Buddypress Full Name Problem

  • webezy

    (@webezy)


    14 years, 2 months ago

    Hi,
    I am using Buddypress 1.5.3.1 with WordPress Multisite 3.3.1 install and I’m having a problem that’s puzzling me. When I fill out the registration form I insert username, password, email etc and as required for BP I insert a Full name. Under normal circumstances the full name you entered is displayed in your BP profile.

    But here’s the puzzler, my install shows the username instead of the full name and you can’t edit it in the profile edit form. I have not messed with the code or used any plugin that I know of that could cause this to happen.

    Has anybody had this experience and can shed some light on this? I would really appreciate some help.

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  • Andres Richero

    (@arichero)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    I´m having more or less the same kind of trouble.

    When editing any user´s profile in which the Full name was shown, upon update, full name gets replaced with user name. Even when it says the update has been successfull, there´s no other way to get back to the user´s full name other than editing the user profile from the users tab on WP.

    Would anyone know how to fix this?

    Thanks for any help!

    Thread Starter webezy

    (@webezy)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Andres,

    Looks like Buddypress is onto this bug. I came across this http://buddypress.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/3725
    We’ll just have to wait for a fix.

    Andres Richero

    (@arichero)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks @webezy for your quick reply. Pitty we have to wait, still, i´m glad there´s an explanation to it.

    Thread Starter webezy

    (@webezy)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Andres,

    I changed my full name description to ‘Display name’ and it’s now working as it should. I set this to display name so the user has option to use whatever name they want in their profile. Then I created first name and last name fields to capture their actual names.

    Maybe this will work for you. I don’t understand why doing this made it right. Hope this helps you.

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    Andres Richero

    (@arichero)

    14 years, 1 month ago

    Hi Webezy, thanks for the tip.
    It did work ok for me too.
    I´ll still have to look for another solution since the site I´m working on is in spanish and the field should therefore not be named “Display name”

    Thanks again!

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