This mod only affects future registrations. Existing users would have to have their names changed.

If I remember correctly, I think I saw somewhere a piece of Search and Replace SQL code you could use to do a massive search and replace. Of course you would be wise to back up your database first and email the users letting them know about the change in their names.

Cool, I'm fine with the existing members, I just want to restrict people who use email addresses as usernames. Ideally I'd love to be able to stop people using all uppercase names too but I guess we can't have everything.

Also ... If I wanted to allow more than one character (EG ~ and -) would I seperate them with spaces or commas?

Anyway, thank you ... just installed :)

LOL
This is a cool hack.
You know what, I will creat alots more user names with space, @, uppercase....I think around hundreds of them, then install this hack.
The result is, the user names I created will be .... RARE . It means I can trade for something else if a member want that nick so bad . LOL, just like Yahoo ! rare nicks.
Lol, just a thought, I am not going have free time just to sit there and manual add users. But I will wait untill my board get busy and lots of users sign up, then I will installed this hack. At that time my board will be crazy with rare nicks trading.
thanks again.

installed. thanks!

Works perfectly!

Thanks!

Thank you

Install

Thank you for writing this plugin. It is a complete asset!

The default username restriction seems exceptionary while this system is inclusionary, meaning the default system lets you create exceptions for what you can register, while this system lets you include what can be registered.

This is much better IMO because people could keep finding characters that you haven't put on your ban list, and you would have to make an exception for each one.

It is very important for sites like mine which in the end will have MediaWiki integrated into it. MediaWiki can only allow printable characters in page names, and page names can be user names, so user names must be only printable characters. This hack solves the problem.

Again, thank you. Installed.

[HOW-TO] Allow Russian Letters

Option 1:
Type А-я in the "custom symbol box".

Option 2:
In register_addmember_process, FIND

ADD BEFORE

Thx! Installed :)

this works on 3.5.4 and can be fully uninstalled right? sounds good to me.