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Add sender name to invite plugin?

Im using the invite plugin at my site but it kinda irritates me that the only thing to identify the sender is the username from my site.

Why not use the name details given in the users WPMU profile settings? Im aware that this could lead to some unintended null strings if theres no data, but couldnt that be solved with a simple if / else?

Just a quick idea :slight_smile:

Sat, 8 Aug 2009 12:00:47
  • Andrew
    • Champion of Loops

    Hiya,

    When I coded the plugin I ran a query on Edublogs and was shocked to find that less than 1% of the users had filled out the first name field. The last name field was closer to 0.2%.

    So that’s why the username was used. We can look at switching it to check for a name if a few members think it’s worth it.

    Thanks,

    Andrew

  • drmike
    • DEV MAN’s Mascot

    I’m torn.

    With edublogs, they don’t do much with the profile information. On our installs, the profiles are actually displayed as authors on the main site where sitewide posts are and the author links within blog posts link back to those author pages/ profiles. I’m sure we have a higher percentage than edublogs but that’s just because the profiles are more public and noticeable.

    I remember the Display Name drop down getting ignored a lot on the wp.com forums. That’s kind of why I’m torn. The information is there to be used but it’s really not.

    Hmmm…..

    Wouldn’t it be more proper though to use what the user has chosen in the Display Name drop down?