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floggerss
06-13-2009, 03:30 AM
I have a real problem, when a users creates an account and in the nickname contains a special character, it mix it with a pre existens account...
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Like
"|Matt|"

Is mixed with
Matt

What shoiuld i do

floggerss
06-18-2009, 06:50 PM
This progbem is very bigg.. my accounts are all mixed..

Can i disable the special characters in the nickname???

BlueNinjaGo
06-18-2009, 07:13 PM
Yes, registration options in the ACP i believe.

I'd ban all non-regular characters. But it's up to you

Cryo
06-18-2009, 08:58 PM
Admin CP -> vB Options -> User Registration Options

Under Username Regular Expression add the following.

^[A-Z0-9 ]+$

This will restrict the username to letters, numbers and spaces only.

floggerss
06-19-2009, 03:13 PM
Fixed, it was a vbseo problem... vbseo ++++ you!