[Building Sakai] Display logged in user First Name in header area

[Steve Swinsburg]

This is already possible. display.userlogin.info=true though you might need
to customise the data here if you just want the first name.

Cheers
Steve

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On 02/11/2013 8:53 PM, "Schauer, Christopher R" <cschauer at txstate.edu>
wrote:

>  Hi Kim,
>
>  One possibility would be to add it in
> 'portal/portal-render-engine-impl/pack/src/webapp/vm/neoskin/site.vm'. That
> is the velocity file that is used to render the header area. The handler
> for that view is at
> 'portal/portal-impl/impl/src/java/org/sakaiproject/portal/charon/handlers/SiteHandler.java'
> and you can add the user's first name to the context there. The userId is
> in the session and you can use UserDirectoryService.getUser(userId) to get
> the User object for the current user.
>
>  -Chris
>
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> *From:* sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [
> sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] on behalf of Wilson, Kimberly [
> wilsonk at mail.amc.edu]
> *Sent:* Friday, November 01, 2013 3:31 PM
> *To:* sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> *Subject:* [Building Sakai] Display logged in user First Name in header
> area
>
>   Hi:
>
>
>
> I’ve been modifying our Sakai portal.css for our 2.9.3 upcoming release
>
>
>
> I need to figure out how to display the logged in user’s first name in a
> Welcome message in the header of the page
>
>
>
> Does anyone know how to do this?  Maybe with jQuery or Javascript?
>
>
>
> I don’t know how to call the first name from the logged in user
> information.
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> *Kim Wilson*, MSCIS | Systems Analyst – IS Academic Systems | Albany
> Medical Center | 518-264-1055
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