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Custom Titles

A Custom Title is an assigned name to any user. Typically, custom titles signify the level of power or special title assigned to the user. Titles can be anything, from a hierarchy model to just fun names. For example, a Star Wars Forum may have the ezOp with a custom title of Yoda, an administrator as Jedi Master, etc. You can add custom titles on a per user basis in addition to assigning them automatically on a user level basis – both ways are described below.

Key Information

To assign a custom title to a user level, the user level needs to be created first.
We suggest manually adding your Moderator and Administrators instead of automatically. Having the right leadership in a community is key to its success.
Customized titles are not retroactive and will only display after the change is made. Older posts will not change.
The best way to customize the titles is to copy the code into notepad and save as a file called test.html. Keep editing your file, and keep checking it in a browser. Once you're happy with how it looks you can put it into your board.
Individual Custom Titles will override Member Level based titles

How to Use Custom Titles

How to assign custom titles for individual users
How to assign custom titles for user levels
How to assign automatic custom levels and titles
How to customize Custom Titles

How to assign custom titles for individual users

Log in to your Control Center and click on the My Community tab.
Click on the Member Management button.
Enter the user name of the person you wish to assign a custom title to and then click on the View button .
Check the box next to the name that you wish to give a custom title.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Edit Member Levels and Custom Titles from the drop-down menu then click Do It.
On the next screen, select the Member Level and then in the field provided, enter the Custom Title.
To add an image to go along with the title you can use HTML in this field.
(Note: You must have an image with a URL address in order to do this. Example: Name of title<br><img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/pics/graphic.gif">)
When you are finished making changes, enter your password in the field and then click the Save Changes button.

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How to assign custom titles for user levels

Log in to your Control Center and click on the My Community tab.
Click on the Member Management button.
Click on the Manage Membership Levels. button.
You will see a list of titles for each user level. You can change those according to your needs.
To add an image to go along with the title you can use HTML. (Note: You must have an image with a URL address in order to do this. Example: Name of title<Br><img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/pics/graphic.gif>)
Click Save Changes when you are finished making changes.

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How to assign automatic custom levels and titles

You can create custom levels and titles for users reaching a certain number of posts.

Log in to your Control Center and click on the My Community tab.
Click on the Member Management button.
Click on the Manage Membership Levels button.
Click on the Add New Level button.
Assign a number for the level you want to make. Keep in mind the levels already assigned for the moderators, administrators and EzOp. Give that level a title.
To add an image to go along with the title you can use HTML. (Note: You must have an image with a URL address in order to do this. Example: Name of title<Br><img src="http://www.mywebsite.com/pics/graphic.gif">)
Assigning power. We recommend using the standard power. Giving moderator and administrative power to just anybody can be deadly to your board! Click on: Apply Level After __ Posts. Fill in the number of posts required to reach this level.
Click on the Save Changes button.
Repeat for as many levels as you would like to create.

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How to add effects to Custom Titles

*Thanks to user atlass for supplying this helpful information

Ever wanted to spice up those Custom Titles you've given to your members? Now, with some simple HTML tricks, there’s an easy way to put glowing, highlighted, blurred, etc. text into your custom titles or ordinary user levels.

To edit a custom title for a single user

Log in to your Control Center and click on the My Community tab.
Click on the Member Management button.
Click on the View button.
Find the user who you would like to change the title for and place a check next to the user name.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and select Edit Member Levels and Custom Titles.
See Examples below.

To edit a user level

Log in to your Control Center and click on the my community tab.
Click on the Member Management button.
Click on the Manage Membership Levels button.
Put the code into the Title for the level you require.
See Examples below.

Examples

These will NOT update until the user posts. Existing threads will not change. It's a good idea to test these out on your own user name so that you can check them. Also notice that this code uses single quotes, and not double quotes. This is because ezboard will strip out double quotes, and then the code will not work at all. If you find your code behaving erratically, check that all single quotes are in place, and have not been stripped out.
NOTE: Many of the examples below will only work in Microsoft IE browsers since they are not standards-compliant.

Glowing Text

<table style='Filter: Glow(Color=#00FF00, Strength=2)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Motion Blur

<table style='Filter: Shadow(Color=#0000FF, Direction=225)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Wave

<table style='Filter: Wave(Add=0, Freq=2, LightStrength=10, Phase=3, Strength=3)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Flipped Vertical

<table style='Filter: FlipV'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>Usertitle</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

Usertitle

Dropshadow

<table style='Filter: DropShadow(Color=#FF0000, OffX=2, OffY=2, Positive=1)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Blur

<table style='Filter: Blur(Add = 1, Direction = 225, Strength = 10)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Opacity

<table style='Filter: Alpha(Opacity=100, FinishOpacity=0, Style=1, StartX=0, StartY=0, FinishX=580, FinishY=0)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Flip Horizontal

<table style='Filter: FlipH'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

Mask

<table style='Filter: Mask(Color=#00FF00)'>
<tr><td>
<span class='usertitle'>User Title</span>
</td></tr>
</table>

Result:

User Title

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