Login with username?
  • karrottkarrott
    Posts: 3
    Does anyone know of an addon that allows you to login with a username instead of an email? I can't seem to find one for Vanilla 2. If not, what's the simplest way to accomplish this using PHP? I appreciate any help!
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,016
    You actually can log in with your username by default. It just prompts for email to be compatible with the SSO plugin. I always auth as 'Lincoln' because I'm lazy. :)

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • karrottkarrott
    Posts: 3
    Oh, I see. So I can actually just change the HTML view to say 'Email/Username' instead of just 'Email'? The system will automatically detect the username and continue logging in?
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,016
    Yup, as it stands now, that is correct.

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • karrottkarrott
    Posts: 3
    Ok, thank you very much for your help Lincoln.
  • ithcyithcy
    Posts: 1,290
    Whomever's interested, the view in question is applications/dashboard/views/entry/auth/password.php and the change needed is to line 13:
    echo $this->Form->Label('Email', 'Email');
    change to:
    echo $this->Form->Label('Username or Email', 'Email');
    There may be some other places that need to change as well, but I'm not sure.
  • anonymusanonymus
    Posts: 11
    Why didn't they just put that into the text in the first place? I've spent 3 months logging in with a tedious email for NOTHING
  • StevenSteven
    Posts: 3
    anonymus said:

    Why didn't they just put that into the text in the first place? I've spent 3 months logging in with a tedious email for NOTHING

    Your e-mail shouldn't be "tedious" to input. How do you think other people feel when they try to send you an e-mail?!
  • ToddTodd
    Posts: 1,436
    @Steven, lolz!

    Vanilla co-founder

  • anonymusanonymus
    Posts: 11
    Steven said:

    anonymus said:

    Why didn't they just put that into the text in the first place? I've spent 3 months logging in with a tedious email for NOTHING

    Your e-mail shouldn't be "tedious" to input. How do you think other people feel when they try to send you an e-mail?!
    username - 5 characters
    email - 15 characters

    It's more tedious than a username. Nuff said?

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