Check for user name on registration!

[jauburn]

It's really, really, really frustrating for someone who is trying to register to find out--after hitting Sign Up--that their chosen user name is taken. It means having not only to re-enter a new user name but also to re-enter the password and, most aggravating of all, to re-enter any captcha. Unchecking "announcements," etc., again, too.

Is there a way to check for existing user names on sign-up so that folks don't get pissed off before they even get on the board as a member?

Thanks.

 

[Snog]

I'm not sure why you wouldn't see it, but if you enter a username that is in use, immediately after going to the next field you should see this...

 

[Paul B]

It seems to be working on your site as far as I can tell.

 

[jauburn]

Interesting. I just registered on a board on which I did not see that. Maybe the board was using an older version? Is this a relatively new feature?

 

[jauburn]

It seems to be working on your site as far as I can tell.

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Yeah, it wasn't my site. I was registering elsewhere and had the issue.

 

[Mike]

It's been there since 1.0. It should be checked as soon as you "blur" the name field.

 

[pigsy]

Hi all, I just tested this now and it's not working, was it removed by chance in 2.x?

 

[Robust]

Hi all, I just tested this now and it's not working, was it removed by chance in 2.x?

That appears to be the case. Validation now happens on form submit.

 

[pigsy]

I wonder if this can be fixed, for all the reasons that @jauburn described in the first post.