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Chapter 24 Board Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 3:38 pm Post subject: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Hi, I have a member with a long user name (25 characters including spaces), and in one forum section only, the threads he makes wind up being double-spaced because his name as thread creator goes to three lines (his name is three words). This doesn't happen in any of the other forum sections. In the other sections, his name only takes up two lines and the spacing remains normal and consistent with the other threads.
Anyone familiar with this problem and can help me fix it (aside from telling him to shorten his name)? I don't know why it should be fine in all forum sections but one. It's as if the width of the frames surrounding the topic field are narrower or something and it can't accommodate the long name without forcing it to three lines and creating extra space to the top and bottom of each subject line of the threads he's created. I hate how it breaks up the consistency of the topic list page spacing.
I hope I'm making enough sense as I'm typing this quickly while on break from work. |
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Dog Cow Board Member
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Chapter 24 Board Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Thank you for the quick reply.
I'm afraid that I'll need a bit more guidance though. I've edited files to install some MODs a couple years ago, but that's about it for my phpbb programming knowledge.
How do I implement this suggestion and what does it do? Does it cut off part of his name?
Exactly which file do I edit? Or is it a database query?
Any extra info is appreciated. Thanks! |
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Dog Cow Board Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Chapter 24 wrote: | Does it cut off part of his name? | Yes.
Quote: | Exactly which file do I edit? | viewforum.php
To truncate the topic author's name to 20 characters, make the following revision to viewforum.php:
FIND Code: | $topic_author .= ( $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['username'] : ( ( $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] != '' ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] : $lang['Guest'] ); |
REPLACE WITH Code: | $topic_author .= ( $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? substr($topic_rowset[$i]['username'], 0, 20) : ( ( $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] != '' ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] : $lang['Guest'] ); |
That is all. _________________ Moof!
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Merri Board Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:49 am Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Since I consider that more as a workaround method, I'd like to see the actual page in question. I'm probably able to see what could be changed in the template/CSS to make it manage this problem better, so that there wouldn't be a need to shorten the user's name. _________________ Comboa Twitter |
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lumpy burgertushie Board Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 9:56 pm Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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why not make it a rule that you can only have x characters in your name and enforce the rule?
change his name to a more normal username so it won't disrupt your layout.
robert |
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Chapter 24 Board Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Thanks everyone for the replies and suggestions
Does phpbb2 already have a built-in maximum character limit on user names? I've actually been meaning to ask that question for awhile. I was thinking it was limited to 25 characters already because there was a person who once registered using a name that was a lyric line from a song and it seemed to cut him off in the middle of a word once he hit 25 characters. I never got around to testing to see if I could register a name using more than 25 characters or not.
Since first posting this question here I have noticed why his name goes to three lines on this one particular forum page and not the others. It is because on the other pages there are people who started threads who have fairly long names, but no spaces in the names, so those names are forcing the "author" field to expand, and thus accommodate this new guy's name within two lines rather than breaking it up into three lines.
I'm starting to get used to how it looks, and I'm probably the only one on the forum who cares about it anyway ... not sure if I should try doing anything about it or not. |
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Dog Cow Board Member
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Chapter 24 Board Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:29 am Post subject: Re: Long user name alters format of one forum section only |
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Sorry I didn't reply sooner, but thank you for confirming that Dog Cow. |
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