Use E-mail address instead of username 4.2

admamy · #1 02-27-2009, 05:12 PM

I would like to use email address as a default login for users so the particular email address would be able to register more than one time. At the same time, the greeting will be using the customers first and last name in the email or when they login instead of using the email address. For example, "Welcome back Mr. XX" when they lgoin and "Dear Mr.XX" in all email communication.

Thanks in advance.

balinor · #2 02-27-2009, 07:22 PM

Please don't post questions in the Completed Custom Mods forum. Moving to the 4.2 template forum.

mmasterson · #3 03-04-2009, 04:34 PM

Has anyone tried this mod yet? http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=8809&highlight=email+instead+of+u sername

Any input from the experts here?

balinor · #4 03-04-2009, 04:37 PM

IMHO, this is not something you should do. In order for it to work, you need to make the e-mail address a unique value - meaning you can't use it more than once. This prohibits customers who do NOT want to register from ordering more than once - and a significant amount of the general public doesn't like to create an account when they purchase from a store. While I agree that e-mail as the username is a good idea, it needs to be done a lot more thoroughly than it was in that thread.

JWait · #5 03-05-2009, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by balinor

This prohibits customers who do NOT want to register from ordering more than once - and a significant amount of the general public doesn't like to create an account when they purchase from a store.

The problem is, x-cart creates an account anyway, it just names it "anonymousX".

By using the email address instead of a username, the only thing the customer has to do is add a password. On occasions where the email address has already been used, maybe politely informing the customer that they have made a previous purchase and having the "recover password" handy for them to retrieve the password, and possibly checking the previous shipping information against the current information would actually be a better system than the present "username" and "anonymous" checkout system currently in use.

This probably beyond the scope of working in 4.2, but it is something to consider in later versions.

seaCOAST · #6 03-05-2009, 01:05 PM

How about the option of using username OR email in 4.2?

Is that possible?

toolauthority · #7 03-30-2009, 06:48 AM

I just modified this in my store to use the email address as the login for customers that are registering and uses the standard anonymous-x for guests. It seems to work pretty well so far, but than again I am not live yet. It has passed all my testing so far. Had to modify 6 files and 4 database entries, but that's not that bad (until its time to upgrade). Let me know if anyone is interested? I like to share!

jedak · #8 03-30-2009, 06:55 AM

Please share. I'm trying to accomplish this right this very minute.

jedak · #9 03-30-2009, 07:08 AM

Order status page.
Where customers can enter order number and zip code/email so they can check order status useful for anonymous as well as registered customers.

toolauthority · #10 03-30-2009, 07:25 AM

I can't find one of the changes I made, the most important of course. I'll let you know later today, unless you figure it out before then. I didn't write it in my changelog.