By default the yaf profile and the dnn profile are synced whenever one of them gets updated, if you dont want that you can turn it off in the DNN Module Settings.

Thanks for the work around.

By sync'd does that mean the YAF profile would replace the DNN profile?

When you logged in as Host you should see the Menu Item "Edit DNN-YAF Settings" in the Module Action Menu on that Page you find the "Auto Sync Profiles" Option.

It syncs both Profiles, if a user edits and save the profile in yaf the dnn profile gets updated, and when a user saves the dnn profile the yaf profile gets updated.

I do have a couple questions about it.

1. If I unchecked it, will the forums not see new users of the site?

2. Is it possible to get this to sync from the site to the forums, but not in reverse?

2. When you turn it off profile will be only synced once when the user gets registrated in the forum. The dnn profile will be imported to yaf.

First, what does the forums sync DNN First Name, I see only "Real Name." Secondly, if the forums syncs both ways, shouldn't I be able to assign a first name in the site and have it update something in the forums? Every time, I can update the first name in the site, and every time the forums will erase the first name. That seems to me to indicate that it's a one way sync from the forums to the site.

Because yaf only has a Realname field the Syncronizer checks if the real name contains a space " " for example if i enter "John Doe" it syncs the dnn profile to first name "John" last name "Doe" if there is no space it use the real name as first name. Which would result in an empty first name field if you leave the Real Name field blank.

I could a check if real name is blank, dont sync it.

For example, in DNN my First and Last name are: Richard Ryerson

I can set that right now, as a matter of fact, I will.

Then, when I go to view my profile details in the forums, Real Name is "blank."

When I go back to my site profile, the First name is blank and the last name is still Ryerson.

So there isn't a sync from the site to the forums concerning the names, just the reverse - forums to the site.

Also, I can not update my forum profile, because we get a truncation error message. I believe it concerns the "Interests" field in the forums. You have this "linked" to the biography field of the site and this can store several K, but I think the Interests field is not that long.

Also, concerning the biography -> interests. Biography in the site is html encoded, it is not in the forums. Looks really bad in the forums.

Ok you're right current code doesnt sync back the name correctly. Should be fixed now in the repository. I also removed bio -> interests syncing to solve this problem.