Re: How to require display names when people join? #displayname #display-name
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Ilana,
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Is there a way to require people to fill out the Display Name box in the process of joining a group? ?
No.
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But assuming your group has the Restricted Membership box checked you can refuse to approve their membership until they do. You can make this policy known in your group's Pending Subscription member notice. That notice will be emailed to the member when they click the Apply For Membership In This Group button on your group's homepage, or use the group's +subscribe address and confirm their email address.
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When a member applies for membership via the web they are taken to a screen where they can fill in their subscription information, including their Display Name. When they apply via email the system will use whatever display name they've already established for their account (if any) or the Display Name carried in their +subscribe email message as the default.
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In either case, to edit it after receiving your Pending Subscription notice the applicant would have to go to the web site, log in if not already, and set their display name on the Subscription page.
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If you don't want Restricted Membership for this group then you can state the policy in your group's Welcome member notice, or on the home page or in the guidelines, but you'll have to follow-up on new members to see if they complied.
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And specify that they should use their real first and last name as their Display Name? ?
Again, only by way of a stated policy (Pending Subscription or Welcome notice, or in the home page description, or in your group's Guidelines).
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Shal
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Shal Farley