Users Name not Username is showing up when they post

[DirkDiggler]

I dont know if this is a setting I have overlooked but everytime new users post to the forum their name shows up not their username, where can I correct this

[[Unknown]]

Why would their username show up instead?  I could tell you how to *change* this, but to correct it seems impossible to me - it already seems correct .

Notice my post.  My username (the one I use to log in) is "unknown".  However, my name is "[Unknown]".  It's the one I want shown when I post.

-[Unknown]

[Orstio]

I guess the discrepancy here for those who have used Mambo, but not SMF, is that in Mambo, the person's "realName" doesn't show anywhere but the admin panel, or in articles if the author or admin so chooses.

[punkvaulter]

Could you show me where to edit the registration form so that "name" says "forum name"  on the bridged registration.  This would help clear things up for new users as they've been putting their real names in under name and get upset when their real name is showing on the forum.  Thanks!!

[punkvaulter]

Found it!

Encase anybody else wants to do the same thing.

I edited /components/com_smf_registration/smf_registration.html.php 

[weekend camper]

thanks punk, that was on my to-do-list.

@edit:

in case people wonder about an example of this change, here's my changes, YMMV:

find in /components/com_smf_registration/smf_registration.html.php 

<td colspan="2"><?php echo _REGISTER_REQUIRED; ?></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="30%"><?php echo _REGISTER_NAME; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="name" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_UNAME; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="username" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" /></td>
    <tr>

      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_EMAIL; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="email" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_PASS; ?> *</td>
      <td><input class="inputbox" type="password" name="password" size="40" value="" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_VPASS; ?> *</td>
      <td><input class="inputbox" type="password" name="password2" size="40" value="" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

replace

<td colspan="2"><?php echo _REGISTER_REQUIRED; ?></td>
</tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="30%"><?php echo _REGISTER_NAME; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="name" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" />(displays in the forums)</td>
    </tr>

    <tr>

      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_UNAME; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="username" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" />(login name)</td>
    <tr>

      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_EMAIL; ?> *</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="email" size="40" value="" class="inputbox" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_PASS; ?> *</td>
      <td><input class="inputbox" type="password" name="password" size="40" value="" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td><?php echo _REGISTER_VPASS; ?> *</td>
      <td><input class="inputbox" type="password" name="password2" size="40" value="" /></td>
    </tr>

    <tr>
      <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

[Fardo]

I got the same problem ... it's confusing to use name and username though ... is it possible to use the username ans forum name and login?

[Fardo]

anyone?

[chadness]

Those variables, _REGISTER_NAME, _REGISTER_USERNAME, etc. are in the Mambo file languages/english.php.  Just change them to say what you want in there.  For instance, I have those lines reading:

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DEFINE('_REGISTER_NAME','Real Name:');
DEFINE('_REGISTER_UNAME','Please choose a username:');