Imported Members showing as Guest - Empty profile

[RavenDelana]

I'm new to this, so forgive me if this isn't clear.

I had someone import users to my new forum using a script. Those users show up in the system, are able to login and post, but have the following issues:

It seems as though, when they post they are presented as though they are not logged in users.

• On a post, their User Info shows a User title of Guest. So, they are not clickable, the member action drop down does not display, nor does their online status.
  
• They are also unable to edit their profile field such as Bio, interest, location. In fact, when I go to Users>Search Users> they appear in the list, but when I enter their profile it is completely empty.

Is there any way to fix this?

[kh99]

My guess is that a row was inserted into the user table for each user, but there also needs to be a row added in the userfield and usertextfield tables. They need to have matching userids, but the rest of the columns can have the default value.

[kh99]

Oh, you might try using Maintenace > General Update Tools > Fix Broken User Profiles (in the admincp), I think that may fix the problem.

[RavenDelana]

Originally Posted by kh99

Oh, you might try using Maintenace > General Update Tools > Fix Broken User Profiles (in the admincp), I think that may fix the problem.

Thanks so much! Before I try this, is there any chance it would make things worse?? Like deleting users or the like?

[kh99]

Well, to be perfectly safe (well, as much as possible with this kind of stuff ) you should back up the database before trying it, but it should be ok.

[RavenDelana]

It worked!!!! Thank you a million times!

[HM666]

Originally Posted by kh99

Oh, you might try using Maintenace > General Update Tools > Fix Broken User Profiles (in the admincp), I think that may fix the problem.

Yeah that was what I was gonna suggest. It fixes so many wonderful things! LOL