UBB.threads PHP Forum Software Community Forums UBB.threads Version 7/8 Support Question about username and publicly displayed (classic)

This is for classic 6.7.2 before we make the move.

At the moment we have it set so that users can change their "public displayed name". We want to turn that off so that people can't do that.

Question. If we turn it off:

- what happens to the usernames of people who have already made different publicly names? Do they get "locked" as they are, or do they revert back to their login username?

- can we turn this on and off as we wish without causing problems?


- anything else I should know?

Thanks

They'll be set to what the current PDN is and locked at that unless the feature is on.

Theres an option to allow changes, you can turn it on/off at will.

Oh ok so it is locked at the current publicly displayed name rather than the login name? (Just confirming!) Then if I turn that feature back on again at a later date people can just go in and change their publiclydisplayed name if they want.

(Thats good I thought it might be locked at the login name.)

Thanks

Both the Login and PDN are imported from Classic to Threads; the PDN from classic will be the PDN in threads.

In .T7 we have the ability to let people change their name, but it has to be approved by an admin

Thats interesting to know, thanks.

But, sorry my asking for confirmation was all within classic (ie. not related to threads).