ok i need some help with uploading and file names, what i want to be able to do is upload a image file, and only image files but when they are uploaded the file name gets changed from "whatever.jpg" to "username1a.jpg" or username1b.jpg" and so on. thanks for any help u can give me on this little problem

Are you using a component or a component-less upload script?

If your using a component plz tell us what it is.

Allot of components work differently, but you should be able to change the name pretty easy by getting the file name and simply replacing it with whatever you want.