----- Original Message ----- From: "Erika L Walker-Arnold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 5:45 AM Subject: RE: [style] usernames
> We have this discussion, all the time ... And we've come down to what we > think is the best of both worlds ... > > We allow usernames that are people's email addresses. Yes, it's a double > entry, but not everyone wants to use an email address as a username. I > hate to. I much prefer to use weberika. I always remember it .. And it's > rarely taken. (no wisenhimers now ;) ... ) > > However, if you want to use [EMAIL PROTECTED] to sign up to one of > our websites, why go right ahead ... It's up to the user anyway to keep > their info up to date. Yep, there's nothing to keep the user from using their email address, unless you've limited the length of the username. Some people have some insanely long email addresses. I've always disliked sites that use my email address as a username. Too much typing, and it always strikes me as lazy, since it's just as easy to develop a system permitting user-chosen names. > We very rarely allow people to change their usernames once they are > chosen ... But will do if the customer requests this feature. If the db is designed correctly, it shouldn't make any difference if people change it daily. Just don't use the username for any kind of logging or other accounting purposes. Use the user table's primary key. > As for username/password retrieval .... All we ask for is an email > address. Easy enough ... Unless of course you forget your email address > that you used and we've never had that problem yet (knock on wood). Even someone like myself, who has 1/2 dozen or more email addresses can always keep poking away until they've found the email address that's on file. I've done it, so I know it's not that big of a deal. The password reminder feature that I implement always emails both the username and password to the forgetful user. ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
