Miscellaneous Hacks - [DBTech] Username Change v1 (vB4)

What is Username Change?
Username Change is Brought to you by the Designer of products such as RPG Inferno and Inferno vBShout and the programmer of RPG Integration v3.

Username Change from DragonByte Tech is a modification designed to allow users to change their usernames at will (within your configured limits, of course).

About Username Change
Your members will no longer bug you for username changes, you can let them change it whenever they want!

It also has a history feature in the member profile, showing a list of previous usernames. This history feature uses vBulletin's own Profile Change history - no additional tables needed!

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Feature List

• Uses vBulletin's "Profile Change History" feature for maximum compatibility with other mods
• Change username via UserCP -> Edit Profile
• One-click revert username via UserCP -> Edit Profile
• Username change history in a member's profile
• Moderators can change usernames at any time easily
• "Can Change Own Username" permission for users
• "Can Change Others Usernames" permission for mods
• "Can View Own History" permission for profile block
• "Can View Others History" permission for profile block
• Per-usergroup username change delay (in days)
• Per-usergroup profile history limit
• Per-usergroup maximum total username changes

ModCP Change Log

• Paginated results of all username changes
• Displays date of change, old value and new value
• Displays who changed the username
• Choose date range to display, or view all changes

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[CvP]

Originally Posted by DragonByte Tech

I don't see why not, we're running 4.0.3 on our board just fine
4.0.1 is the version it doesn't run on


Fillip

thank you. Running it on .2. will upgrade to .3 soon.

[DragonByte Tech]

Small fix has been released for those who upgraded to vB 4.0.3.
Re-import the XML file to fix the bugs introduced by this vBulletin version.

[CvP]

Hi Dragon.

After installing this I'm having a little problem. My users are losing track of who's who since anyone can change their username (yes, there's a 180day limit, but still).

there is a old 3.x mod which showed name changes near who's online.
will you consider this feature?

or better yet, a field where we can provide a thread ID.
whenever (or once a day) someone changes username, there will be an automatic post in that thread about the username change.

Thanks for this great mod

[DragonByte Tech]

Those features are currently outside the scope of the modification, but if we ever turn this into a full-fledged username management mod, then we'll be sure to include them


Fillip

[gle041]

I have installed this on 4.0.3. When I go to change the username, it takes a long time to load, then I get a message:

Error message:
Premature end of script headers: profile.php

Then when I press F5, it loads and the name is changed. I have tried several times, this happens every time.

What could be causing this?

[jb_008]

Just a heads up too, the Version Check URL is a dead link.

Also it would be nice if the default permissions for Registered Users for the Can View Other's Username History was set to no, where the admin would have to change it to yes if they wanted it.

[DragonByte Tech]

Originally Posted by jb_008

Just a heads up too, the Version Check URL is a dead link.

Haven't set it up yet, but we always send out update mails when stuff change anyway

Originally Posted by jb_008

Also it would be nice if the default permissions for Registered Users for the Can View Other's Username History was set to no, where the admin would have to change it to yes if they wanted it.

I think this is a matter of preference though, most people seem to prefer it defaulted to yes


Fillip

[CvP]

Originally Posted by jb_008

Just a heads up too, the Version Check URL is a dead link.

Also it would be nice if the default permissions for Registered Users for the Can View Other's Username History was set to no, where the admin would have to change it to yes if they wanted it.

username change is already a messy process. people keep losing track of who is who.
so by default yes is better

[Rvl]

could you add something like that:

If User has x posts, can change user name (set 0 disable this option)

[STORMS]

went to install XML after I uploaded the files and:

Either C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mortalkombatempires.com\httpdocs \forum/dbtech/username_change/install/core.php or C:\Inetpub\vhosts\mortalkombatempires.com\httpdocs \forum/dbtech/username_change/install/finalise.php is missing!

Any ideas..?