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Digital Point Better Facebook Registration
Mod Version: 1.01, by digitalpoint

vB Version: 4.0.3 Rating: (7 votes - 4.71 average) Installs: 98
Released: 28 Apr 2011 Last Update: 20 Aug 2011 Downloads: 438
Not Supported Uses Plugins  

About
I was getting terribly annoyed with the number of users registering with Facebook Connect, only to say they accidentally registered with their real name and wanted to change it.

So with this, the default username will be their Facebook username, NOT their real name.

This will work with 4.0.3 or higher (4.0.3 was the first version with Facebook Connect).

Installation
  • Install the product-dp_better_facebook_reg.xml product under AdminCP -> Plugins & Products -> Manage Products -> Add/Import Product
You can see a live version in action here (assuming you are logged into Facebook of course):
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/register.php

Details
Let's say my name is "Shawn Hogan" and my Facebook username is "dpoint" (which it is) and I sign up for a forum that utilizes the Facebook Connect integration that came with vBulletin 4.0.3 or higher...

By default, vBulletin will make my username "Shawn Hogan".

With this addon, my default username will be "dpoint"... if "dpoint" is taken, it will default to "dpoint75" (1975 is the year I was born)... if "dpoint75" is taken, it will default to "dpointXX" (XX being a random number).

By default vBulletin also resets the username back to "Shawn Hogan" if I overrode it, but there was an error with my registration. So as an added bonus, the system will always remember the username if it was set by the user registering.

Download

File Type: %1$s product-dp_better_facebook_reg.xml (2.7 KB, 317 downloads)

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