Some Relevant info on how to use the Role Signature Plugin

peregrine

to change Signatures:

you can change the definition in the plugin locale definitions or in conf/locale.php

e.g.

$Definition["the administrators signature"] = 'me new admin sig';
$Definition["the moderators signature"] = "my new moderator sig";

//this is an example how to blank out a signature
$Definition["the members signature"] = "";

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If you "look" in default.php - there is a relatively intuitive place to change code - even for the faint-hearted with a bit of logic backgrounf.

you will see:

//here is where you can modify

so if you looked in the default.php (from the details on the download page).

you would see the // comments.

then if you created "Custom roles - e.g. Advisor"
then all users with Advisor role . (the role you had given in vanilla.) and
the only role based signature you wanted.

you could change the code

 if (in_array($administrator, $Roles)) 
              $UserSig = T("the administrators signature");

to

 if (in_array($administrator, $Roles)) 
            $UserSig = T("the administrators signature");

 if (in_array("Advisor", $Roles))
$UserSig = T("The Advisor role signature"); 


and then in definitions.php




$Definition["The Advisor role signature"] = '' The New Advisor Signature ";
$Definition["the administrators signature"] = '';  // this would blank out a signature for the role
$Definition["the moderators signature"] = "";
$Definition["the members signature"] = "";

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Another example:


if the user is a Moderator role and a  "Advisor Role"  but you prefer the Moderator role to take precedence.

you would place the new advisor role  above

 if (in_array($moderator, $Roles)) 
              $UserSig =  T("the moderators signature");  


  to:



 if (in_array("Advisor", $Roles))
     $UserSig = T("The Advisor role signature"); 

   if (in_array($moderator, $Roles)) 
              $UserSig =  T("the moderators signature");   

since the moderator role is below the Advisor role in the code - it takes precedence if the user is BOTH a Moderator and Advisor.

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if the user is a Moderator role and a "Advisor Role" but you prefer the Advisor role to take precedence.

you would place the new advisor role below

 if (in_array($moderator, $Roles)) 
              $UserSig =  T("the moderators signature");  




to:


   if (in_array($moderator, $Roles)) 
              $UserSig =  T("the moderators signature");   

if (in_array("Advisor", $Roles))
     $UserSig = T("The Advisor role signature"); 

hgtonight

Could I suggest that you use a more unique phrase as your translate key? You can pass a default right in the code.

if (in_array($moderator, $Roles))
  $UserSig = T('Plugin.RoleSignature.Moderator', 'The default moderator signature'); 

Not only does it prevent overlap, it makes it easier to track what goes where in your locale definitions file, imo.

There is definitely a trade off in that a user has to use your specific key, rather than the text that pops up. I suppose this makes it more of a preference.

peregrine

@hgtonight said:
Could I suggest that you use a more unique phrase as your translate key? You can pass a default right in the code.

if (in_array($moderator, $Roles))
  $UserSig = T('Plugin.RoleSignature.Moderator', 'The default moderator signature'); 

Not only does it prevent overlap, it makes it easier to track what goes where in your locale definitions file, imo.

There is definitely a trade off in that a user has to use your specific key, rather than the text that pops up. I suppose this makes it more of a preference.

this is pretty unique and it is a default already.
T("The Advisor role signature");

and it is already in locales unique to the plugin. so it is pretty easy to track already. and it is defaulted. Frankly, I would find your way a bit more confusing if I was a newbie.