Post by bp2go on May 11, 2016 6:33:42 GMT -8
If you want to call attention to a specific forum member in a post, you can TAG their name and then they will see a bubble over there Messages and a Notification that they have been tagged in a thread, and that thread is linked so they can jump right to it.
But the tag must be aimed at the registered name, and this is where people get it wrong. All initial registered names are one word, all lower case. If somebody want to style their name to use two words or capped letters, that requires setting the Display name. You can see that in your oen Profile if that interests you.
In my case, my registered name is Admin. But to avoid confusion, I set my display name to bp2go. Then to really get confusing, I had to start a second account to really BE bp2go when I learned I had to relinquish my Admin account to transfer ownership!*
So to tag me, for example, stick with bp2go and use the at symbol, @ before the name. No space between the symbol and the name. So a proper tag will look like this before you post,
Note: To check a person's registered name, roll over their name above the avatar and a tooltip pops up with the registered version. The clue is when a member has a space in their display name, or capped letters, neither of which is allowed when registering.
*PS: Things have changed. Ownership of the forum is still in my name, so while I am still Admin, I really only use the bp2go account, and so many original posts show Admin now that I have the real bp2go name captured. Clear as mud, huh?
But the tag must be aimed at the registered name, and this is where people get it wrong. All initial registered names are one word, all lower case. If somebody want to style their name to use two words or capped letters, that requires setting the Display name. You can see that in your oen Profile if that interests you.
In my case, my registered name is Admin. But to avoid confusion, I set my display name to bp2go. Then to really get confusing, I had to start a second account to really BE bp2go when I learned I had to relinquish my Admin account to transfer ownership!*
So to tag me, for example, stick with bp2go and use the at symbol, @ before the name. No space between the symbol and the name. So a proper tag will look like this before you post,
@bp2go...then it looks like this: bp2go : Note: To check a person's registered name, roll over their name above the avatar and a tooltip pops up with the registered version. The clue is when a member has a space in their display name, or capped letters, neither of which is allowed when registering.
*PS: Things have changed. Ownership of the forum is still in my name, so while I am still Admin, I really only use the bp2go account, and so many original posts show Admin now that I have the real bp2go name captured. Clear as mud, huh?
