2 letter usernames and editing a profile.

2 letter usernames and editing a profile.

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ol

Original Poster:

2,380 posts

209 months

Wednesday 1st April 2015
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I've moaned about this before, but it's highly annoying so I'm bringing it up again.

I've had a 2 letter username since I first joined PH back in the old days. A while ago you updated the site so that now when I try to edit any info in my profile it wont let me save it, as it says "Please enter a valid login name (min 3 characters)."

This is highly annoying as I don't want to change my username, but I haven't been able to edit my profile for years.

How can we get around this issue?

eybic

9,212 posts

175 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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I've asked someone with tech knowledge to pop their head in.

AB

16,988 posts

196 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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I've had the same problem.

I've not updated my profile for a while because of it.

RacingPete

8,884 posts

205 months

Thursday 2nd April 2015
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This restriction has been in place for at least 3 years, so not something new - but it is one we are rolling back out.

We are launching our new single login (so there is not two different ones for classifieds and forums) - and this will allow 2 letter usernames and also to edit the profile separate to usernames.

We are looking at releasing this by end of this month, hopefully sooner.

ol

Original Poster:

2,380 posts

209 months

Sunday 5th April 2015
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Ok thanks. I look forward to being able to update!

JD

2,779 posts

229 months

Friday 1st May 2015
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ears

ol

Original Poster:

2,380 posts

209 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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Nothing yet...

0a

23,902 posts

195 months

Saturday 2nd May 2015
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One day I will be able to take that plane off my profile!

B'stard Child

28,453 posts

247 months

Monday 4th May 2015
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0a said:
One day I will be able to take that plane off my profile!
Doesn't look like it's going to end well

RacingPete

8,884 posts

205 months

Tuesday 5th May 2015
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It is a massive update across our systems, so in final part of testing - late this week or early next.