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Log-in with e-mail address and password

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Sarah Nicholson
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on Wed, Apr 18 2012 5:37 PM

Hi, we are building a site on Telligent Community v6.1 and are wondering if it is possible to set the member log-in process to use e-mail address and password, rather than username and password.

Any information or tips on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks, Sarah
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  • Mike Nethersole
    Posted by
    on Wed, Sep 26 2012 12:30 PM

    Hi, I would also like to find out how this can be done. We are also using Telligent Community 6.1, and need to use email address instead of username. Appreciate any help on this.
  • Patrick Mason
    Posted by
    on Wed, Sep 26 2012 1:28 PM
    You would need to make changes to the login widget to allow for email entry, then using the collected email address look up the user by email address(its and option on UserGetOptions).  Once you have the user, you can use the Username and proceed as normal to log in
     
    Patrick Mason
    Development Lead- Extensibility
    o: 214.420.1329
    telligent.com
     
    From: Michael Nethersole [mailto:bounce-mnethers@communities.telligent.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 6:31 AM
    To: bugsandissues@communities.telligent.com
    Subject: RE: [Bugs and Issues - Telligent Community] Log-in with e-mail address and password
     

    Hi, I would also like to find out how this can be done. We are also using Telligent Community 6.1, and need to use email address instead of username. Appreciate any help on this.
  • Mike Nethersole
    Posted by
    on Wed, Sep 26 2012 1:42 PM

    Thanks Patrick, for your quick response on this. I will do as you suggest, one other thing, would you know how I could change the Display Name (currently username throughout the site)  to be something else (like First and Lastname) ?

    Appreciate your assistance, Patrick
  • Patrick Mason
    Posted by
    on Wed, Sep 26 2012 2:24 PM
    You could but you would have to change it everywhere and enforce collecting the data as profile fields.
     
    A better approach would be to not allow editing of Display Name (modify the widget) and instead use a first and last name field and persist them as a display name. 
     
    You lose display name, but it sounds like you would rather have a different experience anyway
     
    Patrick Mason
    Development Lead- Extensibility
    o: 214.420.1329
    telligent.com
     
    From: Michael Nethersole [mailto:bounce-mnethers@communities.telligent.com]
    Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:43 AM
    To: bugsandissues@communities.telligent.com
    Subject: RE: [Bugs and Issues - Telligent Community] Log-in with e-mail address and password
     

    Thanks Patrick, for your quick response on this. I will do as you suggest, one other thing, would you know how I could change the Display Name (currently username throughout the site)  to be something else (like First and Lastname) ?

    Appreciate your assistance, Patrick