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  • Link00seven
    Member
    • Aug 2004
    • 67
    • 3.6.x

    Members Area Suggestion

    Hello,

    I just had an idea for the Members Area. I think that you should allow customers to use their e-mail address as the username and then choose our own password. It would just make it easier instead of having to try and memorize my customer # and password - or open up a notepad document/e-mail to get it when I need to login the members area.

    Just a thought, you guys probably have a good reason for having it how you do but I was just throwing it out there.

    Thanks for reading.
  • cbiweb
    Senior Member
    • Apr 2004
    • 2658
    • 4.1.x

    #2
    Better yet, get Roboform, and you won't even have to type it in anymore, period.
    ~ Life isn't always fair, but you can be. ~

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    • ManagerJosh
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2002
      • 9922

      #3
      Originally posted by Link00seven
      Hello,

      I just had an idea for the Members Area. I think that you should allow customers to use their e-mail address as the username and then choose our own password. It would just make it easier instead of having to try and memorize my customer # and password - or open up a notepad document/e-mail to get it when I need to login the members area.

      Just a thought, you guys probably have a good reason for having it how you do but I was just throwing it out there.

      Thanks for reading.
      Just save it or print it out. This way you don't have to memorize. I've yet to memorize it.
      ManagerJosh, Owner of 4 XenForo Licenses, 1 vBulletin Legacy License, 1 Internet Brands Suite License
      Director, WorldSims.org | Gaming Hosting Administrator, SimGames.net, Urban Online Entertainment

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      • Wayne Luke
        vBulletin Technical Support Lead
        • Aug 2000
        • 73976

        #4
        Click "remember username" in your browser when logging in. That is what I do.
        Translations provided by Google.

        Wayne Luke
        The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
        vBulletin 5 API

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        • Link00seven
          Member
          • Aug 2004
          • 67
          • 3.6.x

          #5
          Yeah I have it in a notepad document that I reference when I need to login, but those suggestions will work too. I was just throwing that out there and was curious to see your responses.

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          • Floris
            Senior Member
            • Dec 2001
            • 37767

            #6
            Isn't it still possible in firefox (not ie) to load a htaccess login through

            http://user:[email protected]
            You could bookmark it.




            Note to everybody: If you store it in your browser to have it remember it for you, or in an obvious document, or bookmark it, or whatever helps. PLEASE realize the risk of security here. If you for example use this on a laptop and it gets stolen or you walk away in school and someone temporary plays with your system .. they have access to your members' area. So make sure you use it in the right circumstances.

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            • ManagerJosh
              Senior Member
              • Jun 2002
              • 9922

              #7
              AFAIK, it was deemed a security risk and disabled.
              ManagerJosh, Owner of 4 XenForo Licenses, 1 vBulletin Legacy License, 1 Internet Brands Suite License
              Director, WorldSims.org | Gaming Hosting Administrator, SimGames.net, Urban Online Entertainment

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              • Colin F
                Senior Member
                • May 2004
                • 17689

                #8
                Yes, we've chosen to disallow this for security reasons.
                Best Regards
                Colin Frei

                Please don't contact me per PM.

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                • ---MAD---
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2005
                  • 2522
                  • 3.8.x

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                  Click "remember username" in your browser when logging in. That is what I do.
                  Yeah same .

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                  • Dismounted
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2006
                    • 455

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Floris
                    http://user:[email protected]
                    You could bookmark it.
                    That's what I do, since I'm the only one using my computer, it's all ok .

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                    • Link00seven
                      Member
                      • Aug 2004
                      • 67
                      • 3.6.x

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Colin F
                      Yes, we've chosen to disallow this for security reasons.
                      Alright, makes sense. I like the bookmarking method, so I'm going to go with that. I didn't even know you could user[email protected] - that's pretty nice to know.

                      Thanks!

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                      • Trevor Hannant
                        vBulletin Support
                        • Aug 2002
                        • 24325
                        • 5.7.X

                        #12
                        Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                        Click "remember username" in your browser when logging in. That is what I do.
                        Problem comes when you have more than one license....
                        Vote for:

                        - Admin Settable Paid Subscription Reminder Timeframe (vB6)
                        - Add Admin ability to auto-subscribe users to specific channel(s) (vB6)

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                        • Wayne Luke
                          vBulletin Technical Support Lead
                          • Aug 2000
                          • 73976

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Trevster
                          Problem comes when you have more than one license....
                          All my licenses are contained in one user account.
                          Translations provided by Google.

                          Wayne Luke
                          The Rabid Badger - a vBulletin Cloud demonstration site.
                          vBulletin 5 API

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                          • Trevor Hannant
                            vBulletin Support
                            • Aug 2002
                            • 24325
                            • 5.7.X

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Wayne Luke
                            All my licenses are contained in one user account.
                            Which is fine if they're all yours but if you set up and run them for other companies who need to be kept separate...
                            Vote for:

                            - Admin Settable Paid Subscription Reminder Timeframe (vB6)
                            - Add Admin ability to auto-subscribe users to specific channel(s) (vB6)

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                            • Colin F
                              Senior Member
                              • May 2004
                              • 17689

                              #15
                              As has been said, you can bookmark links that include the username and password. We will not be allowing users to choose their own passwords.
                              Best Regards
                              Colin Frei

                              Please don't contact me per PM.

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