Change Username via UserCP (v1.0)

Author: tuncket
Original Creator: Scott MacVicar (Post)
Based in assassingod idea (Post)
Description: This allows your users to Change their Username via their UserCP

INSTRUCCIONES EN ESPA?OL - INSTRUCTIONS IN SPANISH (Post)

This Hack has been tested in vB 3.0.0 Gold!

New Files: (0)

Database Queries: (0)

Files to edit: (2)
profile.php (2 changes)
includes/functions_user.php (1 change)

Templates to add: (1)
modifyusername

Templates to modify: (1)
USERCP_SHELL (1 change)

Phrases to add: (2)

Level difficulty: Easy

Time installation: 5-10 minutes

CHANGE USERNAME V2.0 RELEASED! PLIS INSTALL THE NEW VERSION (POST)

[bloodcult]

a little typo is in 'need password' extension:

 globalize($_POST, array('currentpassword' => STR, 'username=> STR));

should be

 globalize($_POST, array('currentpassword' => STR, 'username'=> STR));

you missed the ' behind username ...

thanks for the hack, ive installed it with password question.... as silviu said, it would be great with the 2 more extensions for this hack

[SemperFidelis]

The version of this that was released for vb2 had alot more functionality IMO
If you could add :
- a clean way of setting via group (perhaps even as part of group managers functions)
- a way of setting it so a user has X amounts of posts
- history of changes

That would be greatly appreciated

[attroll]

This looks like a really nice hack. I would love to install it but I forsee a problem with some of my users. Not that they are problem users. But once you change a username then everyone that knew you by your first user name will get confused because without warning you are not longer that name. Granted this should not be a problem and happen to often. But if you give everyone access to change their user names then this can encourage people to do it depending on who they want to be each day. I would like to install it this so I would not have to worry when someone who wants their user name changed. But I am afraid that other users will start changing their user name to often.

[daveone]

is it possible to tell the other board members that member "xyz" changed his name into "abc" ? perhaps members will be confused if they talk to a guy who changed his name and they can't identify him.

Perhaps something like...

"Todays News - "Xyz" changed his name into "abc" <<< in the board header

[LoOnEyToOnZ]

Agreed with Silviu and daveone

1 - Admins/Moderators can see previous usernames
2 - Admins can setup in admincp a time limit after user can change the username again (for example, user can be able to change it at each x days, or something like that).
3 - Maybe auto-posting of a new thread within a specified forum everytime a user changes username

[JohnXWA]

Yea, the only thing stopping me is the lack of logging etc.

[Bison]

Nice idea, but this hack can be abused real quick!

[Scerina]

Can someone please install this hack for me please? If you can assist me, please contact me via email at: Pandora@Sweet-November.Net

Thanx in advance

[jamesk]

AWESOME HACK!!!
Before I install I would really like an updated version as well. Good requests in this thread,if anybody works these things out. Please post here.

[Paul M]

Version 2 is linked to in the first post.