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Digital Point Better Facebook Registration · **Released**: 04-27-2011

About
I was getting terribly annoyed with the number of users registering with Facebook Connect, only to say they accidentally registered with their real name and wanted to change it.

So with this, the default username will be their Facebook username, NOT their real name.

This will work with 4.0.3 or higher (4.0.3 was the first version with Facebook Connect).

Installation

Install the product-dp_better_facebook_reg.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product

You can see a live version in action here (assuming you are logged into Facebook of course):
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/register.php

Details
Let's say my name is "Shawn Hogan" and my Facebook username is "dpoint" (which it is) and I sign up for a forum that utilizes the Facebook Connect integration that came with vBulletin 4.0.3 or higher...

By default, vBulletin will make my username "Shawn Hogan".

With this addon, my default username will be "dpoint"... if "dpoint" is taken, it will default to "dpoint75" (1975 is the year I was born)... if "dpoint75" is taken, it will default to "dpointXX" (XX being a random number).

By default vBulletin also resets the username back to "Shawn Hogan" if I overrode it, but there was an error with my registration. So as an added bonus, the system will always remember the username if it was set by the user registering.

digitalpoint · #52 01-13-2012, 10:24 PM

Not sure... this plug-in doesn't alter how vBulletin does facebook registrations, only what it uses for the default username. So your question would be better for the support forum on vb.com

Mark Hewitt · #53 01-14-2012, 05:59 PM

If a user doesn't have a Facebook username and they end up registering using their real name, will it still put a number on the end if there is a clash?

Mark Hewitt · #54 04-11-2012, 11:50 AM

Any idea?

digitalpoint · #55 04-11-2012, 09:00 PM

No, if they have no Facebook username, it will just revert to vBulletin's normal behavior.

AddwireCom · #56 05-04-2012, 03:42 PM

Instead of importing their username from facebook can we setup a varible to have them input a name, lets say for my site is a gaming clan, and i would like it to import the name they type in for thier playstation Gamertag. is this possible?

bizpro99 · #57 09-06-2012, 10:15 PM

can it import their fb profile photo with facebook connect?

dog199200 · #58 10-01-2012, 02:58 PM

I have an issue. I can't get this to work. I imported it correctly, but no matter what when the person hits connect it instantly registers them instead of redirecting them to the registration page..

http://www.shiningashes.net/forum/forum.php

digitalpoint · #59 10-01-2012, 03:54 PM

Disable the "Enable Auto-Register" setting in your AdminCP settings.

poomins · #60 01-28-2013, 01:21 PM

Do we need Facebook connect license for this mod

digitalpoint · #61 01-30-2013, 04:46 AM

What is a Facebook Connect license? Do you have a URL?

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