Miscellaneous Hacks - Registration form AJAX enhancements

What does it do?

• Checks for username validity as you type it in registration form
• Checks for email validity as you type it in registration form
• Checks for password validity as you type it in registration form
• Suggests good passwords
• Shows strength of your password as you type it in registration form

Points of interest:

• No template or code changes. All is done using VBulletin Product API.
• Only several custom phrase is used. All others are taken from VBulletin. So, product localization is VERY easy.
• All validity checks are implemented using VBulletin API

How to install?

• Unpack archive into forum root
• Install *.xml file via Admin Control Panel (Product management)

What is NOT done:

• No checks implemented for entering captchas as it may seriously lower forum anti-spam security

How to update to latest version?
Overwrite all files by new ones from latest zip and reimport product XML file via Admin Control Panel with "Allow Overwrite" option checked.

Version history:

1.1.7 (24-07-08)
Situation where password = login is now classified as error. New string added for this case (localizers, note).

1.1.6 (22-07-08)
Minified version of ajaxreg.js included in the pack. 1Kb savings :)

1.1.5 (01-07-08)
Fix for checking usernames, containing space character (only fractalizer_ajaxreg_ajax.php file is changed since 1.1.4)

1.1.4 (17-06-08)
Small fix to a bug with username checking on some forums.

1.1.3 (16-06-08)
A fix provided to prevent some browsers from refreshing page after clicking on Password Suggestor button

1.1.2 (16-06-08)
Another attempt to fix checking usernames containing non-latin chars. Should work this time ;)
Icons rearranged to prevent problems with custom styles

1.1.1 (11-06-08)
Template issue fixed (password suggestor is now correctly shown) (skariko)

1.1 (11-06-08)
New feature - password suggestor. New phrases were added for it also to product XML.
New images for password strength added to distro for easy customization.
Functionality of password strength calculation fixed (Quantnet.org, Arbit3r)
non-latin characters problem hopefully fixed (requires iconv PHP extension, autodetected). (ecihanuysal)
Border in IE is now correctly cleared (Jeordie015)
1.0.1 (10-06-08)
Text sanitizing added (AlexanderT).
Password strength images are now shown everywhere (HTML was broken) (TheInsaneManiac, uantnet.org, Lionel)
jQuery is now about 45% less in size (Milad)

[sambalis]

Thanks very much for this mod!!!

[Arbit3r]

Good mod but still lacks many features that similer mods used to have.

[entertain]

Doesn't this mod check if the email address is on the "blocked email adresses list"?

[FractalizeR]

Originally Posted by entertain

Doesn't this mod check if the email address is on the "blocked email adresses list"?

This mod uses VBulletin engine to check email. So, if VBulletin checks that, mod does also.

[ShiZoPhreN]

*Installed*

Thanks...

[Savage702]

I was hoping some Savvy vb admin could help me out here... my registrations require a First and Last name, ie John Doe (with the space and all). I haven't been successful in VB of entering the proper expression to force this as a registration requirement. Right now I ban anyone that creates an improper username, it'd be great to use this mod and have the proper expression to make this come together properly.

[entertain]

Originally Posted by FractalizeR

This mod uses VBulletin engine to check email. So, if VBulletin checks that, mod does also.

okay, but when i enter a blocked e-mail adress your mod says, that you can use it. Only then, when you click at "Complete Registration" you get the message that you can't register you with this e-mail address.

Can you take a look on it and say me if it is working in your community?

Thanks.

[craig5320]

Originally Posted by FractalizeR

This mod uses VBulletin engine to check email. So, if VBulletin checks that, mod does also.

This doesn't seem to be the case on my board (3.7.2), I don't allow hotmail or yahoo addresses, but they verify ok, but then on completing registration you get the prompt that it's a banned address.

Keep up the good work :up:

Craig

[Brandon Sheley]

looks pretty sharp, may have to add this one

[bastard1967]

... dosent work on vb 3.7.3