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    Change A Name in the Chatbox Only?

    Kfalash
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    Post by Kfalash Tue 5 Apr - 0:58

    Hello there. I was wondering if it was possible to change a name only in the chatbox. For example, your forum name would stay the same but anytime you're in the chatbox it would be something else.

    Forum name; Shudaar
    Chatbox name; Fancy Shu

    Thanks for any help in advance ^^
    Take Notes
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    Post by Take Notes Tue 5 Apr - 1:03

    I don't believe this is possible with the Forumotioh ChatBox, you can do this however by installing an outside Shoutbox. All you got to does just search on Google or whatever search engine you use.
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    Post by Ange Tuteur Tue 5 Apr - 14:34

    Hi @Kfalash,

    Yes it's possible, however, the names can only be managed by administrators. Add the following CSS rules to your stylesheet :
    Admin Panel > Display > Colors > CSS stylesheet
    Code:
    span[data-user="1"] { font-size:0; }
    span[data-user="1"]:after {
      content:"NO NAME";
      font-size:12px;
    }

    The rules above can be used to change the name of any user in the chatbox, you just need to edit the following parts :

    1. The Id
    Replace the 1 in both
    Code:
    data-user="1"
    with the user id of the user whose name you want to change. For example, I'm 88576 https://help.forumotion.com/u88576 so my code would look like this :
    Code:
    span[data-user="88576"] { font-size:0; }
    span[data-user="88576"]:after {
      content:"NO NAME";
      font-size:12px;
    }


    2. The name
    To change the username all you need to do is replace "NO NAME" with whatever you like. Coffee Monster for example :
    Code:
    span[data-user="88576"] { font-size:0; }
    span[data-user="88576"]:after {
      content:"Coffee Monster";
      font-size:12px;
    }

    Follow the same steps above for each user whose name you want to change. Note that commands like "/me" will still show your original name.

    If you have any questions let me know. Wink
    Kfalash
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    Post by Kfalash Tue 5 Apr - 22:07

    Thanks Ange Tuteur ^^
    Just one thing though, it works fine on a regular member without a glow, icon, ect. But when I did it on myself it did this...

    https://i.imgur.com/UHjGxRD.png

    Normally, without the name change, I'd look like this

    https://i.imgur.com/f6jb3Aq.png

    So, is there a way to fix that? Other than that it's great and thank you for it. This might just be something in the glow code I'd need to fix but I just wanted to make sure. Razz

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