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:
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!
