OP indicator plugin?

[janelsenor]

One forum I visit has an OP indicator () that always appears next to the OP's name on every post they make in the thread. We're interested in using it on another forum, but I'm having trouble finding the plugin that enables that feature. Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

[CrazyBoy]

Is this what you're looking for ?
support.proboards.com/thread/606507/add-icon-corner-mini-profile

[janelsenor]

Feb 6, 2020 10:20:09 GMT -8 CrazyBoy said:

Is this what you're looking for ?
support.proboards.com/thread/606507/add-icon-corner-mini-profile

Possibly. I'm guessing it can be configured to be used as an OP indicator? We'll take a look at it.

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Feb 7, 2020 10:56:35 GMT -8 janelsenor said:

Feb 6, 2020 10:20:09 GMT -8 CrazyBoy said:

Is this what you're looking for ?
support.proboards.com/thread/606507/add-icon-corner-mini-profile

Possibly. I'm guessing it can be configured to be used as an OP indicator? We'll take a look at it.

I believe that plugin will not accomplish your desired goal. It's designed to add an icon to the Mini-profile of EVERY post made by a specific members or members of a specific groups.

If I understand correctly, what you're asking for is an identifier that is thread-specific. The thread-starter will have the icon on the mini-profile of his his OP and all other posts they make within the thread. But NOT in their mini-profile for posts where they are replying to other people's threads?

Is that correct?

Also, if you supply a link to the forum where you see the icon being used in the way you described, I can look at the page source and perhaps determine what plugin they're using. However, this function might be embedded in the theme they are using, not in a plugin.

[janelsenor]

Feb 7, 2020 12:25:31 GMT -8 Retread said:

If I understand correctly, what you're asking for is an identifier that is thread-specific. The thread-starter will have the icon on the mini-profile of his his OP and all other posts they make within the thread. But NOT in their mini-profile for posts where they are replying to other people's threads?

Is that correct?

Yes. That's what I'm looking for.

Feb 7, 2020 12:25:31 GMT -8 Retread said:

Also, if you supply a link to the forum where you see the icon being used in the way you described, I can look at the page source and perhaps determine what plugin they're using. However, this function might be embedded in the theme they are using, not in a plugin.

imdb2.freeforums.net/

They have multiple themes to choose from and it seems to be present on all of them.

Thanks for the help.

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Feb 8, 2020 8:22:31 GMT -8 janelsenor said:

imdb2.freeforums.net/

They have multiple themes to choose from and it seems to be present on all of them.

Thanks for the help.

Yes, the threads I viewed on that forum exhibit the behavior we described. I looked at the page source and of the plugin names I recognize, none of them would do what you're looking for. The other names appear to be unpublished in the ProBoards library, and the names don't suggest them being involved, but that's never a certainty.

I don't see any scripts they're using that would perform that function, but I might be missing something.

What I did notice is that every mini-profile has this in the beginning:
<div class="author"><span class="float-left"><img src="http://storage.proboards.com/6692551/images/pEFaEjHBdtkZsSRobTQv.png"></span><span class="float-right"><img title="OP

" src="http://storage.proboards.com/6692551/images/NcdyyiYxngIILPHRanNM.png"></span></div>
The first image is just a 14px x 14px blank. The second one is the green indicator of which we speak.

The difference is, wherever the author of the post is also the author of the thread, the class author has the property: display:block;.

In cases where the author of the post is not the author of the thread, the class author has the property: display:none;.

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That leads me to believe all themes being used on that forum have the Mini-profile layout template modified with the addition I mentioned. Then (perhaps in the foreach loop of the Post List tab of the Thread layout template) a decision is being made and the display property of the author class is being defined.

iirc, bartlesby is on staff at that forum. He might be willing to weigh in here and shed some light on how this is actually being accomplished.

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In any case, this does seem like something that could be accomplished with a plugin, although it seems a bit beyond my grasp. So I'll step aside now and hope that someone with more skills will take over.

[Peter]

github.com/PopThosePringles/ProBoards-Original-Poster-Indicator/releases

[CrazyBoy]

Thank's Peter for making it editable

[Peter]

Lots of plugins on GitHub are editable if you are after tinkering around with them.

github.com/topics/proboards

[CrazyBoy]

Feb 9, 2020 12:53:05 GMT -8 Peter said:

Lots of plugins on GitHub are editable if you are after tinkering around with them.

github.com/topics/proboards

You're really nice Peter !!
Awesome, I'll install them one by one