Forum Home Enhancements - Replace Help with Forgotten Password

This will replace the 'Help' button next to your login boxes with a 'Forgotten Password?' button, making it easier for your members to reset their password.

To do this, all you have to do, is edit your 'header' template.

Go to: Admincp > Styles & Templates > Style manager > Edit templates > Show Thread templates > header

In the header template, Find:

<li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase help}</a></li>

Replace with:

<li><a href="login.php?do=lostpw{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forgotten_your_password}</a></li>

Voila! That easy!

It will go from:



To this:



The only difference to the image above when using the vb phrase is that it says 'Forgotten Your Password?' rather than ' Forgotten Password?' which would make more sense really :P
Although its totally your choic depending on how much space you want to use. Is so just remove the following line and replace with what you want between the arrows:

{vb:rawphrase forgotten_your_password}

If you wish to keep your 'Help' button just add this code above or beneath to suit your needs.

To get the little user icon and padlock images for your login area, use this mod.

[Mr_Running]

Originally Posted by Grimes

Same thing happens for me. Forgotten_Your_Password and Forgot_Your_Password work fine, but if I try shorter phrases such as Lost_Password or Recover_Password etc, they don't appear at all, just a small box like what ar15dcm has pictured. The only difference is that I am replacing the help button. Any suggestions?

Perhaps...
Once it's added:
vBAdmin --> Language & Phrases --> Search in Phrases --> Forgotten Your Password?

Translation then Save.

[Grimes]

Originally Posted by WorldCraft

lost_password or recover_password are not valid phrases if that's what you were trying to use. You can either create a custom phrase with the text you want, or don't use a phrase at all and put the text directly into the template (though it is better practice to use a phrase).

Thank you so much. So, I just add the phrase I want to use in the phrase manager (lost_password?), and then I can use it in the header edit?

[Mr_Running]

I find it easier to just edit the header template.
This will hide the Help and Add the Forgotten Your Password?

<vb:comment><li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase help}</a></li></vb:comment><li><a href="login.php?do=lostpw{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forgotten_your_password}</a></li>

Then change the language by:
vBAdmin --> Language & Phrases --> Search in Phrases --> Search for Text--> Forgotten Your Password

Enter your Words/Text in the Translation then Save

[Grimes]

Originally Posted by Mr_Running

I find it easier to just edit the header template.
This will hide the Help and Add the Forgotten Your Password?

<vb:comment><li><a rel="help" href="faq.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase help}</a></li></vb:comment><li><a href="login.php?do=lostpw{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}">{vb:rawphrase forgotten_your_password}</a></li>

Then change the language by:
vBAdmin --> Language & Phrases --> Search in Phrases --> Search for Text--> Forgotten Your Password

Enter your Words/Text in the Translation then Save

Thanks! That did the trick!:up:

[WorldCraft]

Originally Posted by Grimes

Thank you so much. So, I just add the phrase I want to use in the phrase manager (lost_password?), and then I can use it in the header edit?

You can title the phrase however you want. Just when you call it in the template you use this syntax: {vb:rawphrase phrase_name}

[neya]

Thank you so much, installed.

[TravisWPaquin]

Why is it when I try to change the phrase it does not work? Anyone? It can't be hard to change so I'm unsure what I am doing wrong.

[oldfan]

work on 4.2.6 php 7.2