invalid name in user registration

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:22 pm

trying to find some help for this.
I had noticed that i haven't received any new members on my site for a while. Ended up finding out that when anyone tries to create an account they get this error- "invalid name". not sure what the problem is. I only have like 35 registered members and i don't have any names in the namesban file. any ideas?

Do i have the option to maybe use a different registration module or something?
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Only certain characters are allow in the names. Most gamers want to use names that have [] in them and those are not allowed without modifications. Could that be the case?

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:36 pm

nope, that's not it. I even tried to do another registration and invalid name came up. no invalid characters.

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 3:58 pm

If it was working and now it is not, then something has changed in Your_Account/index.php. Names are allowed to be a-z A-Z 0-9 _ - by default. Try restoring the original index.php to see if that clears up the problem.

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 5:46 pm

restored the index.php in your_account. still no luck. i don't get this.

I'm still trying to find a whole new module i can use instead.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:38 pm

I have searched the internet for a while now and have not found a cure for this problem. Let's get a clear cut fix posted here.

I just restarted my site and have received 16 members so far. now no one else can register. everyone gets this error during register process- ERROR- INVALID NICKNAME. I even tried it and got the same error.

What i have done so far to try to correct-
uploaded fresh mainfile.php and header.php files
uploaded fresh index.php file for MY_ACCOUNT module
played around with line in index.php file that checks for invalid characters in name.

come on Raven, you are da man! I know you can help me with this.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 9:44 pm

Honestly, that error comes from Your_Account/index.php. Redownload the 6.9 version of nuke and restore that index.php.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:10 pm

nope, tried it.

Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 10:29 pm

Please PM me your
ftp url/id/pass
MySQL url/id/pass
Site adminid/pass

Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:33 am

Hmmmm. Even though I started helping you within 12 minutes of your post and have continued doing so, I see you have posted the same post at NC. That, of course, I can understand. But I noticed this little addition there, and I quote

eastcoastgamers wrote:

please help me out. nukecops is the best place to go to get answers.

http://nukecops.com/postt26166.html . Good luck.