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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
 Posted - 06 June 2005 : 14:54:35
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This is kind of interesting - any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
I've created a test forum for a high school. Given that everyone knows everyone else by his or her "real" name, I wanted to include each person's "real" name under his or her username in their posts. To do that, I used the suggestions in these threads:
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=54470
http://forum.snitz.com/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=33928
The first thread describes making fields mandatory in registration; the second discusses displaying the names. The suggestions in all four were followed with two exceptions regarding the second topic - in that one, I placed the "call" to the "real" name so that the "real" name comes immediately under the username.
There are currently three users - Host, FG1 and FG2. Host has no "real" name - that's the super admin. FG1 has a "real" name of Frank GoBell. FG2 has a "real" name of Bob Smith. The password for FG1 is test1; the password for FG2 is test2.
Here is the problem. When I create a thread, the name for the logged in user appears as it should. But when I log out and log in as the other user and post, the "real" name of the first user - the one that started the thread - appears under the other user's username. For an example, see http://wilsgo.com/hodja/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3. The first two posts, by FG1, correctly show the user's "real" name to be "John Doe". However, the third post, by Host, and the fourth post, by FG2, also show "John Doe" as the users' "real" names - they should be blank and "Bob Smith", respectively.
Likewise, if I log in as Host and post, the "real" name is blank (as it should be). Thereafter, if I log into the same thread as either FG1 or FG2, the "real" name for both is also blank.
To create this effect, I modified the files pop_profile.asp, register.asp, inc_profile.asp, and topic.asp. Text versions are located at:
http://wilsgo.com/hodja/pop_profile.txt
http://wilsgo.com/hodja/register.txt
http://wilsgo.com/hodja/inc_profile.txt
http://wilsgo.com/hodja/topic.txt
Finally, this is a vanilla install of the latest version of Snitz, running on the included Access database, running on a Windows 2000 server.
I'm baffled - this doesn't seem to be a cookies issue (although I haven't been able to test it on a second "client" computer). Again, if anyone can offer some thoughts, I'd be most appreciative. |
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 07 June 2005 : 15:28:25
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| Update: If anyone tried to access the site or the files listed above in the last 12 hours or so, my apologies for them not being accessible. My test site sits on my home server, and I lost power due to a thunderstorm. If you want to take a look, everything is back up. Sorry for the inconvenience if your tried while it was down. |
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Ranko
Junior Member
400 Posts |
Posted - 07 June 2005 : 18:11:52
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Response.Write " <tr>" & vbNewLine & _
" <td bgcolor=""" & CColor & """ valign=""top"" width=""" & strTopicWidthLeft & """"
if lcase(strTopicNoWrapLeft) = "1" then Response.Write(" nowrap")
Response.Write ">" & vbNewLine & _
" <p><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strDefaultFontSize & """><b><span class=""spnMessageText"">" & profileLink(ChkString(Reply_MemberName,"display"),Reply_Author) & "</span></b></font><br />" & vbNewLine
Response.Write " <font color=""" & strForumFontColor & """ face=""" & srDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strFooterFontSize & """><small>" & Member_FirstName & " " & Member_LastName & "</small></font><br />" & vbNewline
if strShowRank = 1 or strShowRank = 3 then
Response.Write " <font color=""" & strForumFontColor & """ face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strFooterFontSize & """><small>" & ChkString(getMember_Level(Reply_MemberTitle, Reply_MemberLevel, Reply_MemberPosts),"display") & "</small></font><br />" & vbNewLine
end if
if strShowRank = 2 or strShowRank = 3 then
Response.Write " " & getStar_Level(Reply_MemberLevel, Reply_MemberPosts) & "<br />" & vbNewLine
end if
The red stuff needs to read:
<small>" & Reply_FirstName & " " & Reply_LastName & "</small> |
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 07 June 2005 : 22:44:39
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| Brilliant! Ranko, thank you. That did the trick. Very much appreciated! |
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Ranko
Junior Member
400 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2005 : 04:09:31
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| No problemo; don't forget to show off your forum when you are happy with it in the Show Off Your Forum forum. |
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2005 : 10:06:58
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Will do - still quite some work to go at this point.
By the way, would anyone be interested in this as a mod, uploaded to SnitzBitz? While I think it would be of limited use (such as what I intend - a high school site where the users know each other by name anyway), it might come in handy for those who are doing something similar. In addition, if one edits only topic.asp, showing the users' real names would occur only for those users who decide to provide that information.
Assuming I do that, a question on protocol. I think at least four individuals provided most of the code or helped in tweaking it (with Ranko being the most recent). Would it be considered in bad form to email each of those individuals through this board to inquire whether they would like to provide their identities for attribution? |
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Ranko
Junior Member
400 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2005 : 11:55:58
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Well I think more MODs on Snitzbitz is always good.
Mailing thing is also, IMHO, a nice and a polite way to go.
And my name is Ranko, so my identity is provided. |
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Soar
Junior Member
USA
197 Posts |
Posted - 08 June 2005 : 13:15:33
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quote:
Originally posted by Ranko
Well I think more MODs on Snitzbitz is always good.
Mailing thing is also, IMHO, a nice and a polite way to go.
And my name is Ranko, so my identity is provided.
Ah, and you can rest assured that your name is already in the readme! I'll give a shout to the others, and see if they have an objection. Thanks, once more. |
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