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To autogenerate a temporary username put this function in bp-custom.php:
function randomusername() {
$length = 10; //length of string
$start = 65; //Where to start from on ascii table
$end = 90; //where to end on the table
for ($k = 0; $k < $length; $k++){
$randomname .= strtolower(chr(round(rand($start, $end))));
}
return $randomname;
}Make this edit to the username input field on the form (hacking core file, should become easier in version 1.1):
<input name="user_name" type="text" id="user_name" value="'.$user_name = randomusername().'" maxlength="50" />Test it if you want; you’ll see a random string in the username field that will be replace by the autogenerated username based on fullname on activation.
You can hide the username field on the signup form, without getting error messages for not giving it proper TLC, by using this CSS trick.
That requires another core file hack, since you need to add a id like username-form-field. Again, should become easier in version 1.1.
My registration form is now:
Name:
Email address:
And that’s it! Everything works. Full name is available as first and/or last name. The URL is the full name lower case without spaces.
Only thing left to do is clean up the email messages etc. that still mention the username…
Just to give a heads-up, after some thought, the next version of Achievements released will be for BuddyPress v1.1, so I have to wait for 1.1 to come out first.
Not sure how much time that gives me so don’t want to make any promises about new features
Temporary solution how to customize registration form until 1.1 arrives, FYI and my own reference:
Changed this line in function bp_show_register_page() in functions.php in my template:
require ( BP_PLUGIN_DIR . '/bp-core/bp-core-signup.php' );to
require ( 'custom-signup.php' );Copied bp-core-signup.php to the template folder, renamed to custom-signup.php.
Go customize!
Unfortunately the custom fields are generated by yet another core function:
do_action( 'signup_extra_fields', $errors );This action is associated with the function xprofile_add_signup_fields in bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-signup.php.
Copied the function to bp-custom.php, renamed action and function to custom_signup_extra_fields and custom_xprofile_add_signup_fields.
Used this CSS trick to hide the avatar upload. Will use the same trick to hide the username field.
