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Topic: name duplication with guest login??

Posted By: dccsonline
Subject: name duplication with guest login??
Date Posted: 26 December 2004 at 4:01am

Questions about how to fix this...

I have the guest account set to allow posting to my help forum. When posting a new or replying to an open topic, the "guest" user is required to enter a name. This in itself is not a problem, but the name the "guest" user chooses to enter in that field is.

Example:

A guest posts a reply to a topic on the board and enters "myusername" in the name field. The problem is that the user name "myusername" belongs to a registered user with moderator status and 4 stars. When the guest clicks Post, it is still accepted as a valid name for the guest.

Is there a way to put default text, like "Guest" in the name box??
If not, is there a way to better distinguish between the guest and the registered user when they both post with the same name??
Or, in a worst case scenario, can the required name field in those two areas be hidden to the guest and be forced to use a specific value, such as "Guest"??

Thanks is advance,

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 26 December 2004 at 7:13am

The forum already shows the following to tell that it is a guest who is posting:-

myusername
Guest Group

This is displayed at the side of the post, just under the persons entered name.

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Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 26 December 2004 at 11:32am

You may also want to check out this thread

http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=9940&KW=guest - http://forums.webwiz.net/forum_posts.asp?TID=99 40&KW=guest

Basically the idea is that if a user has a guest id, add "_Guest" to the end of any name they suppy.

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Posted By: dccsonline
Date Posted: 26 December 2004 at 1:59pm

I have since added the " - Guest" code to the posted name.

I am now wondering if there is a way to have it check the name against the database and return an error like "...form not submitted...user name already in use...".

This would be a better option for my particular forum.

Anywho...Thank you for the assistance. I am just surprised that I did not come accross that thread earlier...lol. I will post in that thread from now on to consolidate. Thanks again. Big smile