Post in thread when user changes name?

[greigeh]

Looking for pretty much this plugin:
https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=321885&highlight=user+name+change+notification

but for when a users name is changed. My forum sees peoples names changed regularly and would be ideal if could have "oldname changed to newname" - feel like i've seen this really recently posted on/in here but can't track it down


any help would be great!

[blind-eddie]

<a href="https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=149377&highlight=request+name+change" target="_blank">https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showt...st+name+change</a>

Still works in 3.8.9

[greigeh]

Thank you blind-eddie but this is not what I mean. I'm not looking for a feature where users can request a name change, more so when there name has been changed it creates a post within a thread notifying of a changed name.

[MarkFL]

Are you using a product that allows users to change their own username, or are you looking for a product that creates a post when an admin has changed a user's name?

If it's the former, then you will need to request this as an added feature in that product's thread, but if it's the latter I can put something together for you. :)

[MarkFL]

I went ahead and put together a simple product, which I have attached, and which works in vB 3.8.9 and vB 4.2.x.

There are settings for:


Enabling/Disabling Product (you must initially enable the product)
Selecting Destination Forum For Changelog Thread (If none is chosen, then the forum used for reported posts will be used)
Thread Title
Report Format


The first time a username is changed, a new thread is created, and then after that new posts are added to this thread for each username change.

Please let me know of any issues and/or if you want any additional features. :)

[greigeh]

Mark, thank you so much this is exactly what i'm after. Is it possible to make a post in one thread rather than keep making different threads for every user? If not, i appreciate all your help nonetheless.

[MarkFL]

Mark, thank you so much this is exactly what i'm after. Is it possible to make a post in one thread rather than keep making different threads for every user? If not, i appreciate all your help nonetheless.

That's what it does already. :)

[greigeh]

That's what it does already. :)

when changing username i get error below

Database error in vBulletin 3.8.9 Beta 3:

Invalid SQL:

SELECT thread.*
FROM live_thread AS thread
WHERE title = 'Username Changes'
AND forumid =;

MySQL Error : You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 4
Error Number : 1064
Request Date : Sunday, June 19th 2016 @ 05:58:58 PM
Error Date : Sunday, June 19th 2016 @ 05:58:58 PM
Script : -----/user.php?do=update
Referrer : ----/user.php?do=edit&u=41268
IP Address : 86.153.64.162
Username : Unregistered
Classname : vB_Database_MySQLi
MySQL Version : 10.0.25-MariaDB

[MarkFL]

Did you set a destination forum? If not, do you have a forum selected for reported posts?

[greigeh]

Did you set a destination forum? If not, do you have a forum selected for reported posts?

i did select a forum that all users can access, and yeah i do have one for reported posts so not sure why it is erroring.

[MarkFL]

i did select a forum that all users can access, and yeah i do have one for reported posts so not sure why it is erroring.

I would be glad to come to your site to troubleshoot...if you agree, set up a temporary admin account and PM the login credentials to me and I will take a look and see if I can resolve the issue. :)

[greigeh]

I would be glad to come to your site to troubleshoot...if you agree, set up a temporary admin account and PM the login credentials to me and I will take a look and see if I can resolve the issue. :)

Unfortunately i'm not able to allow this. Thanks for all your help nevertheless it's very much appreciated.

[MarkFL]

Unfortunately i'm not able to allow this. Thanks for all your help nevertheless it's very much appreciated.

Okay...I will be glad to try to get to the bottom of this by relaying information to you by PM, then you take the steps I give, and report back the results. It is likely something easy to fix, I just need to figure out why the destination forumid is blank. :)

[greigeh]

Okay...I will be glad to try to get to the bottom of this by relaying information to you by PM, then you take the steps I give, and report back the results. It is likely something easy to fix, I just need to figure out why the destination forumid is blank. :)

Perfect. thank you!

[blind-eddie]

I went ahead and put together a simple product, which I have attached, and which works in vB 3.8.9 and vB 4.2.x.

There are settings for:


Enabling/Disabling Product (you must initially enable the product)
Selecting Destination Forum For Changelog Thread (If none is chosen, then the forum used for reported posts will be used)
Thread Title
Report Format


The first time a username is changed, a new thread is created, and then after that new posts are added to this thread for each username change.

Please let me know of any issues and/or if you want any additional features. :)


Hey Mark, this addon is like your 4.2.2 addon?

[MarkFL]

Hey Mark, this addon is like your 4.2.2 addon?

This is what the 4.2.x product is based on. My published product will work with vB 3.8.9, however, the feature which allows users to change their own name won't work because that will require porting. I've been swamped, but will eventually get to porting that part as well.

[blind-eddie]

Perfect, Thank you.