Name change?

[Little~Bit]

Okay, so, supposedly a while back you could note one of the higher-up admins and ask for them to change your FA name so you don't have to go through the hassle of switching accounts and all that bullshit. Do they still do that, or am I screwed?

[dinosaurdammit]

Okay, so, supposedly a while back you could note one of the higher-up admins and ask for them to change your FA name so you don't have to go through the hassle of switching accounts and all that bullshit. Do they still do that, or am I screwed?

They switch it on the forums but I dont think I have ever known them to switch mainside accounts. Make a new one, move to the new one is about the best you can do :/

[Little~Bit]

LAME. BC

[Corto]

This ain't an official answer but as far as I know changing names over at mainsite is impossible because of how the site is coded or something.

[Little~Bit]

Yeah, seems FA isn't coded to change much of anything except what's on your profile page..

[Devious Bane]

Gotta love technology.

[SIX]

The first thing I have to say is you have the best license plate. Except for this guy.

Secondly, unfortunately, to cut a long story short... when you sign up to an account, you create a new entry into a database. The way the data's saved in that database means that all the information on an account is unique to a username, and the username can't be changed.

[jayhusky]

As SIX said the database is done in such a way that once the account is created the username field is the primary key and uniquely identified. So unfortunatly the option to change your username doesn't exist. That function was supposed to be included with the Ferrox update (As Ferrox was a complete re-write of the site code and db structure), Since Ferrox has stalled and is now longer being actively worked upon. The username feature is unlikely to be added until a new re-write is performed. The only rewrite I know of that we're likely to see in the future is that of the UI, in which you'll only see graphic changes as well as layout.

[Lucky_White]

Can they change the code so your user name is still used within the code, but the displayed name is different? A sort of alias system, where both names would redirect to your page but only one would show at a time?

[SIX]

Can they change the code so your user name is still used within the code, but the displayed name is different? A sort of alias system, where both names would redirect to your page but only one would show at a time?

Well, it would involve adding a new field to the database; which supposedly was to come with Ferrox, but difficulties were had and Ferrox was postponed indefinitely. In any case, changing the database structure would be very difficult..

[jayhusky]

Can they change the code so your user name is still used within the code, but the displayed name is different? A sort of alias system, where both names would redirect to your page but only one would show at a time?

Well, it would involve adding a new field to the database; which supposedly was to come with Ferrox, but difficulties were had and Ferrox was postponed indefinitely. In any case, changing the database structure would be very difficult..

I remember having a discussion with a member of staff about this a year or two ago.
You could in theory add a new field to the database and have an alias system, however, if that was done it would break the table in which the user info sits and to put it bluntly all hell would break loose. (Or to use the term in the original discussion, a "cascading" issue). Also since I believe (I'm not 100% sure) that the userpages on this site are Rewrites using htaccess, there would have to be some rule to tell it that 2 names refer to one page.

Its highly unlikely that a rename feature is going to appear anytime soon.

[Devious Bane]

In any case, changing the database structure would be very difficult..

Implying it is even possible at this point.
The whole thing is a mess and needs to be completely re-written, preferably by someone who isn't an ignorant twat.