diff --git a/core/um-permalinks.php b/core/um-permalinks.php
index 6878feba..c1ea7000 100644
--- a/core/um-permalinks.php
+++ b/core/um-permalinks.php
@@ -196,7 +196,15 @@ class UM_Permalinks {
 		}
 
 		if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'name' ) {
-			$user_in_url = rawurlencode( strtolower( um_user('full_name') ) );
+			$user_in_url = rawurlencode( strtolower( str_replace(" ",".",um_user('full_name') ) ) );
+		}
+
+		if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'name_dash' ) {
+			$user_in_url = rawurlencode( strtolower( str_replace(" ","-",um_user('full_name') ) ) );
+		}
+
+		if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'name_plus' ) {
+			$user_in_url = strtolower( str_replace(" ","+",um_user('full_name') ) );
 		}
 
 		if ( get_option('permalink_structure') ) {
diff --git a/core/um-rewrite.php b/core/um-rewrite.php
index d9230e11..002a1f84 100644
--- a/core/um-rewrite.php
+++ b/core/um-rewrite.php
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ class UM_Rewrite {
 
 			}
 			
-			if ( um_get_option('permalink_base') == 'name' ) {
+			if ( in_array( um_get_option('permalink_base'), array('name','name_dash','name_dot','name_plus') ) ) {
 				$user_id = $ultimatemember->user->user_exists_by_name( um_queried_user() );
 
 			}
diff --git a/core/um-short-functions.php b/core/um-short-functions.php
index 9ef4aa9a..56e32b71 100644
--- a/core/um-short-functions.php
+++ b/core/um-short-functions.php
@@ -63,6 +63,17 @@
 		return $uri;
 	}
 
+	/***
+	*** @user clean basename
+	***/
+	function um_clean_user_basename( $value ){
+
+		$value = str_replace('.', ' ', $value);
+		$value = str_replace('-', ' ', $value);
+		$value = str_replace('+', ' ', $value);
+
+		return $value;
+	}
 	/***
 	***	@convert template tags
 	***/
@@ -1193,7 +1204,7 @@ function um_user( $data, $attrs = null ) {
 		case 'full_name':
 
 			if ( um_user('first_name') && um_user('last_name') ) {
-				$full_name = um_user('first_name') . '.' . um_user('last_name');
+				$full_name = um_user('first_name') . ' ' . um_user('last_name');
 			} else {
 				$full_name = um_user('display_name');
 			}
diff --git a/core/um-user.php b/core/um-user.php
index 781a1537..c503ac4b 100644
--- a/core/um-user.php
+++ b/core/um-user.php
@@ -877,6 +877,7 @@ class UM_User {
 			return count( $duplicates );
 		return false;
 	}
+
 	
 	/***
 	***	@user exists by name
@@ -885,12 +886,14 @@ class UM_User {
 	
 		global $ultimatemember;
 		$value = $ultimatemember->validation->safe_name_in_url( $value );
-		
+		$value = um_clean_user_basename( $value );
+
 		$ids = get_users(array( 'fields' => 'ID', 'meta_key' => 'full_name','meta_value' => $value ,'meta_compare' => '=') );
 		if ( isset( $ids[0] ) ) 
 			return $ids[0];
 		return false;
 	}
+
 	
 	/**
 	 * @function user_exists_by_id()
diff --git a/um-config.php b/um-config.php
index 4c8cb665..c70f2b91 100644
--- a/um-config.php
+++ b/um-config.php
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ $this->sections[] = array(
 				'desc'			=> 'e.g. ' . trailingslashit( um_get_core_page('user') ) .'<strong>username</strong>/',
 				'options' 		=> array(
 									'user_login' 		=> __('Username','ultimatemember'),
-									'name' 				=> __('First and Last Name','ultimatemember'),
+									'name' 				=> __('First and Last Name with \'.\'','ultimatemember'),
+									'name_dash' 		=> __('First and Last Name with \'-\'','ultimatemember'),
+									'name_plus' 		=> __('First and Last Name with \'+\'','ultimatemember'),
 									'user_id' 			=> __('User ID','ultimatemember'),
 				),
 				'placeholder' 	=> __('Select...','ultimatemember')