $message['member']['post_group'], '</li>';
echo '
<li class="stars">', $message['member']['group_stars'], '</li>';

// Show avatars, images, etc.?
if (!empty($settings['show_user_images']) && empty($options['show_no_avatars']) && !empty($message['member']['avatar']['image']))
echo '
<li class="avatar">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=profile;u=', $message['member']['id'], '">
', $message['member']['avatar']['image'], '
</a>
</li>';

// Show how many posts they have made.
if (!isset($context['disabled_fields']['posts']))
echo '
<li class="postcount">', $txt['member_postcount'], ': ', $message['member']['posts'], '</li>';

// Is karma display enabled?  Total or +/-?
if ($modSettings['karmaMode'] == '1')
echo '
<li class="karma">', $modSettings['karmaLabel'], ' ', $message['member']['karma']['good'] - $message['member']['karma']['bad'], '</li>';
elseif ($modSettings['karmaMode'] == '2')
echo '
<li class="karma">', $modSettings['karmaLabel'], ' +', $message['member']['karma']['good'], '/-', $message['member']['karma']['bad'], '</li>';

// Is this user allowed to modify this member's karma?
if ($message['member']['karma']['allow'])
echo '
<li class="karma_allow">
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=modifykarma;sa=applaud;uid=', $message['member']['id'], ';topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.' . $context['start'], ';m=', $message['id'], ';', $context['session_var'], '=', $context['session_id'], '">', $modSettings['karmaApplaudLabel'], '</a>
<a href="', $scripturl, '?action=modifykarma;sa=smite;uid=', $message['member']['id'], ';topic=', $context['current_topic'], '.', $context['start'], ';m=', $message['id'], ';', $context['session_var'], '=', $context['session_id'], '">', $modSettings['karmaSmiteLabel'], '</a>
</li>';

// Show the member's gender icon?
if (!empty($settings['show_gender']) && $message['member']['gender']['image'] != '' && !isset($context['disabled_fields']['gender']))
echo '
<li class="gender">', $txt['gender'], ': ', $message['member']['gender']['image'], '</li>';

// Show their personal text?
if (!empty($settings['show_blurb']) && $message['member']['blurb'] != '')
echo '
<li class="blurb">', $message['member']['blurb'], '</li>';

// Any custom fields to show as icons?
if (!empty($message['member']['custom_fields']))
{
$shown = false;
foreach ($message['member']['custom_fields'] as $custom)
{
if ($custom['placement'] != 1 || empty($custom['value']))
continue;
if (empty($shown))
{
$shown = true;
echo '
<li class="im_icons">
<ul>';
}
echo '
<li>', $custom['value'], '</li>';
}
if ($shown)
echo '
</ul>
</li>';
}

// This shows the popular messaging icons.
if ($message['member']['has_messenger'] && $message['member']['can_view_profile'])
echo '
<li class="im_icons">
<ul>
', !empty($message['member']['icq']['link']) ? '<li>' . $message['member']['icq']['link'] . '</li>' : '', '
', !empty($message['member']['msn']['link']) ? '<li>' . $message['member']['msn']['link'] . '</li>' : '', '
', !empty($message['member']['aim']['link']) ? '<li>' . $message['member']['aim']['link'] . '</li>' : '', '
', !empty($message['member']['yim']['link']) ? '<li>' . $message['member']['yim']['link'] . '</li>' : '', '
</ul>
</li>';

// Show the profile, website, email address, and personal message buttons.
if ($settings['show_profile_buttons'])
{
echo '
<li class="profile">
<ul>';
// Don't show the profile button if you're not allowed to view the profile.
if ($message['member']['can_view_profile'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $message['member']['href'], '">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/icons/profile_sm.gif" alt="' . $txt['view_profile'] . '" title="' . $txt['view_profile'] . '" />' : $txt['view_profile']), '</a></li>';

// Don't show an icon if they haven't specified a website.
if ($message['member']['website']['url'] != '' && !isset($context['disabled_fields']['website']))
echo '
<li><a href="', $message['member']['website']['url'], '" title="' . $message['member']['website']['title'] . '" target="_blank" class="new_win">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/www_sm.gif" alt="' . $message['member']['website']['title'] . '" />' : $txt['www']), '</a></li>';

// Don't show the email address if they want it hidden.
if (in_array($message['member']['show_email'], array('yes', 'yes_permission_override', 'no_through_forum')))
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=emailuser;sa=email;msg=', $message['id'], '" rel="nofollow">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/email_sm.gif" alt="' . $txt['email'] . '" title="' . $txt['email'] . '" />' : $txt['email']), '</a></li>';

// Since we know this person isn't a guest, you *can* message them.
if ($context['can_send_pm'])
echo '
<li><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=pm;sa=send;u=', $message['member']['id'], '" title="', $message['member']['online']['is_online'] ? $txt['pm_online'] : $txt['pm_offline'], '">', $settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/im_' . ($message['member']['online']['is_online'] ? 'on' : 'off') . '.gif" alt="' . ($message['member']['online']['is_online'] ? $txt['pm_online'] : $txt['pm_offline']) . '" />' : ($message['member']['online']['is_online'] ? $txt['pm_online'] : $txt['pm_offline']), '</a></li>';

echo '
</ul>
</li>';
}

// Any custom fields for standard placement?
if (!empty($message['member']['custom_fields']))
{
foreach ($message['member']['custom_fields'] as $custom)
if (empty($custom['placement']) || empty($custom['value']))
echo '
<li class="custom">', $custom['title'], ': ', $custom['value'], '</li>';
}

// Are we showing the warning status?
if ($message['member']['can_see_warning'])
echo '
<li class="warning">', $context['can_issue_warning'] ? '<a href="' . $scripturl . '?action=profile;area=issuewarning;u=' . $message['member']['id'] . '">' : '', '<img src="', $settings['images_url'], '/warning_', $message['member']['warning_status'], '.gif" alt="', $txt['user_warn_' . $message['member']['warning_status']], '" />', $context['can_issue_warning'] ? '</a>' : '', '<span class="warn_', $message['member']['warning_status'], '">', $txt['warn_' . $message['member']['warning_status']], '</span></li>';
}
// Otherwise, show the guest's email.
elseif (!empty($message['member']['email']) && in_array($message['member']['show_email'], array('yes', 'yes_permission_override', 'no_through_forum')))
echo '
<li class="email"><a href="', $scripturl, '?action=emailuser;sa=email;msg=', $message['id'], '" rel="nofollow">', ($settings['use_image_buttons'] ? '<img src="' . $settings['images_url'] . '/email_sm.gif" alt="' . $txt['email'] . '" title="' . $txt['email'] . '" />' : $txt['email']), '</a></li>';

[1833]

Removing everything but name and online status would be very simple, but to have it look like that you'll have to edit quite a bit around the php indeed. The text files to display gender info as well, probably. Its still just moving things around on the code and removing others though, so shouldn't be too complicated.

Could you please direct me to the things I should remove/modify.