vBulletin LTS

Allow 'Un-logged in User' add Username to "Contact Us" message - helps find account
Mod Version: 1.00, by Quarterbore

I have found myself receiving quite a few e-mails from people that can not log into my forums (not activated, forgot password, computer issues, etc.) and often the e-mail I get through the vBulleting "http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/sendmessage.php" lists the username as "Unregistered".

This very simple template modification allows Members that are not logged in to provide their username making it much easier for me to look at their account and fix any problems. If the user leaves the User Name blank the e-mail comes through with the default "Unregistered". If the user is logged into the system then their real username is always provided.

Requires: One template change
Time required: less then a minute

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Open Template: contactus

Find:
After Add:

Attached are images that show the before and after for a user that is not logged in.

Following is the e-mail we get from the unmodified page when a user is not logged in:

Now, if the member types in their User Name into the user name field (When they are not logged in) I get the following:

Also note, the system uses the User Name for users that are logged so if they use the Contact Us page and they enter a bogus User Name the e-mail that is received contains the User Name from system, for example:

I added two more screen shots from a second of my forums where I have just added this and sent myself a test e-mail... Obviously my Name in my forums is "Ken" and User Name is "Quarterbore" (See 3rd and 4th screen shots)