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19-12-2010
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On one of the previous vesions of the forum it used to be more enforced but since moving to V-bulletin (the current software we are using) we have added the custom field "real name" and made the display of this more prominent than a users log in, this has made the rule rather superfluous but it has been left in place to discourage in appropriatte log ins.
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we would ask that you use your first and last names as a user name when registering, or FirstnameTeamname.
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The FirstnameTeamname option was always intended to be the second option with real name in preference. There is no real reason to include your Group name in your login when it is one of the custom fields that you can choose in your profile anyway - you haven't done yours Clive.
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19-12-2010
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Herts
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Originally Posted by Simon Bentley
The FirstnameTeamname option was always intended to be the second option with real name in preference. There is no real reason to include your Group name in your login when it is one of the custom fields that you can choose in your profile anyway - you haven't done yours Clive.
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Maybe worth clarifying the instructions then Simon. Give folks a choice and some of them are bound to choose the option. Or do neither of couse. Given my forum name included my group name, I didn't see the need to add the group name to the optional info..... ;-)
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19-12-2010
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Originally Posted by Clive-Herts
Given my forum name included my group name, I didn't see the need to add the group name to the optional info..... ;-)
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Which means you won't show up in any searches by group so you might miss out on info sent to group members etc.
Personally I don't really think the user name format matters now, except perhaps for the mobile users if real name doesn't display so perhaps we ought to re-inforce it - thoughts people?
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19-12-2010
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Arabella, Highland
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The only concern I would have is that of presenting a professional image to non-members (including, and some would say especially, the press). I think most, if not all 4x4R members would consider themselves to be such.
Certainly we are being taken seriously by the Police, NHS, Ambulance Services and other LRF members so we we should, in turn, return that compliment by presenting ourselves professionally as they do.
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19-12-2010
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Join Date: Jan 2010
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Originally Posted by Simon Bentley
Which means you won't show up in any searches by group so you might miss out on info sent to group members etc.
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Which sounds important - if anyone posts this way.... and if they do, shouldn't it be a mandatory field when you register?
I don't see the point of only letting folks know what's important in terms of registration details only when someone posts a question about it.... ;-)
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19-12-2010
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Originally Posted by Clive-Herts
Which sounds important - if anyone posts this way.... and if they do, shouldn't it be a mandatory field when you register?
I don't see the point of only letting folks know what's important in terms of registration details only when someone posts a question about it.... ;-)
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I thought the group box was set to pop up/insist if you haven't filled it on to be honest. Will have to check on that. We can't make it compulsory as not everyone who registers is a responder and has already been shown very few people read the guidelines etc anyway.
Last edited by Simon Bentley; 19-12-2010 at 09:45 PM.
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20-12-2010
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Group Management
Wessex 4x4 Response
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Chippenham, Wiltshire
National Callsign: WE100
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Originally Posted by Simon Bentley
We can't make it compulsory as not everyone who registers is a responder
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It could be if some extra 'groups' were added...
The extra groups can be things like 'Visitor', 'Trade', 'non-member', whatever... (it is late o'clock for thinking) then there will always be a value that can be used to search, it doesn't need to contain just 4x4 Response group names.
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20-12-2010
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Originally Posted by WessexMario
It could be if some extra 'groups' were added...
The extra groups can be things like 'Visitor', 'Trade', 'non-member', whatever... (it is late o'clock for thinking) then there will always be a value that can be used to search, it doesn't need to contain just 4x4 Response group names.
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Their already are Mario - but you are confusing forum user groups and a custom field. The Custom field Response Group is now only set to display with posts for Responders. All Responders are in the same forum user group we do not have individual forum user groups for every individual response group.
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20-12-2010
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Herts
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Bentley
I thought the group box was set to pop up/insist if you haven't filled it on to be honest. Will have to check on that. We can't make it compulsory as not everyone who registers is a responder and has already been shown very few people read the guidelines etc anyway.
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Well, it obviously isn't / wasn't compulsory or else you'd not be mentioning I'd not completed it :-) (I did yesterday by the way).
As Mario suggests, if you want to make it mandatory, it can be done quite easily, even if you just add "None" as the top choice.
You could also auto generate forum names from the entered real first and surname if you really want to impose some order...
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20-12-2010
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Yorkshire & Lincolnshire 4x4 Response
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: East Riding
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Originally Posted by Clive-Herts
You could also auto generate forum names from the entered real first and surname if you really want to impose some order...
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Thers's that impose word again
In the top ten in the book of how to alienate your membership
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