Change username to real name???

Hey guy/girls, i noticed that this has been asked a few times but is there any way i can change it so i can get rid of the username/nickname function and just have real name in its place, so for example every where it now says the users username/nickname is would be changed so it the says the real names ( first & last name), everywhere, spy wall, email, notifications etc??

thanks in advance :)

Charlie.

I'm interested in this too.

I am VERY interested in this. I think the whole Dolphin system is based on nickname, so it will not be an easy one for sure. i had discussed this with a developer a while back and those were his comments.

from some of the posts i have seen i think their is a high demand for this function, it seems strange but i would of thought this would be standard.

i know there are a few ideas on here to change certain parts from nickname to real/full name with diff bits of code, and i have tried and tried myself to come up with something but as im no wizz i have failed to come up with anything :s

any ideas at all would be great, if anyone as got any code to change things then feel free to send this way :)

thanks

Charlie

For changing this we need to edit around 120 files (not counting the database) so, it will take some time.

well i have wasted counless hours trying to find a way of doing it so time is fine, where would we start?

well i have wasted counless hours trying to find a way of doing it so time is fine, where would we start?

Problem lies with future upgrades and mods. Can you imagine, wow. Well lets see if we can get a quote and all chip in to pay for it.

Who is interested? Sign up and lets see if we can get a quote for this. We need a NDA signed though, so the developer cannot sell it as a module after the fact. The users who paid for it own it, not the developer. Is that fair?

If we changed this it will may cause very incompatibly with future updates and modules. If you changed it than you will have to forget about upgrade.  

I have a feeling the Dolphin 8 will have this feature built in. I am sure of it.

Than better wait ........:)

but i cant wait for dolphin 8, its a function i need asap :s

im building a community site where nicknames will not get used, i just thought it would be a matter of changing a few lines of code and bob's your uncle, but seems to be more intense than that, grrrrrr

i have even debated about just changing the wording nickname to name, but then i can see that will just mess things up with the site as i will have to prompt every user to put 'first name' -space- 'lastname' in the one space.

Charlie

but i cant wait for dolphin 8, its a function i need asap :s

im building a community site where nicknames will not get used, i just thought it would be a matter of changing a few lines of code and bob's your uncle, but seems to be more intense than that, grrrrrr

i have even debated about just changing the wording nickname to name, but then i can see that will just mess things up with the site as i will have to prompt every user to put 'first name' -space- 'lastname' in the one space.

Charlie

so if you need it than forget about future upgrade.

you have to change $p_arr['NickName'] to $p_arr['FirstName']."".$p_arr['LastName'] everywhere.

the upgrade isnt a problem to be honest...................so does that mean i have to go into every file and look for $p_arr['NickName'] and change it?? any perticular files or is it a case of checking every single one?

thanks

Charlie

download a software called fileseek, maybe it will help.

 i downloaded that software and did a search but it doesnt find $p_arr['NickName'] in any of the files ?? you sure its not nickName' => $sNick ?? as thats what i had to change on a file before to get real name?

cheers

than try searching this ['NickName']

i have never tried this, so please do it on a test site first.

Good luck.

Ok mate i will give that a go :)

cheers

Charlie

 ok so i did a search for ['NickName'] and found a few matches, so changed them to $p_arr['FirstName']...etc but nothing seems to of changed (and yes i did clear the cache's)...it's still just showing the members nickname/username :s

Charlie

i told you i have not tried it before, i thought it should work but looks not. So until i don't try this i can't tell much. 

Solution for first/last name under avatar

http://www.boonex.com/forums/?action=live_tracker#topic/Show-First-Last-Name-under-Avatar-SOLUTION-.htm