Google
English-Test.net
Find penpals and make new friends today!
 
harvest; produce (Agriculture); group; whip; short haircut
credit
crop
barter
nationality
full quiz correct answer
 
Username
Password
 Remember me? 
Search   Album   FAQ   Memberlist   Profile   Private messages   Register   Log in 

Changing nicknames?



 
ESL/EFL Worksheets and Handouts for Students Printable, photocopiable, clearly structured
Designed for teachers and individual learners
For use in a classroom, at home, on your PC
ESL Forum | Feedback, Comments and Suggestions
The last letter(s) is replaced by '@q' | Can moderators edit each other?
listening exercisestell a friend
Message
Author
Changing nicknames? #1 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:27 am   Changing nicknames?
 

Hi

Just to let you now.

Any forum’s member has the right to change his/her nickname at any time with no losing their post (profile).
OK.

But it seems that the forum platform doesn't normally support changing nicknames by forum’s users and each time just adds additional user record.
(The next profile contains links to all posts, whereas the post counters 'see' only posts written by the 'current' name).

http://www.english-test.net/forum/search.php?search_author=%2ADelta%2A

http://www.english-test.net/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3318
http://www.english-test.net/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=3262
http://www.english-test.net/forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=2925

One user, three different user records, where the last one (current) covers all previous.
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Changing nicknames? #2 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:13 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Hi Tamara, if you search for nicknames using the 'wild card' function, the system shows you all user profiles containing a particular word.
You can't change nicknames, you can only create a new profile. That's what Delta has done at least three times so far.

Slava
Slava
Programmer and Co-founder


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 378
Location: EU

What do you know about the progressive forms?English grammar exercises — improve your English knowledge and vocabulary skillsAre you a native speaker of English? Then you should read this!Read these English anecdotes and maybe smile today? Subscribe to free email English course
Apt turn :) #3 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:25 pm   Apt turn :)
 

Hi Slava

With this version of the software we can’t? Hmm.
OK…

About wildcards, I understand. The last choice of the nickname was quite tricky. :)

Thank you, Slava, for your explanation. And sorry to trouble you with no sound cause :)
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Changing nicknames? #4 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:52 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Hi Tamara, please do continue to ask us any questions regarding the forum. Any feedback from you is important to us and certainly helpful for other forum users.

Slava
Slava
Programmer and Co-founder


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 378
Location: EU

Delta and Delta #5 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 12:53 pm   Delta and Delta
 

:)

By the way, I also didn’t know that the forum's DB is indifferent (not sensitive) to lower-upper cases in user names. Now I've successfully entered my own profile with 'tamara' and with tAMARA. :)

So, as I understand, no one can create accounts like 'tamara', 'TAmara', 'TaMaRa', 'TamarA' etc
Great! :) ;)
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Changing nicknames? #6 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 13:06 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Slava, but what will happen if someone changes the name in the profile and send the change? (The line seems to be accessible for changing...)

The password? E-mail address? (As far as I remember, in one of the old versions of the software it could result in the lose of the account at all... )
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Changing nicknames? #7 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 13:32 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

The very last stupid question for today :)

What will happen with the user profile (and new users) if someone creates a user with the name ****** (and the like) ?
:)

(Sorry, I haven’t time to try. Have to go. :) )
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Changing nicknames? #8 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 14:03 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Tamara wrote:
(As far as I remember, in one of the old versions of the software it could result in the lose of the account at all... )
Hi Tamara
You certainly seem to know a lot more about software than I do or ever will! :D

By the way, I think you might have meant "...result in the loss of the account completely."
(The phrase 'at all' is usually used in negative or interrogative sentences)


***aMy*** 8)
_________________
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Yankee
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 16 Apr 2006
Posts: 8316
Location: USA

Changing nicknames? #9 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 14:07 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Tamara wrote:
Slava, but what will happen if someone changes the name in the profile and send the change? (The line seems to be accessible for changing...)

The password? E-mail address? (As far as I remember, in one of the old versions of the software it could result in the lose of the account at all... )


We've now activated the profile name function which means you can change their user name keeping all your posts. You can also change your email address and other profile information without losing your account.
Slava
Programmer and Co-founder


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 378
Location: EU

Changing nicknames? #10 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 14:19 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Tamara wrote:
The very last stupid question for today :)

What will happen with the user profile (and new users) if someone creates a user with the name ****** (and the like) ? :)

Then that user's nickname will be ***** or whatever combination of signs, letters and numbers they choose.
Slava
Programmer and Co-founder


Joined: 27 Sep 2003
Posts: 378
Location: EU

Changing nicknames? #11 (permalink) Mon Oct 16, 2006 17:05 pm   Changing nicknames?
 

Am*, thanks a lot for your correction :)

Slava, thanks, I've tried and now satisfied. Completely :)

The account *, all changings worked fine (but re-activation has just taken some more time than activation :) Sorry... :))

*
Total posts: 0
When asked 'Find all posts by *' normally provided 2214 pages of forum’s users’ posts.
:)

...Thanks for your patience :)
Tamara
_________________
It’s impossible to learn swimming without entering the water…
Tamara
I'm a Communicator ;-)


Joined: 25 May 2006
Posts: 1577
Location: UK

Display posts from previous:   
The last letter(s) is replaced by '@q' | Can moderators edit each other?
ESL Forum | Feedback, Comments and Suggestions All times are GMT + 1 Hour
Page 1 of 1
Latest topics on English Forums
Why my post submitted a few days ago has disappeared?I can't receive any private messages'Alan's short stories'Suggesting: can you put mark for membersPhillingual appeared as a guest today?Appearing as a 'Guest'Size of the forum page!Free Nice picsAn arrow and a dog-eared bookAlan sets the practice test...Meaning of business paragraphSearch engine needs updating:How to send a PM to more than one person?

 
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
Subscribe to FREE email English course
First name E-mail