Recorder Name inconsistency between app and website entered records

Submitted by Ian Stone on

Is there a way to force the main mobile app to use the same recorder name as the website?  I have been entering records for several years using both the app and the main website. My records always appeared with the Recorder Name in the format of:  [Surname], [Forename].  As my phone aged I was forced to stop using the app, but having upgraded to a new phone and re-installed the app after some time has passed, I have found that my records submitted through the app now have the Recorder Name format of: [Forename] [Surname]. All of my records appear in My Records on the website, but with the two different Recorder Names, so in that respect it isn't a big deal. However, it means that in Activities, I appear as two different people (e.g. in the Trending and League Tables tabs in Activity Summary). Again this isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things - and perhaps considered somewhat vain - but it does offend my sensibilities somewhat, so if it's possible to amend the Recorder Name stemming from the app then I'd like to do it.

On another question, is there a way to force the app to stop cropping photos to a square format? 

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Submitted by snailyumyum on Tue, 15/07/2025 - 13:13

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I agree standardising how recorder names are formatted and which fields they are in across all entry point would be very useful. Also how multiple recorders are listed. Sometimes these are left out of the downloads.