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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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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[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by XGC Viper XI

Exactly what I am looking at. That is way too much control for a moderator.

I think you misunderstood, moderators do not get this permission by default. You have to explicitly enable it for your Moderators usergroup. If you don't turn on this permission, they can't change others usernames.


Fillip

[DragonByte Tech]

Username Change v1.3.0

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

Fillip

[XGC Viper XI]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I think you misunderstood, moderators do not get this permission by default. You have to explicitly enable it for your Moderators usergroup. If you don't turn on this permission, they can't change others usernames.


Fillip

No that is exactly how I see it. For example if I give it to moderators then they have the capability to change everyones name to include admins, headadmin, etc. Otherwords, if I have 70k members, they could change all 70k names. That is way to much power to give anyone.

[DragonByte Tech]

Then don't enable that feature for usergroups you do not trust with this power

Unfortunately it's not feasible to allow moderators to only change certain other groups' usernames, as that would introduce multiple layers of complexion.

Similar, vBulletin does not allow administrators with Can Administer Users to only modify users belonging to a specific usergroup.


Fillip

[pcspecialist]

We have just upgraded our forums to 4.2.2.

We have the latest version of username change installed, and we have re-installed it today (just in case), however we are getting the following error:

Warning: Declaration of vB_ProfileBlock_UsernameHistory::block_is_enabled( ) should be compatible with that of vB_ProfileBlock::block_is_enabled() in ..../dbtech/username_change/includes/class_profileblock.php on line 119

Please can you issue a fix or advise otherwise?

[Wir3tap]

Same error message as above. DB if you know of a quick fix or doing a patch let us know Keep up the good work!

[DragonByte Tech]

I've updated the .zip file with a fix for this issue, can you let me know if this resolves it for you?


Fillip

[Jordan S Smith]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I've updated the .zip file with a fix for this issue, can you let me know if this resolves it for you?


Fillip

The issue has been resolved, at least for me. We're no longer getting the error message on our forum.

Thanks ^^

[Wir3tap]

Awesome quick fix DBTech!! Keep up the good work!

[pcspecialist]

All fixed, thanks