Hi @r-a-y thanks for the help but im afraid i still got the same problem.
I added the codded snippet on my register page, then i went and re-saved my field_1 to make it work again.
I edited my profile and it saved the first name properly.
I registered a new user.
Without even activating that user i went to the edit profile on the previous account and clicked on Saved.
Once Again “There was a problem updating some of your profile information, please try again.” And my first name was replaced with my username.
If i try to change it again to my first name i wont get the error about updating my profile but i wont get my first name either . It will always shows the username.
Thanks
This is getting me totally crazy, i cant see an obvious reason of why this is happening as i cant reproduce the error, it just happens randomly , most of the time when a new user register …
Ok after some more debbuging i found that the problems occurs when me or any other user visit another site different from the main site.
I have a copy of my website for development where i was unable to replicate the problem, but then i visited one of my sites (remember im running buddypress + wordpress mu) and as soon as i edit my profile i get the error and the field_1 get overwritted with the username.
My child sites are just twenty eleven sites where people can create their blogs. So not sure why if i move out of my buddypress main site i get the field_1 overwrited with the username.
Also if i check wp_user_meta nick_name first_name and last_name appears empty, so it looks like for some reason the problem also broke the field profile sync.
Once again if i edit and save the primary field, im able to edit it properly and the sync between bp and wp start working again until i move to a child site.
Im totally lost on what can be causing this problem. I tried to open a ticket on the bug tracker of buddypress but someone deleted it without even saying a reason.
i feel kinda alone on this community….
