Change Username via UserCP (v1.0)
 

Author: tuncket
Original Creator: Scott MacVicar (Post)
Based in assassingod idea (Post)
Description: This allows your users to Change their Username via their UserCP

INSTRUCCIONES EN ESPA?OL - INSTRUCTIONS IN SPANISH (Post)

This Hack has been tested in vB 3.0.0 Gold!

New Files: (0)

Database Queries: (0)

Files to edit: (2)
profile.php (2 changes)
includes/functions_user.php (1 change)

Templates to add: (1)
modifyusername

Templates to modify: (1)
USERCP_SHELL (1 change)

Phrases to add: (2)

Level difficulty: Easy

Time installation: 5-10 minutes

CHANGE USERNAME V2.0 RELEASED! PLIS INSTALL THE NEW VERSION (POST)

nice one

Does this show their previous username in their profile?

It should ask for a password as when you want to change the email of the user.

See Ya

Is there a way to disable this feature for certain usergroups? If i were to use this hack, i'd only want my paid members to be able to use it.

It might be easier for peeps if you have a bit of code to allow groups .. instead of the other way about .. else there'll be an awful lot of "or"s .. heh

:)

Excellent hack, not sure whether or not to install... Good to see you giving the support for this, the usergroup restrictions might well get me installing. :)

tuncket !!!! :D

This will save me hour a week dealing with user problems.

[high]* Zachariah clicks install[/high]

Interesting ...

Add two more thing and this hack will become one of the mose used hacks ever:

1 - Admins/Moderators can see previous usernames
2 - Admins can setup in admincp a time limit after user can change the username again (for example, user can be able to change it at each x days, or something like that).

a little typo is in 'need password' extension:
should be

you missed the ' behind username ...

thanks for the hack, ive installed it with password question.... as silviu said, it would be great with the 2 more extensions for this hack :)

The version of this that was released for vb2 had alot more functionality IMO
If you could add :
- a clean way of setting via group (perhaps even as part of group managers functions)
- a way of setting it so a user has X amounts of posts
- history of changes

That would be greatly appreciated
:)

This looks like a really nice hack. I would love to install it but I forsee a problem with some of my users. Not that they are problem users. But once you change a username then everyone that knew you by your first user name will get confused because without warning you are not longer that name. Granted this should not be a problem and happen to often. But if you give everyone access to change their user names then this can encourage people to do it depending on who they want to be each day. I would like to install it this so I would not have to worry when someone who wants their user name changed. But I am afraid that other users will start changing their user name to often.

is it possible to tell the other board members that member "xyz" changed his name into "abc" ? perhaps members will be confused if they talk to a guy who changed his name and they can't identify him.

Perhaps something like...

"Todays News - "Xyz" changed his name into "abc" <<< in the board header

Agreed with Silviu and daveone

1 - Admins/Moderators can see previous usernames
2 - Admins can setup in admincp a time limit after user can change the username again (for example, user can be able to change it at each x days, or something like that).
3 - Maybe auto-posting of a new thread within a specified forum everytime a user changes username

Yea, the only thing stopping me is the lack of logging etc.

Nice idea, but this hack can be abused real quick!

Can someone please install this hack for me please? If you can assist me, please contact me via email at: Pandora@Sweet-November.Net

Thanx in advance

AWESOME HACK!!!
Before I install I would really like an updated version as well. Good requests in this thread,if anybody works these things out. Please post here.

Version 2 is linked to in the first post.

Would it be possible to make it moderate username changes? So basically they just request for it to be done, then you give it the okay.

Can you add an "admin approval" setting where the change will not take place until admin sees it and approves it?

I really really want this hack, but it might cause more trouble than it's worth, without the logging suggestions that people have made. A public record of name changes would be good.


And this idea is a cracker too.