Profile Enhancements - Quick Account Switch

I no longer support my hacks. Please feel free to update them and release new versions elsewhere as long as I get the credit for the original modification.

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|| Quick Account Switch
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|| Author : Anton Kanevsky
|| Works on : vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x
|| Released : Jul 03, 2009
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|| Time required to install: ~30 seconds
|| Difficulty: easy
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DESCRIPTION

This modification gives users the ability to easily switch between linked accounts. Accounts can be linked by administrators via admincp or by users via usercp as long as these users know the passwords for both accounts. Optionally, you can disallow users to link and unlink accounts from the usercp.

STATISTICS

File Uploads: 1
Products to Install: 1


FEATURES

• Adds AdminCP and UserCP controls to link and unlink accounts.
• Allows to easily switch between linked accounts from the navbar.
• Allows to disable the public UserCP controls and leave just the AdminCP part.

VERSION HISTORY

1.1.0
[+] Compatible with vBulletin 3.5.x - 3.8.x.
[+] Removed all template modifications.
[+] Added option to disable usercp controls for linking accounts.

1.0.1
[+] The modification is now officially compatible with vBulletin 3.6.
[+] The hack has been optimized and now performs much less queries than before.
[+] Users now can link accounts without an administrator as long as they know the passwords for both accounts.

1.0.0
Initial Release (Port of Quick Account Switch by Ianomed)

The installation manual is contained within the attached file.

IF YOU LIKE MY HACK, PLEASE CLICK INSTALL

[Slave]

Oh, and if you have things like vBGallery or vBlogetin installed you need to edit the .xml to put your full URL in front of one instance of login.php in one of the templates before installing the product.

Seems to work on all pages then

[ragtek]

Psionic Vision thx for your great work

your products are great!

[HellRazor]

Thanks Psionic for the update and new features!

Suggestion for a new hack that would be similar (but not the same) as this:

Alias System:

1. Allow members to have an admin-defined number of alias names to post under.
2. Forums would have the option to allow users to post under an alias. Alias forums would have a dropdown of all the member's alias' in the "Post From" box.
3. Each alias would also be able to have its own seperate avatar.

The reason this would be useful is that a lot of roleplaying game forums have a forum set aside for users to post "in character". An alias would allow them to post under the name and with the avatar of their character without needing a seperate user account.

[akanevsky]

Originally Posted by Slave

Hi

Nice hack .. a couple of things ..

When you enter an incorrect username in the UserCP you get an error message "Could not find phrase 'badlogin_strikes'" .. perhaps use the same '5 goes and your out' type protection as vBMS does on normal account login?

The "Quick Account Switch" drop down menu in the welcome box doesn't seem to work on vBa CMPS pages. Do you know what is needed to get this to work?

Thanks

That phrase is present in vBulletin by default. I don't know what you did with it.

Psionic Vision thx for your great work

No problem, but please click install.

[Roms]

This is a great idea. They used something similar on ezboard and I've always missed it here. (I'll click install if i end up using it. )

[Snake]

Wow! This is GREAT!

[Caerydd]

So just to check, to use in a CMS that is intergrated withe vbulletin I just need to call the $switchbit variable? None of the others I found in the plugin, live psi_qas ?

And also which line of the plugin to input the full url, as my CMS runs in root, and my vbulletin runs in a /forums subfolder.

This worked great otherwise, but I really need it to work every where the navbar appears!

[akanevsky]

So just to check, to use in a CMS that is intergrated withe vbulletin I just need to call the $switchbit variable? None of the others I found in the plugin, live psi_qas ?

Yes.

[Saskia]

Just upgraded from 3.5. Nice work! I especially like the option of allowing users to link their profiles by themselves, good integration.

I placed it all in a custom profile page, because that was of better use for my forums and just changed the location of one of the plugins, the two redirect links to the appropriate profile page and changed the link in the qas_userbit template. Works like a charm!

This was definetly something that a lot of my users highly valued when I installed it. So thank you!

/me clicks install.

[The dman]

This looks like just what I've been looking for but before I install it I wanted to know if I can set it so only the mods or administrators can use this?