Link to Profile-pages ?

[erich37]

I have a Notice which welcomes the user and I am linking from there to the "User-Account-page" via www.domain.com/account/ in order for the user to easier find his Account.

Is there a way to also link to the user's "Profile-page" ?


Many thanks!

 

[oman]

Yep, it is. I tested around and came up with something that worked:

Check out your <a href="http://localhost/community/members/{name}.{user_id}">profile</a>!

Notice the dot between {name} and {user_id}.

 

[erich37]

Yep, it is. I tested around and came up with something that worked:

Check out your <a href="http://localhost/community/members/{name}.{user_id}">profile</a>!

Notice the dot between {name} and {user_id}.

Nope, that does not work.

Error: "page could not be found"

 

[oman]

Nope, that does not work.

Error: "page could not be found"

Did you adjust the url to suit your forum's address? I just did that on localhost.

 

[erich37]

Did you adjust the url to suit your forum's address? I just did that on localhost.

yeah, sure I did.
the code does not work on a live site....

 

[oman]

yeah, sure I did.
the code does not work on a live site....

Link me to your board. I'll see if I can work it out.

 

[Lycaon]

yeah, sure I did.
the code does not work on a live site....

I just tried it and it works fine.

 

[erich37]

ohhh..... sorry.

It works fine now

question:
Is there any reason why the first letter of the username is capitalised in the Link ?

 

[oman]

ohhh..... sorry.

It works fine now

question:
Is there any reason why the first letter of the username is capitalised in the Link ?

It shouldn't be unless the username has capitals.

 

[erich37]

yeah, the first letter of the username is in capital.

I am just wondering, because the default XF-Links to the user-profile-page do not show the first letter capitalised.
So there is a difference in the link-URL....

Does this matter or is it irrelevant ?

 

[oman]

yeah, the first letter of the username is in capital.

I am just wondering, because the default XF-Links to the user-profile-page do not show the first letter capitalised.
So there is a difference in the link-URL....

Does this matter or is it irrelevant ?

Shouldn't matter. I'll see if there is a way to make it lowercase.

 

[oman]

Tried adding this, but it didn't make it lowercase unfortunately.

Check out your <font style="text-transform: lowercase;"><a href="http://localhost/community/members/{name}.{user_id}">profile</a></font>!

 

[erich37]

well, I mean the first capital of the username is capitalized in the Link-URL itself.

example: username = Zaki

the URL from your code shows like this:
www.domain.com/members/Zaki.1

but the URL for the username at the top-right XF-default user-box shows like this:
www.domain.com/members/zaki.1

not sure why is this, as your code is just using the normal {name} code..... ?

 

[LPH]

I link to profile page using this code. The strtolower may be the missing piece.

<a href="/community/members/' . strtolower($XF->visitor->get('username')) . '.' . $XF->visitor->get('user_id') .'"> '. $current_user->display_name .'</a>

 

[erich37]

I link to profile page using this code. The strtolower may be the missing piece.

<a href="/community/members/' . strtolower($XF->visitor->get('username')) . '.' . $XF->visitor->get('user_id') .'"> '. $current_user->display_name .'</a>

huh, that is a long code

you can put this stuff into a "Notice" and it works ?

 

[LPH]

huh, that is a long code

you can put this stuff into a "Notice" and it works ?

I was giving you the code I have in my WP theme to link to a profile. I thought the strtolower might help.

 

[Paul B]

strtolower is a .php function and won't work in a Notice which only supports HTML.

 

[ManOnDaMoon]

The username text in the profile-page link does not matter. You could replace it with alpha-numeric garbage, it should still point to the right profile page as long as you leave the user ID number in place.

Example : http://xenforo.com/community/members/whatEVERyouWANThere.15071/

 

[LPH]

strtolower is a .php function and won't work in a Notice which only supports HTML.

Ah. I misread the OP and didn't know that either ...

 

[erich37]

The username text in the profile-page link does not matter. You could replace it with alpha-numeric garbage, it should still point to the right profile page as long as you leave the user ID number in place.

Example : http://xenforo.com/community/members/whatEVERyouWANThere.15071/

LOL.... learnt something again


Thanks a lot for your help guys !