I’ve been working on a site which users must register to gain access. I’ve removed the need for a user to create a unique username by using their email address for their username. This also removes the need for the email field on the registration form.
However, the screen name, which I’m currently using to welcome the user to the site in a personal fashion, has to also be unique. Luckily the verification for unique screen names can be removed, so John Smith doesn’t have to call himself JSmith79 just to be able to register.
In order to remove the validation you’ll need to:
- Go into /system/core/
- Open core.validate.php
- Find “Is screen name taken?”
- Comment out the if statement below there
The resulting code should look like this:
/** --------------------------------
/** Is screen name taken?
/** --------------------------------
if (strtolower($this->cur_screen_name) !=
strtolower($this->screen_name))
{
$query = $DB->query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM exp_members
WHERE screen_name = '".$DB->escape_str($this->screen_name)."'");
if ($query->row['count'] > 0)
{
$this->errors[] = $LANG->line('screen_name_taken');
}
}*/
And that’s it, users will now be able to choose whatever screen name they want, without the worry of duplicating that of another user.
