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08-10-04, 11:13 AM
I just registered on this site. In fact, this is my first post, and I had to mention a big problem with the registration process. I tried about 6 or 8 times to register before I was able to successfully complete the registration. I kept getting this error:
"You have chosen not to accept the forum rules, so registration can not continue."
Of course, I HAD chosen to acccept the rules, so the error message didn't make sense. After trying about 6 or 8 times, I finally figured out that the problem was not with the forum rules, but the fact that I was choosing a username that was already taken (I tried to use my first name). The site should give an error that says something like: "That username is already in use".
I wonder how many other new members the site may have had, who've been discouraged and given up after getting an incorrect error message when trying to register with a common name.
"You have chosen not to accept the forum rules, so registration can not continue."
Of course, I HAD chosen to acccept the rules, so the error message didn't make sense. After trying about 6 or 8 times, I finally figured out that the problem was not with the forum rules, but the fact that I was choosing a username that was already taken (I tried to use my first name). The site should give an error that says something like: "That username is already in use".
I wonder how many other new members the site may have had, who've been discouraged and given up after getting an incorrect error message when trying to register with a common name.