I believe there's an omission:
In username_loggedout:
Replace:<smallfont><a href="register.php?action=signup">Want to register?</a> with<smallfont><a href="register.php?action=check">Want to register?</a> There's also a couple changes I made that makes it much nicer, IMHO. Personally I think it's pretty bad to tell a new user:
Our records show that you have already registered at this board under the name of $username. If you have lost your password, click here. If you would like to modify your profile, click here.
Talk about confusing the newbie :eek:
To avoid this problem, change/revise the instructions to say:----------------------------------
Open register.php
----------------------------------
looks for
if ((!isset($action) or $action=="") and (!isset($a) or $a=="")) {
$action="signup";
}
change to
if ((!isset($action) or $action=="") and (!isset($a) or $a=="")) {
$action="check";
}
now look for
if ($url==$HTTP_REFERER) {
$url=urlencode($url);
}
below that add
// ############################### start docheck ###############################
if ($action=="docheck") {
$getuser=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT username FROM user WHERE username='$username'");
if (empty($getuser[username])) {
$action="signup";
}
else {
$action="check";
eval ("\$error = \"".gettemplate("error_usernameexists")."\";");
}
}
// ############################### start check ###############################
if ($action=="check") {
if (!$allowregistration) {
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_noregister")."\");");
exit;
}
if ($bbuserinfo[userid]!=0 and !$allowmultiregs) {
$getuser=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT username FROM user WHERE userid='$bbuserinfo[userid]'");
$username=$getuser[username];
eval("standarderror(\"".gettemplate("error_usernameexists")."\");");
exit;
}
eval("dooutput(\"".gettemplate("signupcheck")."\");");
}
and replace these instructions:Add the following template
----------------------------------
signupcheck
----------------------------------
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head><title>$bbtitle - Register</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header
<br>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#555576" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr id="cat">
<td bgcolor="#606096" width="100%"><normalfont color="#FFF788"><b>Register @ $bbtitle</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#8080A6" width="100%"><normalfont color="#EEEEFF"><b>Check your username</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="100%">
<p align="center"><normalfont>Please fill in your username to confirm that it is free for use.<br>
$error
<form action="register.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
<b>Username:</b><input type="text" class="bginput" name="username" size="25" maxlength="$maxuserlength">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="docheck">
<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="Submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" class="bginput" name="Reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</normalfont></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>
$footer
</body>
</html>with:Add the following templates
----------------------------------
error_usernameexists
----------------------------------
<BR><FONT color=red>Our records show that someone has already
registered at this board under the name of </FONT>
<BR><BR>
<B><I>$username</I></B>
<BR><BR>
<FONT color=red>You will need to choose a different username.</FONT>
<BR><BR>
----------------------------------
signupcheck
----------------------------------
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head><title>$bbtitle - Register</title>
$headinclude
</head>
<body>
$header
<br>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#555576" width="100%" align="center"><tr><td>
<table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%">
<tr id="cat">
<td bgcolor="#606096" width="100%"><normalfont color="#FFF788"><b>Register @ $bbtitle</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#8080A6" width="100%"><normalfont color="#EEEEFF"><b>Check your username</b></normalfont></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="100%">
<p align="center"><normalfont>$error
Please enter in your desired username to confirm that it is not being used by someone else.<br>
<form action="register.php" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="s" value="$session[sessionhash]">
<b>Username:</b> <input type="text" class="bginput" name="username" size="25" maxlength="$maxuserlength">
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="docheck">
<input type="submit" class="bginput" name="Submit" value="Submit">
<input type="reset" class="bginput" name="Reset" value="Reset">
</form>
</normalfont></p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td></tr></table>
$footer
</body>
</html>