About the account registry.

Xx{Midday}xX · 06-19-2008, 08:36 PM

I've gotten several questions recently about various names that cause malfunctions on various parts of the site. There was the apostrophe incident, and there seem to be some other characters that don't allow you to register on the profile chat (dragon890x has told me that the name ☆神☆ causes Profile Chat to not register you as a user, also, can't get to his profile from the forums using the dropdown list). There seem to be a lot of problems originating from the unrestricted name registry.

I think the best way to solve this problem is to not allow some characters to be used in the name when registering.

Is it possible to get a list of characters that could interfere with features on FFR?

Is it possible to restrict the usable characters during the account registry?

Apparently, all non alpha-numeric characters are problematic to flash. And the apostrophe is problematic with coding. There should be a warning on the registry to prevent users from making this mistake.

**Gibson63** · 06-19-2008, 08:37 PM

maybe .. yeah.. like getting an error message saying we cant register with these characters

☆神☆ · 06-19-2008, 08:43 PM

Yeah, here is a screen shot.

Commandersa1 · 06-19-2008, 08:46 PM

It actually should not be hard to do. I do not think they will have to mess with vB code that much either.

**LoneW0lf** · 06-19-2008, 08:50 PM

But would that interfere with profiles that already have that name?

**foilman8805** · 06-19-2008, 08:52 PM

It has to do with flash. Any non alpha-numeric character interferes with the product design. Symbols, Greek letters, Japanese characters all have a problem with flash. Literally anything that isn't a number or a letter could potentially have problems with registry.

I think this issue has been brought up before, and I recall restriction not actually being possible (I may have misunderstood). I would like to see a warning for those about to register though so that they know if they create an account with non alpha-numeric characters they will be missing out on a lot of FFR's features.

Xx{Midday}xX · 06-19-2008, 08:53 PM

People with problematic account names would probably already have started new ones by now... I think.

EDIT: Oh ok... well then, a warning.

LLaMaSaUceYup · 06-19-2008, 08:57 PM

Yeahhhhh
Supported +1

**JasonKey** · 06-19-2008, 09:27 PM

It has been address in some places, and should be addressed for future users, true enough.

Will look at further options.

EtherCloud · 06-23-2008, 07:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xx{Midday}xX

I've gotten several questions recently about various names that cause malfunctions on various parts of the site. There was the apostrophe incident, and there seem to be some other characters that don't allow you to register on the profile chat (dragon890x has told me that the name ☆神☆ causes Profile Chat to not register you as a user, also, can't get to his profile from the forums using the dropdown list). There seem to be a lot of problems originating from the unrestricted name registry.

I think the best way to solve this problem is to not allow some characters to be used in the name when registering.

Is it possible to get a list of characters that could interfere with features on FFR?

Is it possible to restrict the usable characters during the account registry?

Apparently, all non alpha-numeric characters are problematic to flash. And the apostrophe is problematic with coding. There should be a warning on the registry to prevent users from making this mistake.

im having the same problem but there are no special symbols in my account name So any suggestions would be helpful.

**phe0nixblade** · 06-23-2008, 08:06 PM

If I remember correctly, this is the way that it used to be because I tried to register a name with ( ) before and it would not work.

06-19-2008, 08:36 PM	#1
Xx{Midday}xX FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: My own world. Miserable. Disgusting. Appalling. Pessimistic. Horrific. Terrible. Posts: 3,518	About the account registry. I've gotten several questions recently about various names that cause malfunctions on various parts of the site. There was the apostrophe incident, and there seem to be some other characters that don't allow you to register on the profile chat (dragon890x has told me that the name ☆神☆ causes Profile Chat to not register you as a user, also, can't get to his profile from the forums using the dropdown list). There seem to be a lot of problems originating from the unrestricted name registry. I think the best way to solve this problem is to not allow some characters to be used in the name when registering. Is it possible to get a list of characters that could interfere with features on FFR? Is it possible to restrict the usable characters during the account registry? Apparently, all non alpha-numeric characters are problematic to flash. And the apostrophe is problematic with coding. There should be a warning on the registry to prevent users from making this mistake. __________________ Any *FFR song title* discrepancies? List them here. Willing to accurately translate Japanese for free *Accumulating all playstyles here!* つまんないシグでスマソ(´・ω・`) Last edited by Xx{Midday}xX; 06-19-2008 at 08:55 PM..

06-19-2008, 08:37 PM	#2
Gibson63 FFR Veteran Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Canada,Quebec Age: 32 Posts: 1,319	Re: About the account registry. maybe .. yeah.. like getting an error message saying we cant register with these characters __________________

06-19-2008, 08:46 PM	#4
Commandersa1 FFR Player Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 33 Posts: 2,344	Re: About the account registry. It actually should not be hard to do. I do not think they will have to mess with vB code that much either. __________________ Last edited by Commandersa1; 06-19-2008 at 09:58 PM..

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LoneW0lf ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ Bears ʕ·͡ᴥ·ʔ Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,800	Re: About the account registry. But would that interfere with profiles that already have that name? __________________ I hate my name.

06-19-2008, 08:52 PM	#6
foilman8805 smoke wheat hail satin Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: LA baby Age: 35 Posts: 5,704	Re: About the account registry. It has to do with flash. Any non alpha-numeric character interferes with the product design. Symbols, Greek letters, Japanese characters all have a problem with flash. Literally anything that isn't a number or a letter could potentially have problems with registry. I think this issue has been brought up before, and I recall restriction not actually being possible (I may have misunderstood). I would like to see a warning for those about to register though so that they know if they create an account with non alpha-numeric characters they will be missing out on a lot of FFR's features. Last edited by foilman8805; 06-19-2008 at 08:56 PM..

06-19-2008, 08:53 PM	#7
Xx{Midday}xX FFR Player Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: My own world. Miserable. Disgusting. Appalling. Pessimistic. Horrific. Terrible. Posts: 3,518	Re: About the account registry. People with problematic account names would probably already have started new ones by now... I think. EDIT: Oh ok... well then, a warning. __________________ Any *FFR song title* discrepancies? List them here. Willing to accurately translate Japanese for free *Accumulating all playstyles here!* つまんないシグでスマソ(´・ω・`)

06-19-2008, 08:57 PM	#8
LLaMaSaUceYup FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Phoenix, Arizona. Age: 31 Posts: 3,759	Re: About the account registry. Yeahhhhh Supported +1

06-23-2008, 08:06 PM	#11
phe0nixblade Praise the sun mofo Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lordran Age: 32 Posts: 4,281	Re: About the account registry. If I remember correctly, this is the way that it used to be because I tried to register a name with ( ) before and it would not work. __________________

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