Version: 1.1.0, by akanevsky
Developer Last Online: Feb 2016
Version: 3.5.x
Rating:
Released: 05-06-2006
Last Update: 07-02-2009
Installs: 86
DB Changes Uses Plugins Auto-Templates
Additional Files Translations
No support by the author.
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.
I am not sure what purpose this serves. Unless as an admin, you want to quickly change to another account to test a feature.
Another possible use is for a household where two people share a computer and both are members of your forum. Routinely I will see them post as the other person by mistake. And sometimes they ask if they can both just share one account to keep things easier. (Logging in and out can be a drag after awhile.)
And so with this hack, they can request to be "linked" and then they can more easily switch back and forth between the two accounts.
One minor point, and I'm sure this is fairly obvious, but it's worth mentioning in case someone's unsure: once the accounts are linked, the notion of "cookies" and "logging out" of one account no longer applies.
It works great when it's one person logging in/out of two or more accounts.
However, if in fact it is two different people on one forum, with linked accounts for easy switching, and one of them logs out... the other person can still just switch right into their account. (Since the accounts are "linked" it does not ask for that password again, even if one of them logged out when their session was done.)
SO... be sure you're okay with this before using it for two separate people. A husband and wife may enjoy the easy switching back and forth, but the price for this, is the inability to "log out" for sure. (Either spouse could easily log in as the other and read PM's, etc.)
Psionic Vision, is there any way to modify this so that it respects the login/logout cookie for each account?
Oh, the only thing I can see needed, is support for vB CMPS. You have to be on the actual forums for it to work, or you don't see any linked users in the drop-down.
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05-07-2006, 06:44 PM
