# /ME LIKE IN mIRC #
by Doc.Fusion

OK, let's display our name and our action in purple, if we write something
begginning with "/me". 

Example : 
/me is happy to show you this stupid hack 

become : 
* Doc.Fusion is happy to show you this stupid hack 


To do that : 
in b2functions.php 

[code]

function convert_hack_me($content) {      
   global $authordata; 
   //var_dump($authordata); 
   $nick=$authordata['user_nickname']; 
   $exp="/me([^(\n)]*)"; 
   //$authjkl=the_author(); 
   $content = ereg_replace($exp, "<font color=purple>* $nick \\1</font>", $content); 
   return ($content); 
} 

function convert_hack_me_comments($content) {      
   global $commentdata; 
   //var_dump($authordata); 
   $nick=$commentdata['comment_author']; 
   $exp="/me([^(\n)]*)"; 
   //$authjkl=the_author(); 
   $content = ereg_replace($exp, "<font color=purple>* $nick \\1</font>", $content); 
   return ($content); 
} 
 
[/code]

And in b2template.functions.php : 
add 

[code] 

   $comment = convert_hack_me_comments($comment); 

[/code]

 

in 

[Code]
 
function comment_text() { 
   global $commentdata; 
   $comment = stripslashes($commentdata['comment_content']); 
   $comment = str_replace('<trackback />', '', $comment); 
   $comment = str_replace('<pingback />', '', $comment); 
   $comment = convert_chars($comment); 
   $comment = convert_bbcode($comment); 
   $comment = convert_gmcode($comment); 
   $comment = convert_smilies($comment); 
   $comment = convert_hack_me_comments($comment); 
   $comment = make_clickable($comment); 
   $comment = balanceTags($comment); 
   $comment = apply_filters('comment_text', $comment); 
   echo $comment; 
} 
 
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(near line 895) 
And add 

[Code] 

$content = convert_hack_me($content); 

[/code]
 
in

[code]
 
function the_content($more_link_text='(more...)', $stripteaser=0, $more_file='') { 
   $content = get_the_content($more_link_text,$stripteaser,$more_file); 
   $content = convert_bbcode($content); 
   $content = convert_gmcode($content); 
   $content = convert_smilies($content); 
   $content = convert_hack_me($content); 
   $content = convert_chars($content, 'html'); 
   $content = apply_filters('the_content', $content); 
   echo $content; 
} 

[/code]
 
(near line 295) 

That's all ! 

// SIDESTEP (added 25.01.05)
If you're worried about (x)html validation, as you should, change
<font color=purple> with <span style="color: purple;"> and </font> with </span>
in the above code. The result will be the same, and you don't step on anyone's toes.

Source: http://www.cafelog.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=3243