Administrative and Maintenance Tools - Username Request

Introduction
I was looking through the Modification Requests forum here and found a pretty good idea. The basic idea was to add a list of users who would like a name change for the administrators. I added the basics and released it. In consecutive versions I have added the abilities and features you have requested and this is the product. It is morphing into a more powerful, more useful system each and every version.

The Tools

User Tools
Inside the User Control Panel, there is an area that is added where a user is given the ability to submit a username that they would like their name changed to. They receive PM updates depending upon the "status" of their request, whether it is Accepted or Rejected.

Administrative Tools
As soon as a request is added to the database, the specified administrator is sent an e-mail saying that a user would like a username request. Inside the Administrators Control Panel, a new section is added under the "Users" navigation tab, that lists all the "Pending" requests with the ability to "Reject" or "Approve" the request. A user will be notified via PM when an action is taken. When a username is approved, the system will automatically change the username.

Username History
This tool will list all username changes that a user has requested. It will also display the status of the request, meaning that if you reject it, this will be displayed. This tool will be built upon in a later version.

Username History Changes:
In the next version, the status of a username change request has been revamped and no longer includes hard-coded "Accepted", "Rejected", and "Requested" status values. More information will be given at the release of v1.1.0!

Requirements
This hack has several requirements. They include:

• vBulletin v3.6.6 or higher (This is the minimum version required for the next requirement)
• The usercp_nav_bottom template hook.

To get around the second requirement, you can copy the cell manually or add $template_hook[usercp_navbar_bottom] at the end of the User Control Panel navigation.

Installation
Installing the product is easy. Just follow these steps:

1. Upload Files into your Administrators Control Panel directory.
2. Import the product through the Product Manager.
3. Click Install Here

Known Bugs:

1. No e-mail is sent out to users upon username change. Fix: The next version will include a fix that will respect all the users settings on receiving e-mail from administrators.
2. The setting for PM sender was ignored within the code and uses the userid of the administrator who changed the username through the administration back-end. Fix: In the next version, revamped settings and improved back-end will now properly use a setting similar to this.

Big Thanks!
I would like to give a big thanks to Paul M for helping me with my stupid mistakes in v1.0.4 - v1.0.6! Now all of my mistakes should be taken care of (unless I made a mistake in the disallowed if statement). Thanks Paul!

I would also like to say thanks to Marco for pointing out a possible SQL Injection that was in v1.0.4 - v1.0.6 (It was inside the ACP, and used a wrong variable name / clean type).

And to Dannyloski for fixing my modification on his forum and providing the fix here. Much faster than I did it.

Final Remarks
I hope that you will enjoy this product as much as I enjoyed making it.

[benFF]

woooooooo!

[Seiyaboy]

Are you uploading an updated modification for 3.6.7 as well like you did in the past?

[anwar.abdullakh]

hmm, I have updated the files etc...
but the error still remains...

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type vB_DataManager_User as array in /home/forum/www/profile.php(2886) : eval()'d code on line 33

could be very useful mod if it would work for me...

[King Kovifor]

Originally Posted by Seiyaboy

Are you uploading an updated modification for 3.6.7 as well like you did in the past?

This works perfectly find for vB v3.6.7!

Originally Posted by anwar.abdullakh

hmm, I have updated the files etc...
but the error still remains...

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type vB_DataManager_User as array in /home/forum/www/profile.php(2886) : eval()'d code on line 33

could be very useful mod if it would work for me...




~MSD~

I will have to look into this.

[ozmazdaclub]

with the current version (1.0.8) where do i need to put $template_hook[usercp_navbar_bottom]. Do i put it in one of the templates(which one)/a file (which one) or is it not required anymore.

Thanks in Advance!

[ozmazdaclub]

don't worry found the solution in a previous post.

[habasabi]

I hate to bring this up again.. i've read ALL of the posts in this thread.. I just installed this mod fresh.. never had it before.. and I'm getting the

Username Request Permissions: Your group does not have the necessary permissions required to request a username change.

error... i am running the absolute latest version of vB...
I had other users test also, and they get the same error...

is there somewhere i'm supposed to be able to edit the permissions? what have i missed? thanks so much!

[King Kovifor]

Permissions are handled and modified using vBulletin's usergroup manager. You must edit each group individually and set which ones you would like to have the permissions to change their username.

[habasabi]

Thanks for the reply... That's what I thought... but I'm not seeing anything in the admin cp's user group manager that would allow me to change these permissions...

I do have the option to request in the user's cp, but again.. that's where we get the error...

did i possibly install incorrectly? or miss a template edit?

[King Kovifor]

Did you upload all the files? There was a file within the ./includes/xml/ directory entitled unreq_bitfield.xml (I believe), this would have added the options into the system while the product xml adds all the necessary code.