Recently, the news has been less than inspiring news regarding folks’ personal information in relation to the Internet. I could go on and on – but, anyone who participates in Forums like this one – knows exactly what I mean.
Therefore – rather than take an attitude of “
frankly, my dear – I could really give a damn..” – I’ve made some instrumental coding changes to the PGCA Forum. They include:
1) You may now have POST/DISPLAY name – anything of your choice (see mine - it's now "
John D." as an example
) (BUT. please, keep it professional..). You can enter it in your personal profile here:
http://parkerguns.org/forums/profile.php?do=editprofile
And scroll down that page – and you will see a text box:
My Display Name - Other Members will see this as the name you post with on the forum.. Simply enter your display name there – and click “
Save Change” button.
Instantly – your display name will change on all of your posts in this forum…
2) If you are
NOT logged into the Forum –
YOU WILL SEE NO REAL NAMES on the Forum pages and home page for all forum listings (you can log out to see what I mean).
3) If you are
NOT logged into the Forums –
you will NOT see any member profiles (including folks real names nor location, if they have entered their location).
4) Until you have
TWO posts –
you will not see any LOCATION information – period…
5) If you
ARE logged into the Forum – all the
REAL NAMES magically re-appear on the Forum home/forum display pages – however all thread views will have your DISPLAY name (if you have set one up).
Since no SEARCH engines use a logged in account to search this site – all your personal INFORMATION is available to registered Members of this site ONLY (
but, ONLY if you select a “Display name”).
The
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS of this forum remain unchanged (the use of names).
Have a great day – and if you are in the USA –
a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving!
John D.
(PS – I’ll leave this thread open for Q&A or comments)…