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Getting Started

  • Domain of One’s Own Overview
  • Preparing to Sign Up for Domain of One’s Own
  • Signing up on Domain of One’s Own
  • I Set Up My Account, Now What?
  • Introduction to cPanel
  • Best Practices for Choosing a Domain Name
  • Accounts & Passwords
  • Getting to Know Your Web Space
  • Securing Your Site with SSL

Control Panel

  • Adding a Redirect
  • Adding a New Domain Name
  • Creating a Subdomain
  • Subdomains vs Subdirectories
  • Introduction to cPanel
  • Low Disk Space

Web Applications

  • Installing Applications with Installatron
  • What is a Web Application?

Wordpress

  • Changing Your Display Name
  • Uninstalling WordPress
  • Installing WordPress
  • WordPress Editor
  • Posts and Pages
  • Categories, Tags, and Menus
  • Basic Privacy
  • WordPress Settings
  • Plugins and Themes – Recommendations
  • Themes and Customizations
  • Best Practices for Handling Media
  • Cloning a WordPress Installation
  • Adding a New User to a WordPress Site
  • Feeds (RSS)
  • Resetting your WordPress Password

Additional Resources

  • Sites@UMW or Domain of One’s Own?
  • Technical Details: What is the server set-up like?
  • Accessibility
  • Account Troubleshooting

Web Security

  • Securing Your Site with SSL
  • Accounts & Passwords

Leaving UMW Domains

  • Leaving Domain of One’s Own: The Practical Steps
  • Leaving Domain of One’s Own: Overview

Changing Your Display Name

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  • What are my display name choices?
  • How do I change my display name?

While using WordPress you may want to have your name display differently than the default username display. WordPress allows you to have several options that are within your control.

What are my display name choices? #

You can change your display name on posts to appear in the following ways:

  • Display username
  • Display your first name
  • Display your last name
  • Display your full name
  • Display a nickname of your choosing

How do I change my display name? #

Your profile is accessible from both your site’s dashboard navigation menu under Users > Profile or by clicking on your name link at the top right hand corner of the black admin bar.

Once on your profile you can edit your first name, last name, and nickname. These can be then used to change your public display name.

screenshot of name options in WordPress profile

Note: When you change your display name on Sites@UMW this effects all your subsites. You cannot have different display names for different sites. This is not true on Domain of One’s Own.

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