Username Management - Control who can change Usernames plus history

<font size="4">Username Management - Version 1.04</font>

Hack: Username Management
Version: v1.04
Author: MarcoH64

Description
With this modification installed you can let your members change their own username, or let Staff members change the usernames of other members.

Also a history of previously used names for a member is kept.

Features
- Users can change their own username controlled by Usergroup Permissions. If needed a time limit between changes can be set.
- Staff can change the Username of other members. This is again controlled by Usergroup Permissions.
- Previously used Usernames of a member can be viewed in posts, by hoovering over their Username. This is also controlled by Usergroup settings
- Full searchable history of Username changes in AdminCP
- Fully Phrased
- Optimized for server performance
- Documented API for addon developers

Changelog
23-12-2005 v1.04
- Changed master="true" to false in cpnav file.
- Fixed bug where history was generated when running Update User Names from Update Counters

v1.03
- Changed the size of the 'mh_unm_changelimit' & 'mh_unm_changelimit' columns in the usergroup table
from TINYINT to SMALLINT to support values > 255

23-11-2005 v1.02 (maintenance release)
- Improved internal caching routines
- Added internal routine for retrieving the latest changed usernames
- Coders: Parameter value change for parameter '$overridelimit' in 'mh_unm_fetch_username_history'
This release is needed if you want to use some fo the new Addon's!!
Known issues: Coder documentation not complete, no examples are given, although the 2 released addon's can be used as examples.

22-11-2005 v1.01
- Fixed bug messing up Private Messages (thanks mini2)
- Fixed bug in install routine that would create a wrong tablename if using table prefixes
- Changed the internal caching routines
- Added more parameters to mh_unm_fetch_username_history for more flexibility for Addon coders
- Added extended information mode
- Created first version of the Coders documentation
Known issues: No example code for an Addon Plugin yet.

22-11-2005 v1.00
Initial release

Upgrades
Upload all files from 'upload' folder.
Install the new product file, choosing an overwrite install.

Notes
Copyright ©2005 MarcoH64
This Modification may not be redistributed in whole or significant part or changed without prior agreement of author.
Please don't forget to click Install.
If you like this work and would like to support the author, donations are always welcome at Paypal: Marcoh64 AT gmail.com

[rnmcd]

You might get more installs if you are able to note that it works with 3.5.2 and 3.5.4.

Thanks for working on this!

[Marco van Herwaarden]

That is the same with all hacks, mostly only the version for which it was originally released.

[rnmcd]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

That is the same with all hacks, mostly only the version for which it was originally released.

I am not quite understanding...are you saying most hack only work with the version it was originally released for but this one works with 3.5.4 too?

If so, you should mention that in the hack description because not everyone reads the entire thread.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

No what i am sayin is that most hacks will work on most vB releases within the same major version. If you need a hack for 3.5.4, just look at all 3.5.x hacks, and have a look if anybody reported problems with the vB version you want to use it on.

There is only 1 version number choice when releasing a hack, so you can not indicate all the versions that it will work on.

[Riku Yuizaki]

I installed this hack and now I can't edit or add usergroups, when I try to it just keeps saying "Rebuilt Bitfields" over and over and over and over. I am using 3.5.4.

[carlosacgj]

friend, the usergroups problem of has been fixed? do you planing to relaase a new version for 3.5.4??

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by carlosacgj

friend, the usergroups problem of has been fixed? do you planing to relaase a new version for 3.5.4??

What usergroup problem?

[rnmcd]

MarcoH64 is still alive!

Long time no read.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Slowly crawling back up. Expect me to be back full force soon.

[kall]

Originally Posted by First Post

hoovering over their Username

Surely that should read 'hovering' .. unless someone has a spare vBacuum that they can lend me?