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Spaces in Usernames?
iron squid
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I'm using the current version of Vanilla, and I'm wondering if there's any way to add spaces in the names of users? It seems like there -should- be because there is a space in the name of this account.
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Current means 2.0.18.8 right? What happens if you test by creating user with space in username?
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Look at this and maybe it will help
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/179426/#Comment_179426
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Try adding this to your config.php:
$Configuration['Garden']['User']['ValidationRegex'] = "\d\w_ ";
^ I can confirm that this works on 2.1b.
That worked.
Why does Vanilla not include this in the default? I'm curious.
Because it's on a need to know basis
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I think because things break with usernames with spaces like this.
try clicking on mention @iron squid - see if it works in this thread.
so, its probably not recommended to have spaces if you want functionality with many things and plugins.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Yeah, mostly because of mentions. The same reason you can't on Twitter.
Ok this makes sense. If I type @randomuser in a comment, does randomuser get alerted that someone mentioned him?
see the next ten comments in this thread.
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/comment/184246/#Comment_184246
you probably never get notified because of your user name with spaces.
@iron squid
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Yes and it does this by default. The mention notifications can be turned off as well.
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I've been playing on my vanilla site, and I'm not getting any notifications. If I do @testuser then login as "testuser", am I supposed to see that my username was mentioned somewhere?
Or am I misunderstanding how things work?
what settings in your profile do you have in your notifications as far as mentions.
make sure popup is checked
Notify me when people mention me in discussion titles.
Notify me when people mention me in comments.
try logging in from one browser (e.g. firefox as one user) and as admin in another browser (google) and try it that way.
@iron squid said:
aha current version - that must be it
. does it by chance and have a version number associated with it 
may also help getting to the root of the issue.
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
You might just have to configure the notifications preferences to work the way you want it to. You can set it globally for new users and users who have not changed their notifications with some lines in the config file, and you can set it for a single user account by going to the profile settings and go to the page with the notification preferences.
New notifications can show up as a popup or be emailed to the user depending on their notification preferences. It will also show up as a red notification bubble in the default theme in the user module in the sidebar.
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