Thread: Members cannot edit their Sex

This is another totally crazy OTB bug from "them".

I did this the other day... Just got tired of this...
Simple easy done....lol...


If a someone joins your site in a hurry just to be able to get in or if it is a couple joining your site they sometimes - well alot of times - just use the default settings and then when they decide to actually use your site they discover they are listed as a female when they are actually a male or when a couple joins they list the sex for themselves in reverse order.
Anyway... the OTB install does not allow them to change their sex to the correct sex. Hence they send you emails stating they cannot change it to the correct sex. Then you have to login and change it for them and then send them an email telling them you have do this for them.... WHY?????
Jeeeze.....
And then there are the members, on my site anyway, where, she was a he and hes a she or they are TS/TG/TV and want to change their sex....rotfolo...
Yes ... I know...

Anyway...just go to your database to profiledesc, sex and set the field "editable set" to both member and admin.
Saves alot of time and headaches...
Who cares what they change it to as long as THEY can change it without admin intervention. Also you do not have to deal with it...
Why not give them the power????


Prometheus...

My service is setup so that all new female signups are set to "Chicks for free". If a Male user catches onto this, he could sign up as "Female", get a free unlimited membership, then later change his profile and details to "Male", thereby circumnavigating the need to pay. I have therefore set the field so that only the admin can change the gender field.

If your service is free for everyone... then this would not present a problem.

I may be wrong here. The program may be smart enough to know if a profile has been changed from Female to Male and stop the user from receiving free services... I haven't actually tried it (given the ability to change gender for the user) but a current program I am now using (not Dolphin) has this set up and yes... guys do try to dupe us.

Current installation - Dolphin 5.4

Just my two cents worth...

If people know it is free for women what is the difference?
You must be advertising your site is free for women.
Else how would they know....lol...