admin Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 We want to upgrade to 4.0 version of the forum software and it comes with an important change Currently when registering user picks the user name and later can select additional display name. New version of the software merges user names and display names into one - and only user name used at registration will be shown. When upgrading we have to select what do we keep for older accounts. User name or Display name. My suggestion is to keep the user name (and not display name) because many users do not have a display name chosen. The only concern is that some of you will lose the display name that you like and will have to stay with the user name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Ugh. Is there a way to copy existing user names to the display name field for those that don't have them prior to the merge and then use the display name? I'm not a fan of losing my current name. Edit - I handle SQL Databases for a living, I'd be happy to work up a query if you wanted me to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeamanStaines Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I agree I think I would prefer to keep my current name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olof Cederström Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) I agree too. Who would want to use thier old username anyway? Edited October 13, 2015 by Olof Cederström Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Creutz Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I too would like to keep my current username Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObiQuiet Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Is the user name what is used to log in to the forum? If so, I suspect it won't allow spaces and punctuation, so using display names might not work so well...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry d'Esterre Darby Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 It accepts spaces just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver H. Perry Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 (edited) Admin, the IP Boards forum says that it "merges" the username/display name, and you can "select which one to keep". Would you consider asking them a question to see if it is truly a merge? If so, if you chose "keep display names" and someone didn't have a display name, it would use their user name. I believe the setting is asking you what to do if there is both a display and a user name for a user, and if that's the case, choosing to keep display names is an easy choice as those of us with display names chose them for the reason we didn't want our user name. I suppose the better question would be - if you were to choose "Display Name", what would happen to those users without? Is the upgrade script smart enough to just assign those users their UserName instead of nothing? Edited October 14, 2015 by Oliver H. Perry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 As long as we do not get absurd names ingame! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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