Forum Home Enhancements - Really Fast Registration by BOP5

Brought to you by BirdOPrey5 / Qapla.com

Live Demo: http://www.totallycommercials.com/

The purpose of this mod is to get users registered as quickly as possible. Users just enter a username, a valid email address, check a box agreeing to the rules (optional), and hit register, and they are sent an email with a randomly generated password.

The fact they get the password by email confirms they entered a valid email address (if they ever log in, you know it is legit.)



Full Feature List

• Displays on top of Forum Home (forum.php)
• Ability to customize script name to reduce chances of Spam
• Uses built in VB javascript to verify valid username in real time
• Uses 3rd party javascript to detect user's timezone and set it during registration
• Fully Phrased for easy customization or translation
• Full use of Stylevars to control colors/layout options
• Agree to Forum Rules checked by default option
• Show randomly generated password after registration option (this could lead to users with invalid emails however, not recommended)
• Random passwords generated vary in length
• Choose default usergroup for new registrations
• Register button not active until valid looking username/email entered into form
• Apply specific referrer to all users who register via this mod (good for tracking purposes)
• Compatible with my Rename Regiter.php Mod
• In unlikely event of error on registration user returned to regular registration script.
• Option to hide rules completely
• Option to show RFR Form to Admins at all times
• Option to put RFR Form on any/all templates manually (RFR Anywhere)
• Option to show JavaScript confirmation that explains why a valid email is needed and gives user option to update their email address.
• Compatible with VB 3.8.x
• Support for Human Verification
• Added option allowing user to hide the form for a set number of days
• NEW - Added option to enable the register_addmember_complete hook to increase compatibility with other registration mods
• NEW - (In Beta) - Added option to use RFR form in "IFRAME" mode for non-VB pages.

I've used this mod for a month or so on my site, I have not had any spammers use it, probably too new for them to take notice.

The mod uses its own email phrases for new registrations so be sure to customize it if you want to.

Some important phrases...

Email Body Text Phrases
bop5rfr_newuser - Email sent to email addresses set to be notified of new users
bop5rfr_welcome - Email sent to new users (contains their password and other info)

Error Message Phrases
bop5rfr_reg_complete - Message shown upon completed Registration
bop5rfr_error_missing_values - Message shown if missing values (only possible if javascript disabled)

Front-End Redirect Messages
bop5rfr_problemredirect - Message shown if error and being redirected to full registration form (unlikely to happen)

GLOBAL Phrases
bop5_rfr_agree_to_rules - Agree to rules text
bop5_rfr_really_fast_reg_join_now - Text in title
bop5rfr_timezone_detect - [Timezone Detetion]
bop5rfr_confirm1 & bop5rfr_confirm2 - JavaScript Confirmation before submitting form



The "External Content" is an option to load the time zone detect javascript remotely, you can load it locally if you prefer.

This mod is compatible with vBulletin 3.8.x and vBulletin 4.x.x

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[BirdOPrey5]

Can you post or PM me the URLs? Let me see if I can figure anything out... I tested it on 3.8.7 and 3.8.8 beta but it shouldn't make a difference.

I had actually designed it from the ground up figuring I may one day add VB 3.x so when I went back it really wasn't all that much work.

The main difference is VB3 doesn't have stylevars so any customization needs to be template edits.

[hurricane_sh]

3.8.1: url removed

The other one 3.8.4 worked exactly the same way.

Thanks!

[BirdOPrey5]

Looks like you just didn't rename the file correctly-

When I go here- http://www.msofficeforums.com/fast-register.php I get a vbseo file not found message - basically the file doesn't exist. That is the file it is looking for in your case. I assume you changed it in settings.

If the file did exist it would forward me to yur forum index (that is what the page does if you try to browse to it manually.)

[hurricane_sh]

Yes, you are absolutely right, I'm so sorry! Now it's working perfectly!

[ozzy47]

It's cool, we all have our Blonde moments.

[Paul.]

If spammers use this and a fake email, does it still create an account and use an ID?

[smirkley]

Yes it does, but they will never get their password to login.

edit to add, and I have blocked the top three countries that produce spammer accounts in htaccess, and that has almost completely stopped all spammer attempts on my site. I dont cater to those countries anyways, and only 1 legit account was ever made in my 9+ year history from any of them.

[smirkley]

BOP,..

Just a question as a suggestion for addition.

I have not had this abused. I can view all accounts made via member list sorted by reg date.

But I am wondering if an acp log option might be a good idea. Something that would provide a chronological log in acp for all attempts, good and bad. Just for security sake if one were to want to take notice of ip attempts in the event abuse was attempted.

Thanks again. Love this addition. Works well.

[BirdOPrey5]

I'll see about logging... there really wouldn't be any failed attempts though, just people who used fake emails and never signed in... I am planning an add-on or feature that runs a report to display such users- I imagine that could be part of the log.

[crazyboy1661]

One of your great mods BirdOPrey5! Definitely it will boost new registrations. Thanks for your efforts. :up: