Login with username?

karrott

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!

Linc

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.

karrott

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?

Linc

Yup, as it stands now, that is correct.

karrott

Ok, thank you very much for your help Lincoln.

ithcy

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.

anonymus

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

Steven

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?!

Todd

@Steven, lolz!

anonymus

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?