how do I change my member name

Once you register under a name and email account you can only create a new one with a new email and not reuse the same name. Forum names are not recoverable once registered to a User name regardless if they are abandoned or deleted. So pick your User name with care and also that of your Forum.

Just thinking about this a bit, it occurs that perhaps Lefora could have a Practice Forum thingy so that folks could see how things would look without fully committing to the real deal. Either that or a notice to make sure that you are happy with your Forum name before it becomes a live Forum.

Just some thoughts.

Before I became an admin on www.orangecountyfixed.com I created my own forum using my existing username. I named it "check 1-2" and used it to test out the features and figure out how things work behind the scenes. I still use this site to test things and play around with css and colors, etc etc. If you have a username you want, create the account. There's no reason you need to delete an account just because you aren't happy with the forum. Make a test site with an off the wall name and roll with it. When you are happy, go all in.

Good luck. Have fun.

Bear in mind that you can change the forum name using forum admin without changing the address...

Reregistering isn't the end of the world either as you can grant founder privileges to your new ID from within the forum admin > members screen. The only thing you'll lose is your post count...