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How to remove username validation?
djangonz
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Vanilla Forums won't allow Asian characters to be part of a username.
How can I remove this restriction/validation?
Any help is very much appreciated.
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You can change the validation regular expression by adding the following to your
/conf/config.php
file.Change the right side to what ever you would like.
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Add this in the
/conf/config.php
file (replace the right side to the following if the setting already exists):This allows alphanumeric input, underscores, and Chinese characters for registration.
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Thank you for the quick response. Problem solved.
I guess you might face another problem soon: @mentions not working with all user name. Before you ask, I'd like to point you to the only universally useful addon I've ever written http://vanillaforums.org/addon/mentionsplus-plugin
Thanks for the reminder, R_J. @mentions now works like a breeze.