Okay, we're on to something. No noted errors with Joomla debugging enabled, but get this..
Creating a user in the backend via cb>user management +new gave me a different result. I entered all the required fields with unique data (ie first name, last name, email, username, pass, verf. pass.. It saved successfully. When I searched for that account I just created, before clicking on it to see the tabs and 'more extensive options while editing a user, it DOES show the name, username, and email properly. When I click on them, however to edit it, the tabbed system doesn't pull up (or it deletes?!) the Email and the username. Trying to edit something else on a different tab (say for example the additional info tab, or the fireboard (kunena) prefs tab, and tying to save brings me back to the contact info tab, which is now red with errors by those two fields (similar to what happens when a user creates their own account and I try to edit/adjust settings). If I use the Site>user manager (IE Joomla's default user manager) I do see the name, username and email properly, which means, CB is seemingly storing the data properly (right?), and seems to indicate for one reason or another that something is busted with my tabs or user loading system, whatever that may be called?
Does that give ya any indicators/ideas?
Tnx for the time, btw - I know all too well what a pain in the butt things like this can be to troubleshoot or even diagnose.
