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garrigus
New Member
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 Posted - 16 April 2006 : 21:31:52
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Is there any way to make the birthday cleared by default when people are registering and setting up a profile?
I've found that some people are not entering a birthdate, but then it defaults to 12, which shows their age as 12 on their profile, although they don't mean that to happen.
Is there a fix or mod for this?
Thanks!
Scott
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TonyB7
Junior Member
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 17 April 2006 : 18:50:18
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| I hope someone can come up with something, as I'm getting a ton of these also. There's going to be a ton of birthdays in January or whenever it's defaulting to. We also need some kind of script to run through and correct all the current entries. |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 17 April 2006 : 21:39:03
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I don't know about having it clear, but I seem to remember a different version of the date picker floating around... since I'm looking for it for the same reason, I'll let you guys know if I remember where it is.
I suspect its over on SnitzBitz... |
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bobby131313
Senior Member
USA
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modifichicci
Average Member
Italy
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 18 April 2006 : 08:18:22
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| Thanks. I know I've seen something else floating around here, but that could just be due to too much blood in my caffeine system.... |
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garrigus
New Member
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TonyB7
Junior Member
USA
267 Posts |
Posted - 18 April 2006 : 19:31:57
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| So what is this DOBinprofile mod supposed to do? Nothing in the text file gives a clue. |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 19 April 2006 : 09:30:05
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See here.
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 Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 19 April 2006 : 09:50:21
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| That's what I was thinking of! I should have known ... |
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Sportcom
Starting Member
2 Posts |
Posted - 19 April 2006 : 10:36:34
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| Wow, that problem is so annoying and it is now fixed! |
Sherlyn Van Hierden
Sportcom Direct Inc.
[URL=http://www.sportcomdirect.com]All-inclusive Volleyball System[/URL] |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 19 April 2006 : 10:53:48
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Just so's ye know, though, this is in no way a Snitz problem; the problem lies with the people who refuse to read or follow the simple instructions in the popup window.
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Search is your friend
“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 19 April 2006 : 11:33:23
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I might semi-disagree with you on that. Snitz is behaving as programmed; and there are clear directions that if followed will let you do what is needed. Having said that, it should be ok for the average idiot to enter it in however they want since they won't read the instructions anyway.
But this is a design/user-interface argument that can go on 'till the second coming and never truly be resolved. I've become more aware of things like this since I've started studying interface design in an attempt to make the intranet site easier on the masses of not-so-technologically-inclined users that use it.
So while I wouldn't say its a Snitz problem in the sense that its a coding issue, I will say that its a Snitz problem in the sense that its a UI issue. But that is a seperate discussion...  |
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garrigus
New Member
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Posted - 19 April 2006 : 18:17:09
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Yeah, I had actually changed the pop-up window so that the instructions are displayed on top of the form, but still some people don't seem to follow them. I think it may be a case of laziness. 
Thanks for info, guys! I appreciate the help.
Scott
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AnonJr
Moderator
United States
5768 Posts |
Posted - 20 April 2006 : 09:26:36
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Everything I've read on usability so far indicates that when it comes to the web, people don't read.
If you're interested in the reading I've done so far:
Take it for what its worth. We could work to make it idiot proof and a new type of idiot would appear.  Having said that, we shouldn't stop trying. |
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