Most users in my community do not want to have their full name displayed. How can I change K2 to display ONLY username and never full name? They do not want to share e-mail addresses with each other either so I must be able to hide this.Thanks in advance!Trond :-)

I'm new to K2 but the only 2 ways I know of are to set up a user and enter just a first name or alias in the name place.

Or when you go to publish your article, enter an author alias under author and publishing stats. To hide the email addresses you can disable that in the category or posts author options.

The first option would work well if people are likely to forget to change it when posting.

Hi!

Using only first name is not a good solution and the other one will generate to much support.
Is there a workaround for this one? I would like to link username back to Jomsocial as the best alternative if possible.

You'll have to change it in multiple places- it's not something that can be universally changed in one spot.

For displaying author usernames on the items they've written, you can change that in the templates. For example, in /templates/yourjoomlatemplate/html/com_k2/templates/yourk2template/item.php change

echo $this->item->author->name;
to
echo $this->item->author->username;

If you're using SH404SEF, you'll also need to change it in the k2 set_ext file.

I don't use comments so I couldn't tell you where to change it for that.

Trond said:Hi!
Using only first name is not a good solution and the other one will generate to much support.
Is there a workaround for this one? I would like to link username back to Jomsocial as the best alternative if possible.

I've successfully changed the texts from "name" to "username" and this works.
BUT: the URL's are still showing "name" instead of "username".

Does anybody know how to change "author" URL to show "username" instead of "name"?
We have to respect the users wishes to remain anonymous.
I've localized the file to edit (item.php) but shanging "author" to "username" or any other attemts to get this working has failed. Need help, please!

Thanks in advance!

You have to rename that in all other K2 templates too

com_k2/templates/user.php, line 56

echo $this->user->name;

change name to username

I've changed this file but it still shows the name in the breadcrumbs and page title. Is there a way to change that so it shows up with the username there too?

Also, if I click on the username in the item view to take me to the author page, the name shows up again in the url.

IMO, changing the name to show up as username needs to be a global parameter so we don't have to hack 9 files.

Titus said:You have to rename that in all other K2 templates too
com_k2/templates/user.php, line 56

echo $this->user->name;

change name to username

It's not hacking, it's template design.

The joomla MVC-architechture often use for view templates and view sub templates same and similar output structures and variables. It's not possible to put this variations together.

Trond said:the URL's are still showing "name" instead of "username".Does anybody know how to change "author" URL to show "username" instead of "name"?


components\com_k2\helpers\route.php
function getUserRoute

at line 57
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->name));
to
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->username));

?

just guess...

Thanks Trond, that worked for me. Now I just need to figure out how to change the breadcrumb from displaying the name to username.

Lukas said:Trond said:the URL's are still showing "name" instead of "username".Does anybody know how to change "author" URL to show "username" instead of "name"?


components\com_k2\helpers\route.php
function getUserRoute

at line 57
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->name));
to
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->username));

?

just guess...

The breadcrumbs module takes the title. Hack the view.

open components/com_k2/view.html.php

Line 165

$title = $user->name;

to

$title = $user->username;

I thought so, I just couldn't find the file and using the RT template made it tougher to find. Thanks so much for your help!

Titus said:The breadcrumbs module takes the title. Hack the view. open components/com_k2/view.html.php

Line 165

$title = $user->name;

to

$title = $user->username;

OK, I found one more name conflict. When I click on the RSS feed on the user's blog page the RSS feed title displays the user's name DESPITE the page title displaying the username. Any ideas on how to correct this?

For anybody searching on how to change all of the name's to username's throughout K2 see this helpful post:
community.getk2.org/forum/topics/help-how-to-show-usenames-as?commentId=3536014%3AComment%3A25923

I dont have a "com_k2" in my html folder of my templates in templates. I'm on v2.3

B Kemler said:You'll have to change it in multiple places- it's not something that can be universally changed in one spot.
For displaying author usernames on the items they've written, you can change that in the templates. For example, in /templates/yourjoomlatemplate/html/com_k2/templates/yourk2template/item.php change

echo $this->item->author->name;
to
echo $this->item->author->username;

If you're using SH404SEF, you'll also need to change it in the k2 set_ext file.

I don't use comments so I couldn't tell you where to change it for that.

Trond said:Hi! Using only first name is not a good solution and the other one will generate to much support.
Is there a workaround for this one? I would like to link username back to Jomsocial as the best alternative if possible.

I am baffled now. I am sure i have changed all of the "name" to " username" locations in the k2 files. But the urls sill wont change.

any help would be much appreciated.

I can change them with ACESEF but i would rather the url's were created automaticly.

Im sure im in the wrong place but. this line in mod_K2_login userblock.php

(K2HelperRoute::getUserRoute($user->id)) which links the users " My Page " gets the url from the id which is changed into the " name " so there must be something i have missed. can anone advise?

I posted this request on February 14, more than 6 months ago - and the question is not answered. The problem is not solved! Can the K2 Crew please help us?

I am sure there is a fix for this, as when simon.getk2.org went up at first it was displaying email addresses and i made a comment about it. It got fixed, but i wasnt in on the solution.
I bet you have to create an override directory, and then edit the user.php or other files to hide it by just commenting it out or changing the reference to full name to username...
Mabee when Simon returns he will have a quick fix...
in the mean time post a link to the exact page your are trying to work with
preferabl;y with sef turned off

Ok i think i've done it at least for the my page button in the user block, the following changes will rewrite the url to read www.example.com/username ( what ever the user name may be ) and the url shows in the bottom left cornor of the browser, when you put the mouse over the link text

I have hit a snag though when the user logs in and clicks the " My Page " button from the user block, you will get the following error

"JUser::_load: Unable to load user with id: 65"

65 being what ever the user id is in the database. the changes i have made are below. take a look. I think the problem is i have removed the user id from the url query.

But at the very least the url is writing what we want to see. will play with this some more, and see what happens when i put the user id query back in the url.

see my changes below.

open k2_com folder, open the helpers, then open route.php and change the following, sorry i dont have line numbers.

change:
'name'=>(int)$userID
to
'username'=>(int)$userID

change.
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->name));
to
$alias = trim(mb_strtolower($user->username));

and this
$link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id='.$userID.':'.$alias;
to
$link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task='.$alias;

Breif up date...

William i took your advice and turned the acesef url rewrite component off, and i get the following user url.

www.example.com/component/k2/itemlist/user/67-"username"

And the " username " is showing in the url instead of the " name " so i'm guessing that all the corrent changes to the k2 files are correct. " name " to " username " and the url change i made in the route.php file was not necessary.

// correct // $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=user&id='.$userID.':'.$alias;
to
// wrong // $link = 'index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task='.$alias;

So im guessing my problem is with the ACESEF component which is changing the "username" back to "name".