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General Category => Hockey => Topic started by: admin on March 04, 2004, 05:18:08 PM

Title: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: admin on March 04, 2004, 05:18:08 PM
The way the new software works (mostly to prevent people from posting as other people since you can write whatever you want in "Real Name") it will only display the user name of the poster. Changing this behavior is basically impossible, so I'd recommend just making a new user if you don't like your current one. Sorry.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: A-19 on March 04, 2004, 05:28:11 PM
any way to get the thread to show a flat view?

-mike
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 05:30:14 PM
My Profile > Forum Settings > Thread Override - Read

Set that to Flat.

Sorry about the formatting on that page. It changed completely between the last alpha and the beta, so it caught me off guard. There's probably going to be a lot of that until I get things sorted.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: big-red-apple on March 04, 2004, 05:44:28 PM
I'm not sure I understand.  Does that mean we need a new registration to change username?  

Will we be allowed to be logged in on separate computers simultaneously?
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 05:48:47 PM
There's no way to change a user id, so you have to make a new account. You can already log in with one account on as many computers as you want.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 06:03:52 PM
There's one other thing I can do. You should still change to a new account, but if anyone wants the names changed on all their previous posts, I can do that too. It's going to be a one-time offer, though, because I have to do it manually. So e-mail me if you want me to do that.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Section A on March 04, 2004, 06:55:08 PM
Age,

I tried to log out and create a new account, but the "register" page isn't working. ::help::

- Avash

p.s. If it isn't a hassle to change my previous posts back to Avash '05, then that would be great. If it's problematic whatsoever, don't worry about it. Thanks.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Will on March 04, 2004, 07:52:18 PM
Perhaps I should use this opportunity to permanently retire "One of the guys who got revenge on Volonnino", and actually go with something closer to my real name.  (Well, my first name anyway. ;) )

But once I register a new account (when the registration page is back up and running), I too would like to have my old posts retroactively changed, if it's not too much trouble, Age.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 08:11:23 PM
Oops. Sorry. Didn't even notice it wasn't there. I'll fix it.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Will on March 04, 2004, 08:58:37 PM
Test post...please ignore.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 09:15:28 PM
One more thing. If you're making a new account, you can't have duplicate e-mail addresses, so you'll have to log in with your old account and change the e-mail address in your profile if you want to use the same address in the new account.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 04, 2004, 11:01:21 PM
[Q]admin Wrote:

 The way the new software works (mostly to prevent people from posting as other people since you can write whatever you want in "Real Name") it will only display the user name of the poster. Changing this behavior is basically impossible, so I'd recommend just making a new user if you don't like your current one. Sorry. [/Q]
Don't mind me. Just testing quoting, which seems to work now.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Beeeej on March 05, 2004, 02:07:58 AM
So now we have to choose flat or threaded as our default?  I really liked being able to move swiftly from one to the other to suit the needs of a particular topic.

Beeeej
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Beeeej on March 05, 2004, 02:11:10 AM
Plus, after I posted the above reply, and got sent back to "Message List," I clicked on this topic again - and got the 12 old posts, all tagged as "new," with my new post missing.  I had to hit reload for mine to show up.

And my signature appears not to be showing up.

If these are things you're already working on, ignore me.

Beeeej
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Beeeej on March 05, 2004, 02:12:56 AM
Never mind the signature part.  :-D

Beeeej
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Beeeej on March 05, 2004, 02:15:04 AM
Okay, maybe mind the signature part.  Still not showing up despite my having changed the settings.

Beeeej

P.S. Yes, I am enjoying the conversation.

P.P.S. Oh, there it is.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: jtwcornell91 on March 05, 2004, 07:36:40 AM
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Okay, the cursing filter is off :D
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Will on March 05, 2004, 08:11:27 AM
'Muff'?  Man, how old are you? :-P
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 05, 2004, 09:22:11 AM
Other people have complained about that, but the developers don't seem to care. When all the major issues are resolved, I'll see about making a quick link to change it.
Title: Re: Caching
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 05, 2004, 09:23:36 AM
I haven't seen the problem you mentioned. The new version seems to be pretty good about caching, but I threw on the same kludges I used on the old forum, so you shouldn't see that again. Let me know if you do and what browser you're using.
Title: Re: Signatures
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 05, 2004, 09:24:53 AM
I think we're both confused now. There's an "Add my signature to this post" checkbox above the smileys. You can set your preferences in your profile to have that checked all the time by default, if that helps. Also, I'm aware the signature isn't formatted the way it used to be. Working on that too.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: atb9 on March 05, 2004, 07:39:45 PM
All you have to say is "ear muffs" then you can say anything!
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 10, 2004, 09:42:10 AM
I'm going to reset the post count so it includes the user posts from before the migration. Does no one else want to change their account name?
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Will on March 10, 2004, 09:50:57 AM
Will "Will"'s post count include "One of the guys..."' post count?
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 10, 2004, 09:54:25 AM
Yes, for those of you who had me replace your old account(s) with a new one, I switched ownership of all your old posts to the new account.
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: Will on March 10, 2004, 12:05:30 PM
Yay! Thanks. :-)
Title: Re: User Names vs. Real Names
Post by: CowbellGuy on March 10, 2004, 12:31:23 PM
It's done, and number of posts now shows up in the user profile.
Title: Re: Officials
Post by: Susan Hindersmann on March 31, 2004, 09:07:49 AM
Greetings - Does anyone know or can anyone tell me how to find the officials for the Harvard-clarkson ice hockey game- March 13, 1971...Thank you very much, Susan
Title: Re: Officials
Post by: Tom Pasniewski 98 on March 31, 2004, 10:38:11 AM
Do you mean the March 12, 1971 ECAC seminfinal loss to Clarkson?  I don't know the answer to your question but I thought I'd try to clarify.  You might want to try talking directly to the ECAC although I don't know how good their records are.  From their Staff Directory:

Paul Duffy
Coordinator of Officials
Phone: 508/771-5060
Fax: 508/771-9486
e-mail: duffyp@geneseo.edu

Steve Hagwell
Associate Commissioner for Men’s Hockey
Phone: 508/771-5060, ext. 226
Fax: 508/771-9486
e-mail: shagwell@ecac.org

They might have leads but then again I don't think many people on this board think the ECAC has its act together when it comes to hockey.