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Posted August 14, 201212 yr Interesting... more and more new members (who don't know IP.Board software) think, that member title is member name. Maybe member title could be replaced. Or... removed once for all.
August 14, 201212 yr You can disable member titles on Admin Panel.System Settings > Members > User Profiles > "Number of posts a member must have before allowing them to change their member title" set to "0" Or you can edit your skin and move member titles to another place.
August 14, 201212 yr Author You can disable member titles on Admin Panel. System Settings > Members > User Profiles > "Number of posts a member must have before allowing them to change their member title" set to "0" This allows only title change, not disable or remove.
August 14, 201212 yr I did not test it, but according to the description of that field, if you set it to "0" it will disable the option to set member titles in the user profile.
August 14, 201212 yr Author Yes, then you will have there default title, like IPB Newbie in your case.
August 14, 201212 yr It prevents members from misusing it, which is what you seemed to state was the issue. If you want to remove it entirely, you can use a template hack for that fairly easily. But I don't agree that it should be removed entirely, I and many others actually do make use of it, and it's a "common" feature for all forums to have. I've never had any problems with people not understanding that the title was for.
September 25, 201212 yr Does the title change over time/amount of posts made? If so, can you change the default titles themselves?
September 25, 201212 yr I have the titles change on the number of posts on my site. Most of the members love it. But some of the older members totally don't get it -- and a few of them were actually insulted by titles like "Newbie" and "Elf". No sense of humor...
September 25, 201212 yr Does the title change over time/amount of posts made? If so, can you change the default titles themselves? Yes, you can. In your ACP go to Members > Members > Member Ranks.
September 27, 201212 yr Member titles seem to be dated and silly. Even status updates are more useful.
September 27, 201212 yr Member titles seem to be dated and silly. Even status updates are more useful. Member titles are not even remoely relevant to status updates. If you don't want to use it, don't use it. I'd suport adding a setting to disable member titles if you don't want to use them, if that can't be done already without a template hack, but it definitely has no reason to be removed entirely. I do make good use of it on my community and my members love it.
September 28, 201212 yr Could be less confusing if they changed member titles to custom text in name.
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