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Had a member register with our site and set their real name as their username, then filled in their forum profile so that they had their display name so people wouldn't learn their real name.
They posted today and thei display name came trough fine but when someone 'replied or quoted' their post it said @ their real name not display name.
Can you show me where to edit the code to call the display name instead of username.
This user has also asked me to delete their account because of this and said they might sign back up again another time however I have deleted their user account from wordpress and they say they can still log in and are now appearing as a new user in the forum footer however I can't view any of the posts or topics they've posted to and they aren'tlisted in wordpress users to delete so I'm not sure how to get rid of their account completely, I'm going to ave a look through the database tables to see where they still exist.
Look forward to your reply.
There are only wp users... so if the wp user was deleted, then the user is gone... the forum does NOT have its own users... anyone who ever logs into the site or the forum is logging in using their wp account - the only account that exists... there is a forum table call sfmembers that contains additional data to what is in the wp users table, but it is not a user, nor can it be used to log into the wp site (or the forum)...
as to the data in the footer, its cached so could take an hour to clear out...
the name displayed for users is as you would select in forum - profiles - profile options... also, you have an option on that page as to whether or not users can deviate from that setting...
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Thanks for the reply, but I'm still missing something, however I generally don't know how the username got posted, when quotes are made on our forum it state 'Display name' said... like your forum:
Mr Papa said
There are only wp users... so if the wp user was deleted, then the user is gone... the forum does NOT have its own users... anyone who ever logs into the site or the forum is logging in using their wp account - the only account that exists... there is a forum table call sfmembers that contains additional data to what is in the wp users table, but it is not a user, nor can it be used to log into the wp site (or the forum)...as to the data in the footer, its cached so could take an hour to clear out...
the name displayed for users is as you would select in forum - profiles - profile options... also, you have an option on that page as to whether or not users can deviate from that setting...
However this one said @username are there any occasions the @ would be generated or has a replying user typed it in?
Could another member have looked at their profile to get the username and then types @ username
If thats right I definitely need to remove the user account but I can't seem to find it. Now you have confirmed simplepress doesn't store the user info may I ask if you might know as out site is a multisite install with the membership plugin from WPMU Dev if you have heard of this issue before and may be able to guide me where to look.
Thanks
generally speaking, we do not use @username... in other words, quoting or other doesnt do that...
that said, if you are running the mentions plugin for simple press, users can mention other users in a twitter style @username... but that would be inline text and not part of quoting...
WordPress usernames are not a big secret and users can certainly figure them out for other users...
Not sure what membership plugin you are using, but even in multisite, any users are going to be in the wp users table... there will need to be an entry in there for any user to log in...
be sure to check the 'other' name fields in the users table.. perhaps the user in question really has the display name set to the other users username... check user_login, display_name, etc for the name in question...
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