User Essentials [Paid] 4.6.8

[Xon]

Xon updated User Essentials with a new update entry:

4.6.5 - Bugfix update

• Fix missing mini-avatar-editor-integration.min.js in public redistributable build
• Fixes for 'disabled user with act-as-deleted flag' feature
  • Fix quoting a user didn't show the real username if the visitor had the "bypass privacy" permission
  • Redact username from posts, even if the account hasn't been renamed. As the name is denormalized in a number of places, this is not consistant or fully effective.
  • Prevent logins/password resets/new email...

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[Xon]

Xon updated User Essentials with a new update entry:

4.6.6 - Maintenance update

• Fix missing phrase for batch user update spam clean actions
• Update phrases used in batch user updates for removing custom titles/locations/abouts to be plurals not singular

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[Xon]

Xon updated User Essentials with a new update entry:

4.6.7 - Bugfix update

• Fix upgrading from versions older than v4.0.0
• Fix "Username not match regular expression" option didn't validate the regex was valid when saving

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[Joe Link]

@Xon

When disabling a user, there's an option to "Wipe publicly viewable custom fields". It seems this is wiping all custom user fields regardless of visibility (including fields with info we want to retain for admin purposes).

 

[Xon]

Yeah, I think it just wipes all custom fields. I'll need to add an option to control which custom fields it wipes (or doesn't wipe) as determining what is "viewable" is frankly tricky.

 

[Joe Link]

Gotcha, I'd appreciate that

 

[Xon]

Xon updated User Essentials with a new update entry:

4.6.8 - Thread SEO & bugfix update

• Fix non-public custom fields would be removed when using the "Wipe publicly viewable custom fields on self-disable" option.
  Public is determined if the "Viewable on profile pages" or "Viewable in message user info" are set for the user field
• Improve SEO of user mentions by ensuring the /members/id links are render in the form /members/username.id removing the use of a redirect.
  • Fix user mentions did not reliably render for guests, and when...

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[Alpha1]

It would be really useful if disabled accounts would get a final email on deactivation:
Your account {accountName} on {siteName} has been deactivated and cleared of all personal data.
I understand this is a tricky one, but by law we are obliged to confirm the deactivation and removal of PII.