Miscellaneous Hacks - [DBTech] Username Change v1 (vB4)

What is Username Change?
Username Change is Brought to you by the Designer of products such as RPG Inferno and Inferno vBShout and the programmer of RPG Integration v3.

Username Change from DragonByte Tech is a modification designed to allow users to change their usernames at will (within your configured limits, of course).

About Username Change
Your members will no longer bug you for username changes, you can let them change it whenever they want!

It also has a history feature in the member profile, showing a list of previous usernames. This history feature uses vBulletin's own Profile Change history - no additional tables needed!

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Priority support is handled at the Developers Website.

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Feature List

• Uses vBulletin's "Profile Change History" feature for maximum compatibility with other mods
• Change username via UserCP -> Edit Profile
• One-click revert username via UserCP -> Edit Profile
• Username change history in a member's profile
• Moderators can change usernames at any time easily
• "Can Change Own Username" permission for users
• "Can Change Others Usernames" permission for mods
• "Can View Own History" permission for profile block
• "Can View Others History" permission for profile block
• Per-usergroup username change delay (in days)
• Per-usergroup profile history limit
• Per-usergroup maximum total username changes

ModCP Change Log

• Paginated results of all username changes
• Displays date of change, old value and new value
• Displays who changed the username
• Choose date range to display, or view all changes

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• 1 Link to Product Description page of this modification

[Hostboard]

I have added the feature request at Dragon Byte Tech, as I can see the benefit of this. Knowing who and when can be a huge help. Especially if a problematic member is trying to side step the staff using this feature.

Thanx!

[Fatal Hazard]

You should make future versions of this have the option to charge for a username change eg: You may change your username once for free, after that it will cost...

But I like it

[adf]

I just installed this on my forum and set the options to allow unlimited changes and now I'm getting a database error and can't access the admin panel to reset. Help!!

[DragonByte Tech]

I can't help you without an error message, sorry.

Fillip

[LLent]

Originally Posted by adf

I just installed this on my forum and set the options to allow unlimited changes and now I'm getting a database error and can't access the admin panel to reset. Help!!

disable your addons globally via the config.php file on server and go into your acp and un install or disable the mod

then re enable your mods again

[XGC Viper XI]

Let me see if I got this right. If I give someone permissions to be able to change usernames, they can change the name of any username on the site? There is not boundaries for this? Basically, love the mod will make life easier but givins someone unconstraint control pretty much nulls this for us. What I am looking at is if someone has been given the power to change usernames, we want it where they can change usernames for certain specific additional usergroups. Is this possible?

[LLent]

Originally Posted by XGC Viper XI

Let me see if I got this right. If I give someone permissions to be able to change usernames, they can change the name of any username on the site? There is not boundaries for this?

Not any just their own username

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by XGC Viper XI

Let me see if I got this right. If I give someone permissions to be able to change usernames, they can change the name of any username on the site? There is not boundaries for this?

Only if you give them the "Can Change Others' Usernames" and they also have ModCP access.


Fillip

[datoneer]

Thanks for the update

[XGC Viper XI]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

Only if you give them the "Can Change Others' Usernames" and they also have ModCP access.


Fillip

Exactly what I am looking at. That is way too much control for a moderator. Can you set it up to where it was limited to an assigned usergroup as primary or additional usergroup? Or add an approval system that when anyone wants to change their username, it would go the the admin panel to where an admin has to go in and approve it? Perfect mod, just missing control measures.