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Starting Member
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 Posted - 15 July 2004 : 14:34:56
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I am thinking about modding the latest release to use an Alias for the Display Name of a user. The reason I would like to do this is because I would like to use the Snitz forum database as my user database for a website, thus integrating Snitz fully.
What I don't want is the actual username used to login to the site as the display name in the forums as it currently is. I would like to add an Alias or Display name to the system for this reason.
Has anyone already done this? If not, does anyone have any ideas as to where to start and things to be careful of? Anyone thought of doing this before? |
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Starting Member
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Posted - 15 July 2004 : 17:41:47
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| What is the field M_NAME used for in the MEMBERS table? |
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Posted - 15 July 2004 : 20:33:44
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Ok...before I go any further with this...I just need to know one thing...IS 'M_NAME' ONLY USED FOR DISPLAY?
If this is the case, could I just provide a field for this at registration and require it to be unique? As well as give acccess to edit it in the profile? |
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Posted - 15 July 2004 : 20:43:03
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| Nevermind...I think I found it...it looks like both are used for authentication...so to do what I want I need to add a new 'Alias' field, make it unique, and change the code every place that displays the User Name to display the Alias. |
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Shaggy
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Ireland
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Posted - 16 July 2004 : 04:21:41
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M_NAME is only used for NT Authentication. I.E, if you're running Snitz on a locla intranet M_NAME will be used otherwise M_USERNAME will be used. So, yes, you could modify the code to use the M_USERNAME field for the login name and M_NAME for the display name. It's something I plan on doing meself with just the admin account so that the admin login name isn't displayed anywhere on the forums.
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Posted - 16 July 2004 : 12:59:56
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Without actually trying to go through all the code and find where M_NAME is used, I think it is going to be more safe to start from scratch in my case. I want the 'Alias' or display name to be displayed wherever the user name is currently displayed in the main forum pages. As for the Admin pages, I will just add the Alias so that Admin can see the actual user name as well.
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Originally posted by Shaggy
M_NAME is only used for NT Authentication. I.E, if you're running Snitz on a locla intranet M_NAME will be used otherwise M_USERNAME will be used. So, yes, you could modify the code to use the M_USERNAME field for the login name and M_NAME for the display name. It's something I plan on doing meself with just the admin account so that the admin login name isn't displayed anywhere on the forums.
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