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D3mon
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 Posted - 31 May 2003 : 12:13:08
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WRT the issue with some email readers corrupting the activtion key url in the registration email and the suggested use of cut and paste to solve the problem...
Here's an idea for maximum usabililty (I know plenty of people who are quite internet literate but have no idea what cut&paste means!)
How about, if this happens, the user gets the opportunity to enter his/her ActKey into a box on the same page (where it can then be submitted for re-checking)? |
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Nikkol
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 31 May 2003 : 13:54:08
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Well, I wouldn't want to enter in all those characters by hand into a text box. That would be hard. I would cut and paste it into the box. But then again, you said they don't know how to cut and paste.
You thinking of something easier than typing all those characters into a text box? |
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D3mon
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 31 May 2003 : 14:29:32
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It all seems very un-userfriendly when the user clicks the 'bad' link and (given that they are unaware of the problem) has no other option than to email the forum admin.
HTML email is one option, but I'm not sure on the range of users that have the ability to read HTML emails.
Perhaps dividing the key up into blocks of 4 or 6 chars would help (not that the structure of the key itself should change of course.) |
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 31 May 2003 : 14:44:27
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| Why not adjust how many characters you send? At the moment the forum creates a 32 character string, that goes in the url. Why not change that to something smaller for your forum? The function GetKey() is easy to edit. You can find it in the inc_func_posting.asp file. |
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D3mon
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United Kingdom
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D3mon
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Davio
Development Team Member
Jamaica
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Posted - 01 June 2003 : 01:09:44
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| The only file you need to edit is the inc_func_posting.asp file. You don't need to edit anything else (that I can think of from the top of my head). The 16 character key will just be stored in the database. There is no checking in the files that checks to see if it is 32 characters or not. |
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D3mon
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 June 2003 : 04:18:33
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| Yes, thats true, but I wanted to edit the page which handles the 'email change' verification key to do the same thing (have entry box in case of url problems) |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
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Posted - 24 June 2003 : 00:13:45
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Originally posted by D3mon
It all seems very un-userfriendly when the user clicks the 'bad' link and (given that they are unaware of the problem) has no other option than to email the forum admin.
What we are doing is changing the text in the e-mail that is sent, it will now say this:
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Please click on the link below to complete your registration.
If the link is split or broken, you will need to copy and paste the entire link into your web browser.
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D3mon
Senior Member
United Kingdom
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Posted - 24 June 2003 : 12:56:35
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Ok, but it doesn't seem to cover those newer users that haven't discovered the delights of cut and paste.
I've since created a mod that implements my suggested changes should anyone be interested. See below.
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