Name change??

[punk23]

On my forum we are considering dropping nicknames for the staff and changing to our real names. This will help make the site more friendly for our target customer base...

I am ok with the namechange in profiles, that's no problem. What I also want to do is run a site-wide search and replace for all instances of our previous nicknames in posts etc. I have a database of over 50,000 posts.

Is there a way to do this and if so how please?

Thanks for reading.

[TheMusicMan]

Why not simply use vB's Replacement Variables...?

[punk23]

WOW! Fastest reply EVER!!

Thanks TMM (I have spoken to you before m8, in the VB Styles forum )

Could you help a VB thickie out here and explain how I use it...or is there a guide?

[TheMusicMan]

Hehe.... *pats himself on back...

Sure I can help... you can find the Replacement Variable feature in your Style Manager for each style. This means you cna have diffrerent replacement rules for each style should you want to. So, to add a new replacement variable you do this:

AdminCP > Styles and Templates > Style Manager > Select 'Replacement Variables' from the drop down menu associated with the style you want to add a replacement variable to > the rest is self explanatory.

As you add a new replacement, say perhaps adding fred to bert... on your forums, for that style, all instances of fred become bert. How's that?

[punk23]

That's excatly what I need...so simple

Thanks again John.