Hello,
I need my user logins to be of a certain format, and despite my attempts to communicate this to my users, they are still not getting it right.
To this end (and others): is there a means for the make the create-new-login process effectively "request" their login creation for approval by a sysop?
Also, is there a means (whether or not it's tied in with above process) to verify the email address of a new login?
-Matt
On 22 May 2005, at 06:03, Matt England wrote:
I need my user logins to be of a certain format, and despite my attempts to communicate this to my users, they are still not getting it right.
Perhaps more trouble than you're willing to go through, but I hacked the form to enforce my login format (first and last name fields, first letter capitalized).
:::: Some people say we need a third party in this country. I think we could use a second one. -- Jim Hightower :::: Jan Steinman http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99AG24
Could you provide the hack/code updates? I have similar (if not the same) login format policy. This would be of great help to me.
-Matt
At 5/22/2005 11:17 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
On 22 May 2005, at 06:03, Matt England wrote:
I need my user logins to be of a certain format, and despite my attempts to communicate this to my users, they are still not getting it right.
Perhaps more trouble than you're willing to go through, but I hacked the form to enforce my login format (first and last name fields, first letter capitalized).
:::: Some people say we need a third party in this country. I think we could use a second one. -- Jim Hightower :::: Jan Steinman http://www.Bytesmiths.com/Item/99AG24
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Hmmm... I don't have it in the form of a patch. Mostly grepped around and changed things. I extended User class with complete organizational membership info, and added fields to mw_user. I didn't take much care to do it in a maintainable manner!
You simply need to change the form to add the fields, then concat them before sending them off to the User object... I think...
On 22 May 2005, at 12:04, Matt England wrote:
Could you provide the hack/code updates? I have similar (if not the same) login format policy. This would be of great help to me.
-Matt
At 5/22/2005 11:17 AM, Jan Steinman wrote:
On 22 May 2005, at 06:03, Matt England wrote:
I need my user logins to be of a certain format, and despite my attempts to communicate this to my users, they are still not getting it right.
Perhaps more trouble than you're willing to go through, but I hacked the form to enforce my login format (first and last name fields, first letter capitalized).
:::: "We need a revolution." :::: "Keep saying that, and we'll need a lawyer, assuming they let us have one." :::: Jan Steinman http://www.Bytesmiths.com
On 5/22/05, Jan Steinman Jan@bytesmiths.com wrote:
Hmmm... I don't have it in the form of a patch. Mostly grepped around and changed things. I extended User class with complete organizational membership info, and added fields to mw_user. I didn't take much care to do it in a maintainable manner!
You simply need to change the form to add the fields, then concat them before sending them off to the User object... I think...
I thought about trying to extend MediaWiki by extending the classes (like you described), eg UserEx, then updating the global variables ($wgUser, in this case, I think). The problem is when a new class is created.
I would like to hear about successful attempts at such expansion.
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