changing members username

[dkawika]

If you are editing the username of an existing member, you should update your counters afterwards. how i do that?

and that page comes up showing all the different stuff, do i change any of the stats or just leave them alone?

[ShawneyJ]

you just change the name and save thats it.

i guess you can go to>Maintenance>>Update Counters>>Update User Titles and Ranks

[Lynne]

I've never updated counters after changing a username.

Update Counters is under the Maintenance drop-down.

[ShawneyJ]

agreed, after i change username i just refesh i guess lol.

[Dismounted]

You shouldn't need to update counters after changing a username.

[Opserty]

There is an "Update User Names" option on that page. I guess you only need to run it if you see the old username still on your site.

[Lynne]

There is an "Update User Names" option on that page. I guess you only need to run it if you see the old username still on your site.
Interesting. From the help:
Update User Names:
This will update user names everywhere they occur on your forums. This may need to be done after changing a user's name in the Admin CP.
I wonder if it would update the names in the quote tags?

[Opserty]

I wonder if it would update the names in the quote tags?
No, it doesn't.

Affected tables:

// pmreceipt 'tousername'
// pmtext 'fromusername'
// pmtext 'touserarray'
// forum 'lastposter'
// thread 'lastposter'
// thread 'postusername'
// post 'username'
// usernote 'username'
// deletionlog 'username'
// editlog 'username'


class_dm_user.php > update_username() :)

[Lynne]

No, it doesn't.

Affected tables:

// pmreceipt 'tousername'
// pmtext 'fromusername'
// pmtext 'touserarray'
// forum 'lastposter'
// thread 'lastposter'
// thread 'postusername'
// post 'username'
// usernote 'username'
// deletionlog 'username'
// editlog 'username'
class_dm_user.php > update_username() :)
I never thought to actually look. :cool: I think it is as you say, only do it if there are problems, because I have never had to do it and it's always worked just fine to change the username in the admincp and have it show up correctly in the forums.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

If you change the username from the AdminCP, then there is no need to run any update scripts.

[Dismounted]

Also, as long as the script uses the vBulletin User Datamanager, you won't have to run any update scripts.