Miscellaneous Hacks - Registration form AJAX enhancements

What does it do?

• Checks for username validity as you type it in registration form
• Checks for email validity as you type it in registration form
• Checks for password validity as you type it in registration form
• Suggests good passwords
• Shows strength of your password as you type it in registration form

Points of interest:

• No template or code changes. All is done using VBulletin Product API.
• Only several custom phrase is used. All others are taken from VBulletin. So, product localization is VERY easy.
• All validity checks are implemented using VBulletin API

How to install?

• Unpack archive into forum root
• Install *.xml file via Admin Control Panel (Product management)

What is NOT done:

• No checks implemented for entering captchas as it may seriously lower forum anti-spam security

How to update to latest version?
Overwrite all files by new ones from latest zip and reimport product XML file via Admin Control Panel with "Allow Overwrite" option checked.

Version history:

1.1.7 (24-07-08)
Situation where password = login is now classified as error. New string added for this case (localizers, note).

1.1.6 (22-07-08)
Minified version of ajaxreg.js included in the pack. 1Kb savings :)

1.1.5 (01-07-08)
Fix for checking usernames, containing space character (only fractalizer_ajaxreg_ajax.php file is changed since 1.1.4)

1.1.4 (17-06-08)
Small fix to a bug with username checking on some forums.

1.1.3 (16-06-08)
A fix provided to prevent some browsers from refreshing page after clicking on Password Suggestor button

1.1.2 (16-06-08)
Another attempt to fix checking usernames containing non-latin chars. Should work this time ;)
Icons rearranged to prevent problems with custom styles

1.1.1 (11-06-08)
Template issue fixed (password suggestor is now correctly shown) (skariko)

1.1 (11-06-08)
New feature - password suggestor. New phrases were added for it also to product XML.
New images for password strength added to distro for easy customization.
Functionality of password strength calculation fixed (Quantnet.org, Arbit3r)
non-latin characters problem hopefully fixed (requires iconv PHP extension, autodetected). (ecihanuysal)
Border in IE is now correctly cleared (Jeordie015)
1.0.1 (10-06-08)
Text sanitizing added (AlexanderT).
Password strength images are now shown everywhere (HTML was broken) (TheInsaneManiac, uantnet.org, Lionel)
jQuery is now about 45% less in size (Milad)

[xXEsEtUlOnXx]

thanks, i was looking for something like this... installed!

[PalServ]

thanks alot nice one

[taxick]

Originally Posted by kj_202

1 problem, it random password generator just shows an X icon (error icon)
but when you click it, it actually works just shows an error icon atm.

Any ideas on how to fix?

Have the same problem

[Hostboard]

The red "X" image is a default VB image. If you right click and view properties it will tell you the image name and location of the file. Login to your site via FTP and confirm the image exists. If not copy it over from your /images/... directory.

I am thinking that you are using a custom style and the image is not in the right location.

[Jase2]

I think "Password Strength" is more appropriate than "Password Quality". Good work nonetheless

[Madlike]

Very Nice Mod.!

Can u Do this Confirmation for CAPTCHA ??

[andrewtr89]

I found a problem..not sure if its the mod or my forum.

When I click on the random password generator, the window will open, but the original page automatically directs to the forum index. No idea why. This is just by clicking the little ? icon.

[kollam003]

installed works perfect

[Auron]

Originally Posted by andrewtr89

I found a problem..not sure if its the mod or my forum.

When I click on the random password generator, the window will open, but the original page automatically directs to the forum index. No idea why. This is just by clicking the little ? icon.

found the same problem, clicked the question mark and lm getting redirected to the forum page.

[FractalizeR]

Originally Posted by taxick

I have just updated the hack to 1.1.1 But now there is post icons in page.

You seem to have non-standard style. Open ajaxreg.js and replace there "images/icons/icon5.gif" with image URL you want.

Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

Everything's working fine if I am using the default vbulletin register-page. It is even possible to insert arabic, russian and chinese letters. But it does not work as soon as I enable your addon. If I enter the username "Денис", it says that it is free although it is obviously already taken.

Thanks for explanation. I will try to look into this problem.

Originally Posted by maidos

what does this do any good if we have ajax installed anyway? any purpose for thismods?

You cannot have AJAX just installed because AJAX is a technology any modern browser is capable of. Please read pruduct description well.

Originally Posted by se_p800

Does this accept .uk e-mail addresses? As the previous version didnt. Thanks

Originally Posted by Bombowiec89

How to uninstall there are no errors

Please read VBulletin Manual to learn how to uninstall/disable products.

Originally Posted by G7your.com

There is a small problem. when I chose my name in Arabic there is a message appear to me said please write your user name, but when I chose my name in English everything same to be fine. So please can you help me.

What encoding does your forum use?

Originally Posted by Jase2

I think "Password Strength" is more appropriate than "Password Quality". Good work nonetheless

You can change the phrase to what you want using VBulletin phrase manager. All phrases are in "register" group.

Originally Posted by Madlike

Can u Do this Confirmation for CAPTCHA ??

I am not sure I will. Captcha confirmation seriously lowers forum anti-spam protection. Additionally, it is impossible to make verifications for all human-verify classes it seems.

Originally Posted by andrewtr89

I found a problem..not sure if its the mod or my forum.
When I click on the random password generator, the window will open, but the original page automatically directs to the forum index. No idea why. This is just by clicking the little ? icon.

What browser do you use?