I have set up a new BuddyPress site with WP 3.0 and BP 1.2.4.1
If i create a user in wordpress backend with username a.sjogren (a dot in the username) it is accepted. The new user logs in with a.sjogren. But the handle in BuddyPress is not @a.sjogren, instead it is @a-sjogren! I think this is misleading for the user.

If i allow users to register with the buddypress registrationform, no dots are allowed in the username and there is no problem.
http://cl.ly/8cc87b495b508cdbc894

Is this i known issue? Workaround?

If you see at my BP handle it is @t.sjogren! Is there a setting in the system that allows dots in the handle?

[@djpaul Keymaster 14 years, 6 months ago]

Yes, there is.

https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/changing-internal-configuration-settings/
Put this in your wp-config.php

define( 'BP_ENABLE_USERNAME_COMPATIBILITY_MODE', true );


[@tsjogren Participant 14 years, 6 months ago]

When i do this, the handle is corrected. But when i mention a user with a dot in the handle like @ a.sjogren it dosen´t work. Is this a known issue?
Does this work on buddypress.org? Can @DJPaul or someone try to mention me in a reply to this post as a test?
One more question: is it possible to disable the ability to create usernames with dots in wordpress backend?

[@landwire Participant 13 years, 2 months ago]

@t.sjogren
does this work?

[@djpaul Keymaster 13 years, 2 months ago]

Please create a new thread – this one is over a year old, and you’re best off asking a question in a new topic.