I get way too many emails from users who have forgotten their username and would like it sent. Does IPB 2.1 have this???... this is one of those issues that every board admin will run into sooner then later and large boards like ours (60,000) its daily. its just a waste of time.
There should be an option to let them send username and password to their email...
Full Version: does ipb still not have recover username?
I've had that problem myself, where I have infact forgotten my username.
But then there's people who have forgotten what e-mail they registered with, etc.
I guess it could be: enter your e-mail or username, and have BOTH username and password sent to you.
Hmm!
But then there's people who have forgotten what e-mail they registered with, etc.
I guess it could be: enter your e-mail or username, and have BOTH username and password sent to you.
Hmm!
ive had that problem with my members as well 
If one of my members forgets their username, I just ask them for the e-mail address they registered with, then do a search for it in the ACP. It takes 5 seconds to do it, so it isn't a hassle at all 
QUOTE(Ben Childs @ Sep 23 2005, 07:01 PM) 
If one of my members forgets their username, I just ask them for the e-mail address they registered with, then do a search for it in the ACP. It takes 5 seconds to do it, so it isn't a hassle at all
True, very true. Having it automated would be nice, but it's certainly not a hassle as-is.
Easy thing to do. Lol If you dunno that then man.......
QUOTE(SilverDude @ Sep 23 2005, 10:59 PM)
Easy thing to do. Lol If you dunno that then man.......
Obviously everyone knows how to recover a username FOR a user. What he wants is a function that the USER can recover their own username by inputting the email address. The administrators should not need to be hassled with such mindless issues.
if i get the time, ill write the mod i suppose because i need it too 
There are going to be MANY instances of this with the login/display anmes being different when someone changes their display name in control panel too.
So why not just use the email login?
we cant use the email login because we never have ... users are used totheir login names... and have 60,000 members. Yes the process is easy enough, but this is the kind of thing thats built into just about every other type of login system and should be automated. I dont want to think about the amount of time we'll waste doing this when we have 100,000 members.
neocodex: that would rock! but again I hate mods because of the upgrading problem they always seem to have....
neocodex: that would rock! but again I hate mods because of the upgrading problem they always seem to have....
Not an ideal fix, but why don't you send a mass email out once a quarter or something, which people can then save as it will have their usernames on it?
same here as well, peeps forget their username, and email us about it.
QUOTE(willeffects2 @ Sep 24 2005, 01:23 PM)
neocodex: that would rock! but again I hate mods because of the upgrading problem they always seem to have....
seems like a big demand for this haha...im currently writing another mod right now for 2.1 - may release it here depending on when i finish it 
i say that because yesterday while coding, i suddenly reached 1,000 lines...and i dont know when i programmed them or where they came from o_O...they were just there... 
im not even halfway through the acp section yet , and i still have to do the public section .
I get emails EVERY day, it may be easy to lookup, but it also gets tedious, and is something that really ought to be automated for the user. I look forward to the mod! 
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Thats the old code, we are talking about 2.1 here.
what happened to the code that was posted here?
I'm not sure where the code that was posted went, or who posted it but thanks.
Here it is again, this is for v2.0.x
in /sources/register.php FIND and comment out
below the commented out code add:
in /lang/en/lang_register.php find 'lp_user_name'
change line to
works like a champ.
Here it is again, this is for v2.0.x
in /sources/register.php FIND and comment out
CODE
if ( $ibforums->vars['converge_login_method'] == 'username' )
{
$DB->simple_construct( array( 'select' => 'name, id, email, mgroup', 'from' => 'members', 'where' => "LOWER(name)='$member_name'" ) );
$DB->simple_exec();
}
else
{
$DB->simple_construct( array( 'select' => 'name, id, email, mgroup', 'from' => 'members', 'where' => "LOWER(email)='$member_name'" ) );
$DB->simple_exec();
}
{
$DB->simple_construct( array( 'select' => 'name, id, email, mgroup', 'from' => 'members', 'where' => "LOWER(name)='$member_name'" ) );
$DB->simple_exec();
}
else
{
$DB->simple_construct( array( 'select' => 'name, id, email, mgroup', 'from' => 'members', 'where' => "LOWER(email)='$member_name'" ) );
$DB->simple_exec();
}
below the commented out code add:
CODE
$DB->simple_construct( array( 'select' => 'name, id, email, mgroup', 'from' => 'members', 'where' => "LOWER(name)='$member_name' OR LOWER(email)='$member_name'" ) );
$DB->simple_exec();
$DB->simple_exec();
in /lang/en/lang_register.php find 'lp_user_name'
change line to
CODE
'lp_user_name' => "Enter your account username or email address",
works like a champ.
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