I hate to ask a stupid question, but this was left blank in the user documentation.

The vanity name is only used if you have enabled vanity URLs. But in that case it is the word in the URL that links to the users profile. For example: http://fakedoman.com/users/Patrick/ where Patrick is your vanity name and that url goes directly to your profile page.

Thanks Ben.

What happens when more than one person chooses the same Vanity Name? Does it flag them and say it's not available?

Also, does this affect the tokens used for links within AS?

IE: <!--a href="[AS:PROFILE:USERURL]" title="Hi, [DNN:PROFILE:FirstName]! Click here to view your profile."-->

That is controlled by the settings in the control panel. Automatic & protected is the preferred setting because it makes sure that no duplicates can exist. Please see this post: http://www.activemodules.com/active...l-options/

No, that token will always show FirstName.

Thanks Ben.

Out of experience, when using"Automatic and Open" if the same vanity name is used it will increment, Ex:

user
user2

But I think usernames will only increment one time in previous testing.

This was an issue I brought up in the past.
http://www.activemodules.com/active...real-name/

So long as you have a custom theme made, copy "MySettings.ascx" to your theme directory > templates > profile

Locate: Add: Enabled="false"

Thank you for your fast reply Jeff.

The forums ate my code and because the is the community support forum, all posts are moderated, so I didn't get a change to see what I posted.

Locate (additional spaces added so it will post):

asp: TextBox ID = "txtVanityName" and add in the value Enabled="false"

The control will still show up in the template but will display a red cross image when hovered over.

If you would rather not show the field at all, add in to the < td > class="Hidden" this will completely hide the field by using the .Hidden class found in the .default.css file provided by DNN.

If you comment out, the page will error on updates. Needs to be done with either of the two examples I provided above.

What about Vanity Names that you haven't grasped?

It's really up to how you want your community set up...........
- Real Names
- Displaynames

Feel free to shoot me a pm if needed. Be glad to help. email icon under my profile pic.