On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 18:46, Madhu <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to have username optional during signup, is there any configuration > options to set this? > I just want to have email & password during signup..
Leaving aside all the Ruby, Rails, authlogic, and so forth questions... I advise you not to do this. It means you're using email addresses as the primary person-identifier (as opposed to ID in the database, which I ass-u-me will be numeric). That's perfectly fine from a technical point of view, but not for user convenience. People often have multiple email addresses. People change email addresses, for numerous reasons. People leave sites for a long time, try to come back, and forget what email address they used when they signed up. Been there, done that, couldn't log in to get the T-shirt. But they usually have a preferred username. (Maybe two, one for places that insist on "real" names and one for everything else. Plus maybe variations, if someone beat them to their preferred name, or some benighted site insists on very short usernames.) They may go away for a while and come back, and their "old" user ID will be obvious to them, at least after a small number of tries. Also, before people know your site well enough to trust it, they may be reluctant to reveal an email address. They will probably not, however, have any problems telling you what username they want to use. -Dave -- Specialization is for insects. -RAH | Have Pun, Will Babble! -me Programming Blog: http://codosaur.us | Work: http://davearonson.com Leadership Blog: http://dare2xl.com | Play: http://davearonson.net * * * * * WATCH THIS SPACE * * * * * | Ruby: http://mars.groupsite.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
