WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible. en Mon, 20 May 2013 00:41:05 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976807 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:51:24 +0000 timethief 976807@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @macmanx
Thanks for confirming that for me again.

]]> tsaitina on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976806 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:51:22 +0000 tsaitina 976806@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Aww, that's too bad. Wish I knew about that before I created a new blog!

Thanks anyway, everyone.

]]> macmanx on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976801 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:49:30 +0000 macmanx 976801@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Unfortunately, existing blog names cannot be converted into user names.

]]> tsaitina on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976767 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:31:39 +0000 tsaitina 976767@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Thanks, timethief.

]]> timethief on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976764 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:30:40 +0000 timethief 976764@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I'll flag this thread for Staff attention.

]]> tsaitina on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976761 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:28:38 +0000 tsaitina 976761@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Right, but this is not for 'someone else' as it is for me, the person that owns the blog. I just want to confirm that basically WordPress does not have the functionality for me to create a username even though I am the owner of the blog?

]]> timethief on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976747 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:24:25 +0000 timethief 976747@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ When we register a username account the matching blog is reserved for our future use. It cannot be obtained by anyone other than the person who has registered the matching username.

Blog names are the same as usernames for the most part. Usernames can be turned into blog names, but blog names cannot be turned into usernames. http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/cant-change-username-because-i-use-same-display-name?replies=5#post-694997

]]> tsaitina on "Want to add new user account with blog name, but not possible." http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/want-to-add-new-user-account-with-blog-name-but-not-possible#post-976743 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 20:21:41 +0000 tsaitina 976743@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here's how the problem occurred:

1. Already own a blog called http://mindsome.wordpress.com. When I registered for this site a long time ago, I registered with the user name 'mindsome'.

2. Created a new blog called http://ohsnapletseat.wordpress.com, but now I can't register for a new name 'ohsnapletseat' because I get this error: "Sorry, but the username ohsnapletseat isn't available."

I assume this is because that blog exists... but I own it, so how do I create or make a username called ohsnapletseat?

I also already tried signing in with that name thinking maybe it is reserved for me already but nope, it is not.

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