How to get my theme to always show who started the thread

kjaonline

I need my forum to always display who started the thread and the latest response at all times at the all discussions page and category page. How do I do this on the default theme?

KCallwood

Did you ever figure that out @kjaonline ?

gharald

I figured out a way to add the thread starter's avatar to each thread. It is pretty complicated but works in Version 2.0.18.10. You have to copy /discussions/helper_functions.php into your site's custom theme, and then add this to the WriteDiscussion function:

?php echo UserPhoto($First, array('LinkClass'=>'ProfilePhotoCategory','ImageClass'=>'ProfilePhotoSmall')); ?>

Presumably there are other functions/variables that you can use to expose the username, but I haven't got that far yet. If you do, please post here.

whu606

@KCallwood

For such an old thread (2+ years...), it would have been better to start a new one, with details of what you actually want to achieve.

@gharald

This plugin: http://vanillaforums.org/addon/indexphotos-plugin adds the author and poster avatar.

peregrine

authortimeview plugin also works on the discussion page and there is another plugin I can't recall that also does something similar.