re-validating users

[NorCal]

Migrating an existing phpbb3 site to the latest vbulletin.

Would it be possible after all users/threads etc are migrated, expand the user profile fields in vbulletin with additional required information. Then would there be a way to have existing users re-validate their accounts and ensure that all required information is provided before they are able to post?

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Yes that is possible.

[NorCal]

so you are saying this would be a standard admin feature or would there be some sort of extra process I'd need to go through?

[TheHeartSmasher]

It's built into vbulletin, you can add as many custom fields as you like :).

[NorCal]

I understand the custom fields part, my question is with regard to the re-validating. Is this built into the system? So let's use these threes scenarios:

1) I do the migration then ALL existing users have to revalidate their accounts when the migrated forum is launched?
2) After the migration I could select say 125 users and put them into a status that requires validation?
3) I select a single user and put them into a status that requires validation?

Thanks
Paul

[Marco van Herwaarden]

No, if you add a required Custom Profile Field, then all uers must enter a value before they can proceed using the forums.

What do you exactly mean with re-validation?

[NorCal]

I see so what will happen when an existing user comes to the forum?

By re-validation I am thinking along the lines of the activation code that a user would get in phpBB3. This happens at signup but also happens when a user attempts to retrieve/reset their password.

thanks
Paul