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TWC Today => TWC Today News => Topic started by: TWCToday on April 08, 2010, 05:03:43 PM
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Over the past several days , Jesse has worked hard to merge the member base from TWC Classics Forums in to the TWC Today Forums' database and the job was successfully. We are now a merged community. What this entails to is more activity and a bigger and better community as a whole in one place, instead of two. This thread will help alleviate any concerns and help with problems, member merges, deletions, username changes, etc.
For TWC Today members from before the merge, nothing needs to be done on your part, unless you would like your TWC Classics account merged in to your already made TWC Today account. TWC Today accounts CANNOT be merged in to TWC Classics forums, as all posts will then become unlinked to that account. It is best in the longrun for TWC Classics accounts to be merged into the current TWC Today accounts.
For former TWC Classics users, the login process and user processes have been changed. You will be logging in with your usernames that you had at TWCC, however, you will now have to prepend "twcc_" (without quotes) in front of the username. This was done in a manner in which to avoid username conflicts during the merge. Once you log in, you will be presented with the following screen:
(http://j.imagehost.org/0018/passsec.png)
THIS IS NORMAL! It means that your password works. You will need to enter it again and click login. You will then be taken back to the home page, but will not be logged in. This is a security measure in the forum software itself to update the "security" of your password in the database. You will then log in again using the same username and password and you should then be fully logged in. You will be taken back to the index of the forums where it will seem that all the posts on the forums are "new." This, again, is normal, since when your account was imported, a "last active" date was not imported, thus it will seem like you are loggin in for the first time. It is recommended you go in to your profile and play with the settings to your liking and edit fields in your profile as none of them are set. This is a normal process after the merge. You can also change your DISPLAY name in this area too. This does NOT change the username you use to log in to the forums.
Login example:
If my TWCC login info was Martin and the password Weather the new login information would be twcc_Martin and Weather.
In regards to member account merges: If you would like your current TWCC account merged in to your TWCT account, you can request it here, and an administrator or myself will change the post counts in your TWCT account and your TWCC account will then be DELETED. This process CANNOT be undone. You MUST post the format below if you are interested:
TWCToday Username:
TWCClassics Username: (include the new twcc_ prefix)
In regards to USERNAME changes: All accounts were merged in to the forums with a "twcc_" prefix to avoid username conflicts. If you would like the "twcc_" removed or your username to log in to the forums changed completely, you must make a request to myself via PM or here for this too happen. Take caution. You MUST have an up to date email address in your profile. Changing a username requires a reset password for security reasons. A change password link will be emailed to the address on your account with instructions on how to do so.
In regards to account deletion: If you would like your TWCC account to be deleted, for any reason, including just wanting to "start fresh," log in to your current TWCC account, and PM an administrator, or myself, and request your account to be deleted.
Staff on the forums is currently as follows after the merge: Subject to change without notice)
Administrators:
Martin
Patrick
Stephen
Gary
Global Moderators:
Kyle
Tyler
Matt
I am soo excited to have the two communities together on a single forum at last. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please send me a PM or email. Lets have a great time!
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On a personal note I am still in Europe so I will still be remote until this weekend. Please though continue to post concerns. I check each night which is afternoon for most of you
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TWCToday Username:
tpirfan28
TWCClassics Username: twcc_tpirfan28
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TWCT Name:
Zach (original chris121)
TWCC Names: twcc_TWCZach and twcc_Zach (about the 2nd one, I got locked out of my original one).
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TWCT name:
Evan2015 (ehatt493 login name)
TWCC name: twcc_ehatt493
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TWCT Name:
wxntrafficfan (originally socool375)
TWCC Name: twcc_wxntrafficfan
Please merge my TWCC account onto my TWCT account :wave:
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Matt, Zach, Evan, and Aaron, you're all set now. :yes: I'll be slashing out the info as I go to let other admins know that your accounts have already been handled.
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Yay! Welcome back everyone
i'll be using these 2 for now on
Twctoday Alejandro & Gt1racer47HD
TWCC_gt1racer
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TWCT original username: CHSChiefs2010TWCC username: TWCC_Mike M
And if possible, please rename my username to MikeM2011 (but keep the display name the same).
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TWCT Username:
kpetree10
TWCC Username: twcc_kpetree10
Please merge my TWCC account into my TWCT account. Thanks Guys!
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Thanks for changing my info, although could my join date be changed to 8/6/05 at 8:52 PM? This was when I joined TWCC.
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Thanks for changing my info, although could my join date be changed to 8/6/05 at 8:52 PM? This was when I joined TWCC.
I can't change your username or join date right now. I'm only assigned to do changes in regards to the TWCC accounts. Martin told me that he'll take care of personal requests to TWCT accounts later.
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TWCT Username:
writer323 (profile username: thecoolwriter)
TWCC Username: twcc_twcfansince98
I like the way your guys did this. Keep up the good work!!!
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I've completed everyone above so far. Please note that personal requests on your own TWCT account will be handled after we get things more settled down. We're handling the merging and deleting of the TWCC accounts now. Also, we're checking the accuracy of your post counts here on TWCT and combining it with the info we get from the TWCC accounts, so you will notice adjustments.
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TWCToday Username:
Al
TWCClassics Username: TWCC_Al L
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TWCT Username:
Localonthe8s (original Thunder)
TWCC Username: twcc_Localonthe8s
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TWCT Username:
beanboy89
TWCC Username: twcc_beanboy89
Please merge my TWCC account into my TWCT account.
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TWCToday Username:
WIWeather
TWCClassics Username: twcc_WIWeather
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TWCT username:
Lightning86
TWCC username: twcc_IntelliStar86
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TWCToday Username:
4000 weatherman
TWCClassics Username: twcc_4000 weatherman
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Happy to see some familiar faces from TWCC around the forum :) Let us know if we can improve on anything.
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TWCT Username:
TV Shows Fan
TWCC Username: twcc_TV Shows Fan
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I've finally gotten my feet wet again over here. It's been a long time since I posted here.
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I've finally gotten my feet wet again over here. It's been a long time since I posted here.
Welcome back! Hope you enjoy things over here :)
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I'm back from my trip...time to deal with this TWCC merging business. :biggrin:
TWCToday Username: WeatherWitness
TWCClassics Username: TWCC_WeatherWitness93
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*BUMP*
The Board Guidelines/Member Agreement pages need to be updated to reflect the TWCT/TWCC partnership, not just TWC Today :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jesse. I'll make sure Martin sees this notice so he can update it.
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Hi guys, I would like my TWC Classics member account (with post count and records) merged into my TWC Today account. Thanks!
TWCToday Username: NYCTWCjunkie
TWCClassics Username: TWCC_NYCTWCjunkie
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I've merged your TWCC account to your TWCT one now.
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I've merged your TWCC account to your TWCT one now.
Thank you!