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

[futuredood]

ty, installed and works perfect

[futuredood]

Originally Posted by Marco van Herwaarden

IT will not change usernames automatic for external applications that store the username. But i don't see any problems if you would run that maintenance script.

Sounds like a bad integration to me, because it is really simple to create a plugin that acts on a username change.

Someone else had asked a question of how we could run that maintenance script.. can you assist? I have a couple of mods that don't update the names, mainly VB Journal and VB Gallery. I'm sure there's plenty of other mods where the usernames aren't being updated too.. thanks.

[SaltedSlug]

I tried to install this on a 3.5.4 board, and I got "action cancelled" errors in the admincp main window, whenever I wanted to edit a template.

I really really want this hack for 3.5.4

Edit: looking back a page, you say it works fine with 3.5.4... I'll make a test board and try again.

Edit edit:

Ok this is very strange indeed. I installed a new board - tested to see that editing templates worked - then just uploaded the FILES of this hack. Being overly cautious, i then checked again, and lo and behold; the errors were there again when I tried to edit a template. I hadn't even changed any files or overwritten anything.

Yet more strange: I deleted those files and the problem remained.

[futuredood]

I'm actually on 3.5.4 and it works fine, except vbjournal doesn't get updated..

Originally Posted by SaltedSlug

I tried to install this on a 3.5.4 board, and I got "action cancelled" errors in the admincp main window, whenever I wanted to edit a template.

I really really want this hack for 3.5.4

Edit: looking back a page, you say it works fine with 3.5.4... I'll make a test board and try again.

Edit edit:

Ok this is very strange indeed. I installed a new board - tested to see that editing templates worked - then just uploaded the FILES of this hack. Being overly cautious, i then checked again, and lo and behold; the errors were there again when I tried to edit a template. I hadn't even changed any files or overwritten anything.

Yet more strange: I deleted those files and the problem remained.

[davelr45]

I have followed the install instructions, but I think there is a problem with .php files now being .htm files...would rebuilding the bitfields AFTER updating the templates effect it?

[jluerken]

Is this working for version 3.6 or will there be an update available soon?

[beano33]

I installed in 3.6 beta 4 without any problem.

There's only one minor issue which I'm sure applies to any version it's installed in; hover on username to view history doesn't work in Opera.

[Parker Clack]

Marco:

Do you think you could write this so if a member changes their username the original username can't be used by someone else until a certain time frame went by?

For example. Let's say I have a member by the name of William Fawkes and he decides he wanta to change his username to Bill Jones. Some else comes along and chooses William Fawkes for his username. I would like it so if someone else has used the username before someone else wouldn't be allowed to unless the original member said it was ok to give it up or a certain time frame had gone by.

[The Chief]

I will try to install this tommorow, did anybody have any problems with this to install on a 3.5.2 board?

[The Chief]

Installed and works like a charm so far!!

Thanks!!