Make guests give a name when posting or replying
Mod Version: 1.00, by bairy
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| Released: 21 Dec 2005 | Last Update: Never | Downloads: |
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One of the big problems with guest postings is the majority of them show up as "Unregistered" due to the user's laziness.
With a little checking you can 'make' them give a name. Simply put when the user submits the form, it checks the username field (which only shows when you're not logged in) for 'Unregistered' or emptyness, and if it's either, shows an alert to the user.
There are two usable methods:
1. Javascript based. This checks the username as soon as you click submit and pops up a dialog if it's 'Unregistered' or blank. This method is more instant but screws up wysiwyg input. If you use or plan to use wysiwyg, go the second option.
2. vB checking based. This allows the submit (or preview) to go and produces an error in the same way as 'post too short' or similar.
For 1, see post 2.
For 2, see post 3.
Click install if you like. Don't if you don't want to. I don't really care
With a little checking you can 'make' them give a name. Simply put when the user submits the form, it checks the username field (which only shows when you're not logged in) for 'Unregistered' or emptyness, and if it's either, shows an alert to the user.
There are two usable methods:
1. Javascript based. This checks the username as soon as you click submit and pops up a dialog if it's 'Unregistered' or blank. This method is more instant but screws up wysiwyg input. If you use or plan to use wysiwyg, go the second option.
2. vB checking based. This allows the submit (or preview) to go and produces an error in the same way as 'post too short' or similar.
For 1, see post 2.
For 2, see post 3.
Click install if you like. Don't if you don't want to. I don't really care
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