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[resolved] Changing the @name given on signup

@horroruk

Participant

14 years ago

I’m using WHMCS Bridge which creates a new user when somebody signs up to WHMCS.

This is great, but because it uses the email as the signup name, which can easily be changed to whatever the user wants, the @name given is pretty much the email address (such as @userdomain-com).

This isn’t good as it is giving spammers a field day, being able to figure out so many email addresses on the site.

Is there a way to either use only the first X amount of characters in the user name or, better still, giving the user the option to change the @name, even if they can only do it one time.

Is this possible?

Thanks,

Joe

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@modemlooper

Moderator

14 years ago

Allow Your Users to Change their Username on your BuddyPress Based site

@horroruk

Participant

14 years ago

Thanks, that’s kind of what I need, but for the @name only, as the user name needs to remain the email so that the bridge will work (WHMCS only allows emails as the user name).

There isn’t a problem so much with an email being a user name, as the user can change what is shown on the site to whatever they want.

@horroruk

Participant

14 years ago

Actually, my apologies, but that did do the job perfectly.

Thank you.

@grodanboll

Participant

13 years, 10 months ago

I have installed the pluging and it changeed the @name as it should. but the old links to the member page stoped working. is there any way you can change the whole usernamne and @name so the old links stil works?

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