No Special Characters in Usernames

This is a fairly useless plugin.  It just disallows usernames which have characters other than a-z, 0-9 and _ in them (can allow more characters by changing the setting under "User Registration and Profile Options").
I recall someone requesting this, which is why I made it.

Otherwise, just posting it here to increase my post count.

[FBI]

nice idea
and if prevent from using "space" character?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

(04-25-2010 12:18 PM)FBI Wrote:  nice idea
and if prevent from using "space" character?

Yes, it prevents using the space character.

[Imran]

Well done zinga. I love this

[Technoman]

John Smith         will not be accepted is this correct?

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Yes, that is correct.

[Firefox Wins]

(03-14-2010 10:43 AM)ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:  This is a fairly useless plugin. ....

Not useless / Will help some people a lot.  

If you ever find the time, any chance of getting it to "integrate" better w/ MyBB's ajax username check?
i.e. MyBB still gives a green box to John Smith, then your useful plugin catches it server side, and gives a reject notice.  

Since the ajax 'stuff' is already in place what would be needed, modification to the function which checks the username? --> Probably no plugin hook there?
So...

• Can it even be done with a plugin as opposed to core mod?
  

Thank you & happy holiday.

[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Okay, fair enough, check first post for updated version:
- checks username in AJAX registration
- added setting under User Registration and Profile Options, where you can enter in additional characters you want to allow

To upgrade, deactivate and reactivate the plugin.

[Firefox Wins]

^^^
Wow, told you it wasn't useless, thanks ZB/Yumi!

edit: The download url is messed up, at this time:

Code:

The requested URL /\"xthreads_attach.php/25_1278150200_f7947eaf/efeb79e5437dbd890b2f51a3195ff8cb/stduname.php\" was not found on this server.

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[ZiNgA BuRgA]

Sorry about that, should be fixed now.

Also, thanks to RateU for finding a bug with this version (should be fixed now).  If you've downloaded this plugin before this post, please download again, thanks.