Yea just do an HTML override for the register component in your template html folder and you are good to go.
On May 24, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Mark Simko wrote: > On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 11:35 -0400, [email protected] wrote: >> Message: 7 >> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 10:35:36 -0500 >> From: Chris TheEnd <[email protected]> >> To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [joomla] Removing name field from user registration >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >> >> I would agree this is very simple fix, you really shouldn't be hacking >> the core if you don't need to. > > Oh, I don't want to hack the core at all. What Donna described is what I > had in mind. Touching these files at all is 'hacking the core'. Getting > at the field validation is just way too invasive. Hopefully the template > override option will work out and I won't have to leave the core hacks > in place. > > Every time I tackle one of these problems I learn more, and realize I > know even less. It's like an adventure into an abyss. I'm gonna have to > start using a version control system to leave digital breadcrumbs. I've > got backup files all over the place. > >> On May 24, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote: >> >> I would make it a hidden field on the form and give it a value, like >> "User". The name can be duplicated, it's the username that has to be >> unique. > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP SIG: Joomla! Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/joomla NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php

