Axel Wers Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePT Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Wers Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikePT Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axel Wers Posted August 14, 2012 Author Share Posted August 14, 2012 Yes, then you will have there default title, like IPB Newbie in your case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpawnPoint Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Does the title change over time/amount of posts made? If so, can you change the default titles themselves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpawnPoint Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Yes, you can. In your ACP go to Members > Members > Member Ranks. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 Member titles seem to be dated and silly. Even status updates are more useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makoto Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jυra Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 Could be less confusing if they changed member titles to custom text in name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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