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15 years 8 months ago #5286 by veddemann
Hi alzander!

I've set up my login in community builder to use full name (forename surename). The jfbconnect keeps asking for a "username" when new user registers through the "login with facebook" button.

Is there a way to ask only for email and password - not username?

Their full name is retrieved from their facebook account and automaticly enables them to login. Therefore the username request is confusing for my members.

Thanks
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15 years 8 months ago #5295 by alzander
Let us look into this a little further. There's no way to do it immediately. We know that CB lets you change that setting for username, but this is the first request we've had for support of this feature.

We're currently overhauling profile integration for a few different releases for the 3.1 version. We'll try to get you a solution as soon as we come up with something. From a quick thought, something we can do (similar to what I mention below) is to tell you how to hide the 'username' field and make a very small modification to automatically make the username "fb_123456". Beyond that, I'd have to investigate how CB sets up the Joomla user account's username.

Not sure if you've tried it, but you may be interested in the "Facebook User Only" option. It's not exactly what you're looking for, but may be a good temporary solution while we come up with something else.

Thanks
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15 years 8 months ago #5306 by veddemann
Ok, nice.

I am interested in the "hide username" solution. The "Facbook User Only" is not an option since I am using Alpha user points system.

My temporary solution is to rename the username to full name. The problem occurs when they write something different from their facebook name and tries to log in with that.
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