Difference between revisions of "Cacher name"

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Q.  Why are there a user name and a caching name? which is which?
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==The need for a Cacher Name==
  
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Due to the fact that Geocaching Australia is not the same site as the Groundspeak site, you have two usernames:
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Geocaching Australia uses two usernames:
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* Your Forum Name which is used in the [[Geocaching Australia Forum]]
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* Your Cacher Name which is used in the [[Geocaching Australia Listings]]
  
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    * Your username on this site (your "Geocaching Australia username")
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For most people, these will be the same.  For other people who cache as a team but post in the forum as individuals, they will be different.  For example: "Pesky!" in the forum is part of the team "The GeoMonkeys"
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    * Your username on the Groundspeak site (your "Cacher name")
 
  
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For most people, your two usernames will be the same. For some people, your two usernames will be different. For example, username "Pesky!" has caching username "The GeoMonkeys"
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To see what your usernames are, have a look at your posts in the forum:
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* If you see a little button marked "Cacher", press that and you'll go to your [[Cacher Page]]
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* If you don't see the little button, your Cacher Name hasn't been set up
  
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To see what your usernames are, have a look at your cacher page. Follow the link under public profiles on your account page.
 
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Setting up your Cacher name
 
  
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To set up your cacher name, please post a request set up your cacher name with the subject line "Please set up my cacher name as name."
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==Setting up your Cacher Name==
  
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Remember the names are case sensitive. myname is NOT the same as MyName
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Again, this is a little clunky at the moment, but we are working on improving it.
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We usually set them up within a day or so. You will see an error message when you make this request. That is normal.
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To set up your cacher name, [http://forum.geocaching.com.au/posting.php?mode=newtopic&f=20|post a request to set up your cacher name] with the subject line "Please set up my cacher name as ''name''"
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Names are case sensitive, so "myname" is NOT the same as "MyName"
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We usually set them up within a day or so.
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Posts like this will go into the system but are not visible to you once you have You will see an error message when you make this request. That is normal.

Revision as of 18:44, 21 June 2005

The need for a Cacher Name

Geocaching Australia uses two usernames:

For most people, these will be the same. For other people who cache as a team but post in the forum as individuals, they will be different. For example: "Pesky!" in the forum is part of the team "The GeoMonkeys"

To see what your usernames are, have a look at your posts in the forum:

  • If you see a little button marked "Cacher", press that and you'll go to your Cacher Page
  • If you don't see the little button, your Cacher Name hasn't been set up


Setting up your Cacher Name

Again, this is a little clunky at the moment, but we are working on improving it.

To set up your cacher name, a request to set up your cacher name with the subject line "Please set up my cacher name as name"

Names are case sensitive, so "myname" is NOT the same as "MyName" We usually set them up within a day or so. Posts like this will go into the system but are not visible to you once you have You will see an error message when you make this request. That is normal.

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