Minimum Age For Registration

This modification allows you to set a minimum age for registration on your site.

It uses the vBulletin COPPA Cookie system, if you have it enabled, to stop people from clicking back in their browser to change the date of birth that they have entered.

The age is set via a setting in the vBOptions > User Registration Options.

[high]Important:[/high]

• This is a code modification, with the addition of a product to import the setting needed for this modification to work. Therefore, the code modification part will need to be carried out on each upgrade of vBulletin.
• In order for this modification to work, the COPPA setting on your site must be set to deny registrations for users aged under thirteen years. The age that they will be denied at however is set by yourself in the user registration options.

This modification is for 3.6.x only. It is tested on 3.6.0 and 3.6.2 and should work on any later versions in the 3.6.x series. It will not work on anything earlier than 3.6.0, and may not work on later series.

Reports have been made that this does not work on 3.6.3 and 3.6.4 and so I expect that it will not work on anything later than 3.6.2

I will be looking into this when I get chance, but there may not be a fix for it, so please do not try this on 3.6.3 or later.

[Shazz]

Whats your gmail?
Only 2 basic .php edits and a plugin . I don't see where I went wrong

[Snake]

Thanks!

[webspider]

As soon as I modify my register.php the register system gives this message "Sorry, we are unable to register your account at this time."

I'm finding the extra bracket in the instructions here a bit confusing

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[webspider]

Ok I think I have it working but there may be a bug. As a test I put my options to min age 18. I click register and it asked for a DOB I put in 1/1/1990 and proceed. I get the error "Sorry, we are unable to register your account at this time." Now if I click the register link again I get taken to the rules page and I'm able to complete the registration.

[MusicMan]

Isn't this already a default feature in 3.6.x? I'm confused why a hack is needed to add a coppa cookie when it's already there if you want it.

[webspider]

The difference is age 13 to age 18 or whatever age you want to set.

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by Shazz

Whats your gmail?
Only 2 basic .php edits and a plugin . I don't see where I went wrong

peterska2 [at] gmail.com

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by webspider

Ok I think I have it working but there may be a bug. As a test I put my options to min age 18. I click register and it asked for a DOB I put in 1/1/1990 and proceed. I get the error "Sorry, we are unable to register your account at this time." Now if I click the register link again I get taken to the rules page and I'm able to complete the registration.

I'm reinstalling this on a fresh install of 3.6.2 in the next 30 mins. I'll come back with further details then on how it went and any fixes if required.

[peterska2]

Originally Posted by MusicMan

Isn't this already a default feature in 3.6.x? I'm confused why a hack is needed to add a coppa cookie when it's already there if you want it.

The COPPA System allows to block registrations by under 13's, or to allow parent/guardian consent before their account is activated. However, some people prefer to require their users to be at least an age which isn't 13. This allows them to set the minimum age that users need to be to register for their site.

[Shazz]

Originally Posted by peterska2

peterska2 [at] gmail.com

I tried that last night, Email couldn't be found in the system