How to change user display from "Registered Member" to "Lifetime" or "Premium" Member

Once you have paid for an upgraded subscription, the benifits of your membership are changed by administration.

but you have the choice to leave your user status as "Registered Member" or change it to the level that you have paid your membership fee for.

To change the status of your user display you need to click on "My Profile" in the upper right corner of your screen.

Then scroll down the left side of the profile page, when you get to the bottom you should see a box showing the recent visits to your profile page and just above that box is a place to select "Join Groups"

Once you click on the "Join Groups" selection you should see a choice between Registered Member and the membership you purchased.

Select the membership you would like displayed and then click the button labeled "Update Display Group"

You can then return to the forum and verify that your selection has been updated.