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Sveinung Grytøyr
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12 years 1 month ago - 12 years 1 month ago #101905 by Sveinung Grytøyr

Written by username was created by Sveinung Grytøyr

Is there a way to set written by as username instead of Name in global configuration?

Much like this post btw, my username is Moraxxus, and i would like that to be displayed instead of my full name...

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12 years 1 month ago #101906 by Lefteris

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Hi. No there is no such an option.

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12 years 1 month ago #101907 by Sveinung Grytøyr

Replied by Sveinung Grytøyr on topic Re: Written by username

And there is no way to achieve this at all? I do not understand why you would want to post by your real name in stead of user name...

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12 years 1 month ago #101908 by Lefteris

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I also do not understand why you want to post by your username instead of your real name.... Anyway you can achieve what you want by making a template override and use the following code:

<?php echo $item->author->username; ?>

<?php echo $this->item->author->username; ?>

depending on the context.

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12 years 1 month ago #101909 by Sveinung Grytøyr

Replied by Sveinung Grytøyr on topic Re: Written by username

Thank you so much! This helped and worked like a charm.

Unfortunatley, I am to much of a noob to find the way to do the same for user comments. As far as I can see, it is already picked out to be userName. Am I in the wrong file, or is it another way to change the comment author?

Really appreciate it!

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12 years 1 month ago #101910 by Lefteris

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Comments is a different situation because a commenter may be a guest and do not have username.

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12 years 1 month ago #101911 by Sveinung Grytøyr

Replied by Sveinung Grytøyr on topic Re: Written by username

Yes, but are there a way to set it up so that they will use the username instead of name IF they are logged in?

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12 years 1 month ago #101912 by Lefteris

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Everything can be done. You need to know PHP programming and hack K2 core files to achieve this. There is no option for this in K2.

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12 years 1 month ago #101913 by Sveinung Grytøyr

Replied by Sveinung Grytøyr on topic Re: Written by username

Okay. Regardless, thank you wery much, you have been of great help, and I cannot start to tell you how much I appreciate the great service at K2! Thank you again!

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12 years 1 month ago #101914 by Lefteris

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You are welcome.

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