The display will be the persons 'real name' that they sign up with. At no time will the users email address be displayed. The app is rather low security so I think that using the persons primary email address as their username will work out ok. Another design question answered, another step towards completion. :)
> I would say it depends on if you are 'displaying' usernames in a forum or on > articles or something like that. If so, go with usernames, but use email / > password for identity and uniquness. > > Paul Giesenhagen > QuillDesign > > > > Lets say I have an application where people will sign in to get access to > some resources. The signin uses a standard username/password. What do you > feel is best for a username? Many sites use the persons email address while > others allow them to just write in some text. The only disadvantage of the > later method is that you have to make sure two different people do not have > the same username. > > This is for a community project and I need to know asap. Thanks > > > > Michael Dinowitz > > Publisher: Fusion Authority weekly news alert > (www.fusionauthority.com/alert) > > Listmaster: CF-Talk, CF-Jobs, Spectra-Talk, Jrun-Talk, etc. > (www.houseoffusion.com) > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
