Add username to action string

[DVS]

This may be a simple mod request for you masters, but here's my request:

I'm using frames with YaBBSE with a master menu in a seperate frame from the YaBBSE system.  My problem is that some commands need the username included within the string (Ex: "...action=chat;user=dvs").

Can someone make a mod (or a PHP file to call) that will take the Chat command and add the person's username to the string and send it?

Thanks for any help!

Anthony

[Grudge]

Do you mean so you could link to the chat action from outside the forum frame? If so I think you may need to use something like SSI. Open SSI.php and make a new function called "showusername" or similar. You can take adapt the code from WelcomeMsg (or whatever SSI shows the welcome screen for a user). Basically- just make the function return the username and add it into the url.

Don't know if this is what you want or not. Personally I would HIGHLY advise dumping frames - they are just plain evil! You can make a nicer site with tables but without the this kind of hastle

[DVS]

Do you mean so you could link to the chat action from outside the forum frame?

Yes.

If so I think you may need to use something like SSI. Open SSI.php and make a new function called "showusername" or similar.

Hmmm...I'll look into that...thanks!

Personally I would HIGHLY advise dumping frames - they are just plain evil! You can make a nicer site with tables but without the this kind of hastle

I agree as I've always hated frames, but I have an animated Flash-based menu that I'd like to keep static on top without having to load it in every page.

Thanks again!

Anthony

[DVS]

Just for the record so others may benefit, I found a real easy solution to integrate the username to the chat action.

In Chat.php. line 10 is:

$user=urldecode($user);

Change it to:

$user = $username;

That works for me so far with no errors (only been testing it for an hour so far though).  But I logged in with a few different usernames in YaBB and the login usernames all passed through ok to Chat.

Hope this helps.

Anthony