vb.org Archive - Username Checker

I believe there's an omission:

In username_loggedout:

Replace:

PHP Code:


		
			
<smallfont><a href="register.php?action=signup">Want to register?</a>

with

PHP Code:


		
			
<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:

PHP Code:


		
			
----------------------------------

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:

PHP Code:


		
			
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:

PHP Code:


		
			
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>

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