how to change my; ‘posted by’, ‘author name’, and ‘username’?

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  donedwardbrown · Member · Sep 10, 2006 at 4:08 pm

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  I want to ues my first name only on the “public info.” on my blog. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, donedward

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  engtech · Member · Sep 10, 2006 at 4:51 pm

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  * Log in to wordpress.com and create a new account
  * Log out and log back in to donedward

  * Dashboard >> Users
  * Type new username into box and press “Search for Users”
  * Check the box beside the user name
  * Set the role of checked user to Administrator
  * Click Bulk Update

  * Always use the new account from now on

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  vivianpaige · Member · Sep 10, 2006 at 6:12 pm

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  Go to profile, and under display name as choose the one that has only your first name. Alternative, create a nickname and then choose that one from the drop down list.

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  donedwardbrown · Member · Sep 10, 2006 at 6:27 pm

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  Vivianpaige; thank you for the help. donedward

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  vivianpaige · Member · Sep 10, 2006 at 7:20 pm

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  Glad I could help :)