- Compatible XF Versions
- 1.4
- 1.5
Display Name by Alex Chernov, adds display name functionality. If display name is set it will be shown instead of username.
Can be useful as is (user editable) or for other purposes like beautiful name for administrators\moderators.
Provides two helpers 'displaynamehtml' and 'richdisplayname', which override core 'usernamehtml' and 'richusername'. But if your templates uses $visitor.username variable to output name of user, you need replace it with helper.
INSTALLATION:
To use this plugin you need to install Custom Fields by Waindigo first -
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/th-custom-fields.885/
To install this add-on, you will need to extract the zip and upload all the
files from the contained upload directory onto your web server into the root
folder of your XenForo Directory.
Having uploaded the necessary files, you should log in to the Admin Control
Panel of your XenForo Installation and click on 'Install Add-on' under the
heading 'Add-ons' on the left-hand side of the Admin Control Panel under the Home' tab.
Upload file called 'addon-AlexusDisplayName.xml'.
If you are not able to find 'Display Name' in Users -> Custom User Fields, you can import it manually from 'field-AlexusDisplayName.xml' file.
GitHub - https://github.com/AlexusBlack/xenforo-AlexusDisplayName
Screenshot:
Can be useful as is (user editable) or for other purposes like beautiful name for administrators\moderators.
Provides two helpers 'displaynamehtml' and 'richdisplayname', which override core 'usernamehtml' and 'richusername'. But if your templates uses $visitor.username variable to output name of user, you need replace it with helper.
INSTALLATION:
To use this plugin you need to install Custom Fields by Waindigo first -
https://xenforo.com/community/resources/th-custom-fields.885/
To install this add-on, you will need to extract the zip and upload all the
files from the contained upload directory onto your web server into the root
folder of your XenForo Directory.
Having uploaded the necessary files, you should log in to the Admin Control
Panel of your XenForo Installation and click on 'Install Add-on' under the
heading 'Add-ons' on the left-hand side of the Admin Control Panel under the Home' tab.
Upload file called 'addon-AlexusDisplayName.xml'.
If you are not able to find 'Display Name' in Users -> Custom User Fields, you can import it manually from 'field-AlexusDisplayName.xml' file.
GitHub - https://github.com/AlexusBlack/xenforo-AlexusDisplayName
Screenshot:
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