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

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by jluerken

this is a wonderful hack and I want to use it but I have a feature request:

Is there a way to include an approval process?

A user can change his name but before this change becomes valid an Administrator has to approve it.
Some kind of moderated username change link in the AdminCP would be wonderful.

Would be nice to see this in v 1.0.3

Sounds like a good idea, might do it.

Originally Posted by jluerken

When I install your hack the USERS menu in the adminCP dissapears :-(

How can this happen? The menu is just controled by another file in your includes/xml. I didn't hear from anybody else having this problem.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by jluerken

If you have Andreas Hack installed the Users menu stays now on the main page and a new menu comes up on the second enhanced nav page.

Sounds to me that this is more a buck in Andreas hack then. It should be just nother option in the User menugroup (that is where it belongs).

[jluerken]

Originally Posted by MarcoH64

Sounds to me that this is more a buck in Andreas hack then. It should be just nother option in the User menugroup (that is where it belongs).

And as you can see here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=76
I solved it and posted a solution for all other users who might have it

Now I am waiting for version 1.0.3 with admin approval :-)

[uae]

Thanks Marco,

Is it possible to include the option to change userid of any user, and only Staff members or super Admin could do this.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by jluerken

I solved it and posted a solution for all other users who might have it

Please could you edit your solution to add a note that your solution is only if they have Andreas hack installed. Now it looks like everyone should be making that change.

Originally Posted by uae

Is it possible to include the option to change userid of any user, and only Staff members or super Admin could do this.

No, i don't see the use of changing a userid. Since it will also require totally different coding, i son't see a reason to put it in this hack.

[john1744]

Any way to add tracking to when an admin changes the Username through the ACP? A few of my admin still go back to that old method instead of going to the ModCP to do it. Just to keep track of the name changes.

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Even when an username is changed from ACP, it will show up in history i think.

[eNforce]

How about adding a character limit option? Some of my members are starting to create very long usernames :P

[Marco van Herwaarden]

Never really tried it, but i think it will follow the maximum set in your AdminCP for usernames.

[Oblivion Knight]

Originally Posted by jluerken

And as you can see here: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....6&postcount=76
I solved it and posted a solution for all other users who might have it

Now I am waiting for version 1.0.3 with admin approval :-)

Another alternative is to remove [high]master="true"[/high], and it has the same effect..

However, just to re-iterate - you only need to do this if you have Andreas' "Enhanced ACP Navigation" plugin installed. Otherwise, this should work fine as it is.