Is your display name the same as your login name?, wtf. Options

[*Libertie*]

Gonna be totally honest, I didn't even know about this.

When you register, you have two options. You can choose a login name and also the name that everyone else sees.

Eh. Just seems a bit confusing to me. However, it does explain why sometimes people in the layouts section have different usernames than what shows up in their profiles.

[*brownsugar*]

DAMN.
I was wondering about that...like with people's layouts..I'll accept it and it's under one username..and then they'll PM me on another and I'll be like WTF.

But that definitely wasn't there when I registered. (Atleast, I don't think )

[*Shinji_Mimura*]

I want to change mine. How can I change mine?

[Just2Fresh]

Interesting. I think i put them the same so i didnt get confused >.>

[smoke]

Hey Dani, I asked Arjuna and he said you need permission from an admin to change it. It's so you can keep all your posts and stuff but you can change your name so you no longer have to unregister your old one.

Wow, I was so confused, haha! So anyway, do you people think it's a good idea? Now that I understand how it works, I like it. I just wish it would've came sooner so I could've kept all my old posts from my old username.

[Simba]

Well, Ok. Brenden pretty much said everything for me.

The only thing is that you keep your PPD as well. So if you've been idle for a long time and want to raise it, you're probably better off making a new account.

[*Kathleen*]

Eep. I'm still confused.

[*Libertie*]

Eh, yea.. What I'm wondering is why does that have to be different from your login name?

[Jane Doe.]

They were different; Julie. for login and autodidact. on the forums, but now they're the same. I liked being able to login with Julie-dot, but it's okay the way it is now .

[lovescream]

I think it's because cB didnt have that option yet when you first registered?
'CAUSE I DONT REMEMBER. ASLDKJASLDK


But, yes, it is.

[*T0rmented_Soul*]

oooh pooie so the only way to change your display name is to ask an admin? right hmmmm ok but it doesn't effect your ppd right? lol juss checking

//EDIT to the question yeah my Login name is the same as my username

[Jane Doe.]

No, it doesn't affect your post count or your account. Just your username that shows up/the one you login with.

[*Libertie*]

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/index.php?author_id=50413
^That's an example, Mona has two usernames. I guess it's just confusing to me.

[*Kathleen*]

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/index.php?author_id=50413
^That's an example, Mona has two usernames. I guess it's just confusing to me.

Wait, but isn't that just because she changed her username?

[jumpropeforheart]

http://www.createblog.com/layouts/index.php?author_id=50413
^That's an example, Mona has two usernames. I guess it's just confusing to me.

no, i think the thing is, mona submitted those back when her username was gotnoheart, but since she had a name change, those weren't updated. it's the same way if you go back and read old topics. if someone with a name change is quoted, the name on the quote box doesn't change, but the name on the original post is different than the one quoted.

edit:
kathleen wins

[*Libertie*]

Wait, but isn't that just because she changed her username?

*nods* I'm assuming so. But it happens for new users, too, anyone who chooses something different for his or her display name.

I have the feeling that we're about to get it explained to us, though.

edit; I was late. Right, but late.

[jumpropeforheart]

dani, i see what you're talking about now with the whole display name thing after looking at the register page. i hadn't realized it, but mona's case is different (or so i think).

[*Libertie*]

dani, i see what you're talking about now with the whole display name thing after looking at the register page. i hadn't realized it, but mona's case is different (or so i think).

I had to look at the register page, too. People kept mentioning display names but I didn't know what they were talking about.

[GREASEbaby]

Ah yes, it was that way when I joined.

My user name is OwnsYerFace. :]

[*Kathleen*]

aw;haslgfhf g Someone put this in stupid terms for me. I'm still not comprehending for some reason.

[GREASEbaby]

go to the signup page. you'll see what we mean :]

[oxbeautifultruth...]

I didn't understand that your display name would be a name for the forums and stuff in the beginning..so thats why I changed it. My login is different from my dislplay though.

[*Kathleen*]

go to the signup page. you'll see what we mean :]

I know where you fill that out and whatnot when you're new, but I still don't know what its purpose is.

[GREASEbaby]

Now that my friend, is a mystery.

[no-name]

this should help ya'll

[aubbob]

mhm my real one is aubbob
the second is aubbob with a .

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

i didn`t even know there was a difference.

[*Libertie*]

I know where you fill that out and whatnot when you're new, but I still don't know what its purpose is.

Me either, I thought maybe someone else would know.

[no-name]

probably because someone took the name that they originally wanted but they want to keep it so they can remeber it and they put something else that they wanted in the other one.

I really don't know

[*disco infiltrator*]

Yeahhhhh we got that it's there. Again, we still don't know why...what does it do? Why do you need a different login/display?

That picture didn't help explain that.

[GREASEbaby]

All I know is that in the first one, you can't put spaces but in the second one you can

[no-name]

2xs i explained it in the post above yours.

probably because someone took the name that they originally wanted but they want to keep it so they can remeber it and they put something else that they wanted in the other one.

[smoke]

Ok. Here's how it goes.

You know how people register but then later, they want to change their name? Well, instead of completely unregistering that user name, they can simply keep it and change their display name so they don't lose their old posts and keep their PPD, PM's, and what not. Changing their display name will change the name seen on all your posts, even previous ones. Get it?

[GREASEbaby]

^And how would go about doing that?

[clarity]

didn't it come with cB3? because when I first registered in June 2005, it wasn't there.. but when i recently registered under this username it was..

but to answer your question, yes my user & login names are that same.

[GREASEbaby]

^What was your previous username?

[clarity]

^ silent whisper

[tokyo-rose]

Yep, they are.

[Jeng]

It's the asme, when I first registered I left the display name blank.