Clients choose their own username?

[EarthsHOST]

Hi,

i'm useing WHMCS v4.0 and i can not locate this is the whmcs wiki on there website or here.

I'm trying to allow new signups the ability to choose there own custom username for their cpanel packages.

Right now it just apends the first 6 letters of their domain name.

 

As far as i can tell the passwords are changable after first log-in & from inside the client area, but i can not fing the usernames feature to allow this.

 

Does anyone know how to accomplish this in v4.0?

[bear]

To the best of my knowledge, WHMCS doesn't allow the choosing of Cpanel usernames. There is a field for it when placing an order/provisioning via admin, but it isn't used in account creation (at least in mine: 3.8.2).

[EarthsHOST]

That sucks!

It is completley unprofessional to have a system that does not allow you to choose your own username.

All it does is append the domainname which is preschool like.

i own 2 full liecences and now i have to look elsewhere because i dont want to appear to be a shifty fly-by night type of web-hoster.

I dont see why this is not a standered "gimmie" feature.

i understand the password, and the fact that there are 3 ways to change your password and none to change or choose your username.

 

Perhaps this should be added to the feature list a.s.a.p. as not to detour clients.

[othellotech]

>because i dont want to appear to be a shifty fly-by night type of web-hoster.

 

In 15+ years of providing hosting and servers,control panels and ftp systems, we've never allowed the client to pick their own username, and it's never been an issue - and I've seen tens of thousands of fly-by-night hosts come and go ...

[scurrell]

It is completley unprofessional to have a system that does not allow you to choose your own username.

 

Absolute rubbish.

 

Perhaps this should be added to the feature list a.s.a.p. as not to detour clients.

 

Totally unnecessary - any client who gets upset about not being able to choose their own username is probably the sort of client who is going to be a pain in the ar*e further down the line anyway.

 

In 15+ years of providing hosting and servers,control panels and ftp systems, we've never allowed the client to pick their own username, and it's never been an issue - and I've seen tens of thousands of fly-by-night hosts come and go ...

 

Same here - don't believe a single client has ever even mentioned it.

[redrat]

That sucks!

It is completley unprofessional to have a system that does not allow you to choose your own username.

All it does is append the domainname which is preschool like.

i own 2 full liecences and now i have to look elsewhere because i dont want to appear to be a shifty fly-by night type of web-hoster.

I dont see why this is not a standered "gimmie" feature.

i understand the password, and the fact that there are 3 ways to change your password and none to change or choose your username.

 

Perhaps this should be added to the feature list a.s.a.p. as not to detour clients.

Completely disagree and don't think you need have any concerns whatsoever about this. It is certainly not in any way unprofessional.

[chickendippers]

In fact when you used ModernBill I believe it did allow customers to choose usernames, more customers complained about the restrictions (to ensure cPanel compatibility) that I'm glad WHMCS doesn't grant this ability.

[EarthsHOST]

Thank you all for replying.

So why not make it a optional feature and let us "liecence holders" decide to use it for thier clients or not?

 

I want WHMCS to be used with WHM, it just seems like a no brainer but i still dont understand why allowing this feature "will not" be added"?

I believe it is a very good feature.

 

Aside from that i like everything about it.

Also, what about the enom api?

 

For example:

WHMCS allows you to use a enom reseller account for domain registration.

So to be able to offer the abillity to clients to manage thier purchased domains you would have to do something like adding the enom reseller api to your page or use one of the ready made shops.

So is WHMCS's domains (the ones purchased through the system) able to be managed at this portal page for the domains?

Edited May 21, 2009 by EarthsHOST

[HostBizLng]

Hello EarthsHOST,

 

Concerning:

 

"Also, what about the enom api?

 

For example:

WHMCS allows you to use a enom reseller account for domain registration.

So to be able to offer the abillity to clients to manage thier purchased domains you would have to do something like adding the enom reseller api to your page or use one of the ready made shops.

So is WHMCS's domains (the ones purchased through the system) able to be managed at this portal page for the domains?"

I am a new to WHMCS too, and haven't tested everything yet (which is very important, to test and try everything to see for yourself how it works) but also after reading a lot of documentation and full of information forum, I know that eNom API is integrated into WHMCS and that clients should be able to manage their domains (purchased through WHMCS/eNom) within WHMCS.

 

(I actually posted similar question in this forum, when I started with WHMCS, until I realized I have to read more, everyday, to know WHMCS better.)

 

Keep on reading and reading, and then test and test again and again

 

Good luck!

 

Sincerely,

Serg

[EarthsHOST]

Thank you for the reply.

What i was trying to do is create a much more complex feature rich page with extra feature from the enomapi code list.

For example instead of just purchaseing and manageing the dns, you would be able to have an interface closer to enom with more domain oriented content and tools.

I suppose now that i think about it if im are able to manage domain from the whmcs then i should be able to manage them from the enom api.

[Vincent Vega]

That sucks!

It is completley unprofessional to have a system that does not allow you to choose your own username.

 

That is nonsense.

HSPc/BAS from Paralells also doesnt allow that.

[MACscr]

allowing the client to choose usernames is only going to end up causing conflicts and over complicated validation. I dont think its needed. If the OP bothered to search before posting, he/she would have seen that this topic has already been discussed at length many times and shot down, like it should have been.

[EarthsHOST]

FIXED!

 

I have hacked the module thanks to modernbill sourcecodes.

Users can now choose thier own username and password at signup.

 

It does not cause any conflict because it backs the desired name against the client database.

 

If anyone is interested p.m. and i will send you the script.

[MACscr]

FIXED!

 

I have hacked the module thanks to modernbill sourcecodes.

Users can now choose thier own username and password at signup.

 

It does not cause any conflict because it backs the desired name against the client database.

 

If anyone is interested p.m. and i will send you the script.

 

Huh? there isnt any source available thats legal for whmcs.

[gunemalli]

hi guys,

 

this ma first post here. Btw i was looking for this and i really find this usefull. Personally i like to have my own username for the services i use. I think it's a must to enable this feature and many users find it nice to have your something easy to remember other than the domain name.

 

for ex: i have a domain called tckbb.info and having something odd such as tckbbi for the username is quite annoying. specially when you have multiple domains+accounts to remember on many providers it's going to be a pain.

 

For small scale hosting providers (i'm a developer and host a only a few sites) it's much nicer for the clients signing up have their own username. But large providers may like it this cos it's much hassle free for them.

 

@EarthHost, i'm unable to PM u for the script, if u can pls pm me it.

[chickendippers]

But surely they'd be able to remember the username as it's based on their website!?

[HostBizLng]

Hi,

 

Absolutely agree with chickendippers, it is much easier to remember user name when it's based on domain name. I remember every domain name I have and with who, and it is more than likely for me to forget my username if it was something other than based on my email or domain name. And if a person having way too many accounts, it even helpful to have username based on email or domain name, because I know what emails I use for registration and what domains are used with any given account. And besides that, I have a lot of accounts and secure inhouse system to store login information; I have no need to even bother with trying to remember any of my logins (and there's no way I would be able to), it is worthless and unreasonable.

 

In general, I don't see any sense in this topic, and talk about it sounds very immature. There are so many companies, and most of them employ different systems, and most consumers aware about that, and don't even give a second thought to that if they are ready to order service/product that they believe would benefit and work for them. Who gives a !@#$ how my system works as long as it works. This is the system that I chose to use to sell my products, and if some immature customer would express his/her negative opinion about how my username system works, let them go and find another one, I don't want to have such a client who is concern about this "little" thing like how my system sets usernames, instead of focusing on the products and valuable services that I am offering.

 

Sincerely,

Serg

Edited May 25, 2009 by HostBizLng

[GreenLight]

There needs to be a way to choose a username. I'm running WHMCS on a reseller hosting account. My client signed up for an account. The username assigned by WHMCS is the same as another reseller's client on the same server.

 

Because of this, the hosting account was not set up on my server, and my client received a link to someone else's website in their New Account Information.

 

So what do all you control freaks who don't think this should be an option have to say about that? Seriously, I really need a solution.

[bear]

There needs to be a way to choose a username. I'm running WHMCS on a reseller hosting account. My client signed up for an account. The username assigned by WHMCS is the same as another reseller's client on the same server.

This would not prevent collisions, in fact it may just increase them.

Bob signs up with widgets.com, and chooses "bob" as his account name.

A different Bob signs up, decides to use that same username...

 

At least with the way it is, that is somewhat lessened, since the odds of two domains being set up on the same box with the same name are lower (I believe, anyway).

It would be more beneficial, if even possible, to check WHM on the server it's being set up on to see if it exists and have a fall back routine if so.

[GGWH-James]

It would be more beneficial, if even possible, to check WHM on the server it's being set up on to see if it exists and have a fall back routine if so.

An API call to WHM would indicate if the account exists or not.

[WHMCS John]

WHMCS will never assign a username that's already in use, the username it generates will be unique. However if you haven't got that particular account in WHMCS, then it can't know about it, so there could be an issue with duplication there.

[bear]

Yup, the account was on the server, but not through WHMCS from what I read. This can happen when you set up resellers, so a quick poll of the destination server may help with that. Still, I think it's pretty rare.