Username Alias Hack (version 2; completely different)
 

Note:The structure for this hack is COMPLETELY different from the last one. If you have installed the original Username Alias Hack, please revert the changes you made with those installation instructions first. Go Here to see the old hack's info.

Info:Does your forum have a number of admins? Ever look at your forum and see a member with 200+ posts and be like "who is this person? i've seen him/her before, but I don't remember this username" cos they had a name change, and changed their avatar and signature as well? I had this problem a few times. Another administrator changed the member's username and I was stumped. So I had this idea for a hack!

The hack now involves a dropdown list of every previous name, and can be placed anywhere inside of your getinfo template.

Here is an example of this new version:
http://forums.tsa-gaming.com/member....tinfo&userid=1
(Note: this is with some modifications of what I am releasing, but in essence, you see the drop down list there ;))

Also, the Admin CP is completely different. Attached in the next post is a screenshot of what my Admin CP looks like. (This is exactly the same as what I am releasing has) As you will see, the list of previous aliases is displayed, as well as the ability to delete any alias, even the ability to change the current username to an old alias with ease!

Attached is a text file with the updated instructions. If you installed the previous version, REVERT those changes FIRST.

Thanks, and hope you like this one much more ;)





Possible addition in the near future: Admins can see a button next to the alias dropdown list that will allow them to change the username right there to an older alias?

*Attaching Admin CP Screenshot*

Instead of a drop down box, how about a pop-up javascript window? It would be a little cleaner and easier to manage. Just a thought.

Wow, this is a nice hack, however I have PPN's change username hack installed, so I won't be needing this, but those are some nice features you have there, good work, vb.org is getting better and better daily!.

Yes i agree with Boofo :). A javascript pop-up with a little window might be better :p

Nice hack nevertheless :p

- miSt

How would a popup window be better? All it means is an extra click when instead it could be right there on the profile, as it is. Sure, you have to click to see all aliases besides the first one, but who's really going to have more than one alias? I put those four aliases in my forums' profile there just for example.

is this easy to adept so it will also add an alias if an user changes it using lesane's store?

Nice hack by the way :)

Anything regarding integration with the store can found here. (Basically says that I will work on it eventually.)

https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthrea...threadid=48468

It would be better because a drop-down menu is meant to result in some action in the browser. Having it in this case would be pointless. You can't have it pop-up the old usernames because its been changed so i think a pop-up would be nice :)

- miSt

Okay, I am thus making the dropdown more efficient. How would it sound if the dropdown was also available to allow the user to change their username back to an older one on their own? Will that fulfill the purpose of a dropdown list enough?