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*sigh* All that time searching and the answer was in the var:

$user->data['username'];


No fancy tricks or anything- I deconstructed a MOD to get it. Realy wish I found it sooner.

For those who don't know, you have to assign $userdata['username']; to a var (like $a_username) before you use it ...

Alright, I've been working on this around the clock without much success. Here are some updates:

:idea: Php variables do work in template files (which means the above quote only applyed to PhpBB2)

:idea: I had assumed that since all the files were compiled and catched before being run that I ...

That should be easy to do if you know CSS or use a simple tutorial on CSS tables. You should find some topics here that will help you:

(PhpBB)
http://phpbbcom.phpbbservice.nl/kb/3.0/

And here:

(CSS)
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_intro.asp

Here are some links that may help you out - hopefuly you will find what you need.
http://html-color-codes.com/
http://74.125.113.132/search?q=cache:hTxM1rQNvr0J:https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php%3Ff%3D74%26t%3D547983%26start%3D0+PhpBB+CSS+color&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=5&gl=us

More generic info ...

http://area51.phpbb.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=12672&start=150

Re: Templating ... a simple guide
by geckzilla » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:10 am

... ... ...

...I thought the <!--PHP--> tags would be a godsend but as it turns out you can't include phpbb variables within the php tags.


Judging by ...

I've been trying to use variables from
http://phpbbcom.phpbbservice.nl/kb/article/list-of-userdata-variables.html
in the _body file of one of my custom PhpBB integrated pages; the problem is that they keep returning empty. On the page listed above they said that the follow code would work:
echo ...

Clear your forum;s cache.
Use the bottom button on the front page of the Admin control panel.

Instead of using the options on the "Styles" tab of the ACP I used the clear forum cache button like you said and it worked!

Problem Solved!

Thank you Brf, jdman321 and bolverk for your help!

I'm not a PhpBB or Php guru, but let's see if I can't help a bit:


Question 3

Is it possible (I think so ^^ because I've seen it in other phpbb forums) , is it possible to make some restriction in posting some links ?
for example , users that have less than 10 posts can't post links ..

I belive ...

Yes, I am changing the files via file manager; I am not using the ACP to change the files.

(And, thanks, BTW, for taking the time to try and help me out - I appreciate it)

jdman321 wrote:In some cases it takes some time for it to actually show the change(s) on the boards.

It's been more then a week and they still aren't changing one little bit.