Hey Bruce,

There are no variables for username when sending e-mail invites as the $senderName is dependent on how you configure EasySocial to display the person's name. From what you have explained, it seems like you have configured EasySocial to use the real name instead of username eh? Or do you only want the username to be used in the invite e-mail?

I have EasySocial configured to display their usernames/alias when they are using the site.

When I send out a test invite, it shows my alias/username in the email, not my real name. On the email I want to display their real name where it says 'Hello, Bruce sent you the message below to invite you to join..."

Users have to provide their real name when they register, so it's in the dbase. Is there a way to grab it to display it in the email?

Hello Bruce,

You might want to go to this file: ../administrator/components/com_easysocial/tables/friendinvite.php and on line 143, change from this:

$params->senderName = $sender->getName();

to this:

$params->senderName = $sender->getName('realname');

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Hope this helps.