When a member joins the group, it appears that the member list sometimes populates the members' display name field automatically, along with their email ID. is there a way for the Display Name field to be automatically populated? thanks

On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 11:51 AM, Bruce Hyman wrote:

When a member joins the group, it appears that the member list sometimes populates the members' display name field automatically, along with their email ID.

When someone joins a group, the site uses the name associated with the email address, if possible.? If there's not one or the person decides not to set one, the first part of their email address is used on messages, but is not populated in their record.? Each user can change their Display Name at any time.

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On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 12:37 PM, D R Stinson wrote:

On Premium groups, the owner or authorized moderators can change the display name

Actually, this can be done on any group.

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On Premium groups, the owner or authorized moderators can change the display name

Actually, this can be done on any group.

Duane

Thanks, Duane. I wasn't certain about regular groups and didn't want to give the wrong information.

Dano

On Mon, Dec 23, 2019 at 01:37 PM, D R Stinson wrote:

... the owner or authorized moderators can change the display name of the member?for just?that group, and it doesn't change it for any other group. Of course the member can do this as well.??I don't know if that resets if a member later changes their own display name in their personal settings

Dan,

According to GIO, if someone changes something on their main profile, it will propagate downstream to all the group profiles, as long as that changed field hasn't already been customized:

/account?page=viewprofile

You can customize your profile for each group you are subscribed to. Changes made to your account profile will automatically apply to each group profile, with the exception of those specific fields in each group profile that you've previously customized.


After looking at the text above, it doesn't clarify if the customization will be preserved whether it was customized by the member or by a mod, so I was curious and did a quick test, and if the mod changes someone's display name or other profile setting, any changes by the member on their root GIO profile will overwrite the group profile, but if it was changed by the member themselves, it will not be overwritten ...?I learned something new today!

Cheers,
Christos

Is there a way to force a new user to where they're name into the Display Name section??

On Sun, Dec 29, 2019 at 12:00 PM, Mark Jensen wrote:

Is there a way to force a new user to where they're name into the Display Name section?

No.? The site will use any name associated with the email address (as most people do) if it finds one.? If not, it will use the first part of the email address.? As an example, say a user sends email from John Smith <[email protected]>.? The site will initial use John Smith as the display name.? If that weren't included, it would use jsmith@.? Members can always change this later if they want, so it's not good to depend on it.

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