northlandadv
01-10-2008, 02:36 PM
Seems like this might be a little bug, or just something easy to fix that would make life easier.
When adding a new article, you must choose an author. Unfortunately, when you use the dropdown list to choose a author's username, the author field is then populated with the username rather than the actual name. This is a bit silly since then the username is then displayed in the article.
After reviewing the article object list, I saw that the author field in the new article page should be using the get_author_name object in the template. I assumed, then, it would be grabbing the author name entered when the user was set up. This is not the case. Instead it uses the field in the add article area which is auto-populated with the author username instead.
Of course, it's easy to override this field and put in the actual name. But what a pain! And why? Why doesn't this field populate with the real name instead of the username?
When adding a new article, you must choose an author. Unfortunately, when you use the dropdown list to choose a author's username, the author field is then populated with the username rather than the actual name. This is a bit silly since then the username is then displayed in the article.
After reviewing the article object list, I saw that the author field in the new article page should be using the get_author_name object in the template. I assumed, then, it would be grabbing the author name entered when the user was set up. This is not the case. Instead it uses the field in the add article area which is auto-populated with the author username instead.
Of course, it's easy to override this field and put in the actual name. But what a pain! And why? Why doesn't this field populate with the real name instead of the username?