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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 21
Junior Member
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Junior Member
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I'm slowly copying and pasting stories from my old forum to my new forum.
I thought I'd logout as administrator, register as a member under an author's name, then copy and paste the author's stories, then log back in as administrator and delete the member. That way when the actual author came by to register, he or she could, with their own password, email address, etc.
But I tested it and it didn't work. Even though I deleted the member, no one could re-register as that member.
Is there anyway around this? Now the author's name is apparently unre
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Joined: Mar 2000
Posts: 21,079 Likes: 3
I type Like navaho
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I type Like navaho
Joined: Mar 2000
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if you are using v6.0+, it reserves names to keep people from trying to be an imposter...
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Joined: May 2001
Posts: 21
Junior Member
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Junior Member
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Posts: 21 |
Oh no! Is there any way for me or my tech guy to fix it so that guy can come back and post as his old name? It won't even let me create a unique login name and use his as a screen name.
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Joined: Jan 2000
Posts: 5,073
Admin Emeritus
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Admin Emeritus
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Rebuilding the member stat files will wipe out the public name history file and rebuild it from the current list, which should allow him to reuse it...
UBB.classic: Love it or hate it, it was mine.
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Joined: May 2001
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Member
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Member
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Maybe it doesn't delete the Member file from the Members directory. If it's still there (His member number) Delete it and see what happens.
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