Topic list show the 'Anonymous' string instead of the author name with Advanced Forum module

Just tried with Advanced Forum module and yes I can see that the 'Anonymous' string is shown instead of the recorded anonymous author name.

Certainly something can be done and if a part must be in Anonymous Posting module I will gladly do it, but as what I can see for now is that probably Advanced Forum (quickly went through the 3000 lines) will have to be adapted in somewhat.

I recommend that you post an issue to Advanced Forum module by including a link to this one.

I haven't looked at this module but my best guess is its Views integration is what is at issue here since AF's topic list is a view. Not likely anything can be done on AF's end for this. If it turns out there is, move this issue; don't duplicate it.

Michelle

any update on this?

Advanced Forum perhaps renders the username in a different way, but on a related note I had this same issue when using Display Suite.

To fix this I hacked the display suite module from

function ds_render_author_field($field) {

  // Users without a user name are anonymous users. These are never linked.
  if (empty($field['entity']->name)) {
    return check_plain(variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous')));
  }

to

function ds_render_author_field($field) {

  // Users without a user name are anonymous users. These are never linked.
  if (empty($field['entity']->name)) {
      if(empty($field['entity']->field_anonymous_author[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['name'])) {
          return check_plain(variable_get('anonymous', t('Anonymous')));
      }
    return check_plain($field['entity']->field_anonymous_author[LANGUAGE_NONE][0]['name']); 
  }

Hi guys, I'm experiencing the same issue so here's my cleaner fix.
It uses Views hook_views_pre_render hook to alter rendered data.
It must be added to your own module or template and doesn't hack other modules code.

// hook into view rendering process to replace "Anonymous"
// with the content of field_anonymous_author field
function YOURMODULENAME_views_pre_render(&$view) {

  // consider only the desired advanced_forum_topic_list view
  // excluding editing mode, to avoid confusion when using Views editor
  if($view->name == 'advanced_forum_topic_list' && $view->editing == 0) {

    // scan all result rows
    foreach($view->result as $row) {

      // test if post author is "Anonymous"
      if($row->users_node_uid == 0) {

        // retrieve anonymous user name from node field field_anonymous_author
        if(isset($row->_field_data['nid']['entity']->field_anonymous_author['und'][0]['name'])) {
          $row->users_node_name = $row->_field_data['nid']['entity']->field_anonymous_author['und'][0]['name'];
        }

      }

    }

  }

}

Hope this fix will be included into Anonymous Posting code.

Single function patch is into my previous post...

thanks nicorac,

I've pushed you code: http://drupalcode.org/project/anonymous_posting.git/commitdiff/8b49d3a?h... It will soon appear in the 7.x-1.x-dev release.

Btw, I didn't tested yet as I don't use myself Advanced Forum (I should now as your fix look very nice ;-)). Also, if someone else can report that it work it I would be nice; I will make a dedicated 1.1 release for it!

I'd very much like to read other user's comments too.

The patch is running on my (small) forum that will be published here in a few days: http://coolsoft.altervista.org/forum
Your module is a godsend because my (small) forum is 99% anonymous (user support), then allow anonymous users to post is a must.

Thanks for your kindness

Hi, I've tested nicorac patch; works great! Also, I've added the substitution of the last contributor name with the anonymous user name if there is no comments for a topic; was displaying the 'Anonymous' string here also...

Nicorac or someone if you mind checking the last commits I will do a 1.1 release!

Also, I've added the substitution of the last contributor name

Ouch..., I missed that part, thanks!
It works perfectly on my side, so I removed patch from my own module and will use your.

Cheers
Claudio

Thanks, it's in 1.1!

Sadly just after the new release I saw something that should be changed.
We've been too conservative on our patch ;) : the same View patch should be applied to all of the Advanced Forums views, otherwise filtered views (like "Unanswered topics" and "Active topics") still show "Anonymous"...

See the new anonymous_posting_views_pre_render below

/**
 * Implements hook_views_pre_render().
 *
 * Hook into view rendering process to replace "Anonymous" with the content of
 * field_anonymous_author field.
 *
 */
function anonymous_posting_views_pre_render(&$view) {

  // consider only the desired advanced_forum_topic_list view
  // excluding editing mode, to avoid confusion when using Views editor
  $views = array(
      'advanced_forum_topic_list',
      'advanced_forum_active_topics',
      'advanced_forum_unanswered_topics',
      'advanced_forum_new_topics',
  );
  if($view->editing == 0 && in_array($view->name, $views)) {

    // scan all result rows
    foreach($view->result as $row) {

      // test if post author is "Anonymous"
      if($row->users_node_uid == 0) {

        // retrieve anonymous user name from node field field_anonymous_author
        if(isset($row->_field_data['nid']['entity']->{ANONYMOUS_POSTING_FIELD_NAME}['und'][0]['name'])) {
          $row->users_node_name = check_plain($row->_field_data['nid']['entity']->{ANONYMOUS_POSTING_FIELD_NAME}['und'][0]['name']);

          // set last comment name to anonymous user name  if there is no comments
          if (!$row->node_comment_statistics_comment_count) {
            $row->node_comment_statistics_last_comment_name = $row->users_node_name;
          }

        }

      }

    }

  }

}

I don't know if this worths a new release.
Sorry for the noise.

Nicorac push his patch of comment #15 into the git repository so it is available in the latest dev release. Thx!

Pushed in 7.x.1.2 release

Would it be possible to add this code to the Drupal 6 version of Anonymous Posting as well? It would be much appreciated.