Hello. I found an article regarding email as username in Community Builder:

"This problem came very frequently when you are using Joomla community builder extension. So here is a simple hack for Email as Username

Go to

/administrator/components/com_comprofiler/library/cb/cb.tables.php

Locate: function saveSafely( &$array, $ui, $reason )

Change line 1135

From

$this->username = $this->name;

to

$this->username = $this->email;



That's it Enjoy "

I think this is for older version of CB, because I can't find that function anymore in CB 1.3.1

Can this hack be implemented safely (because of the '@' character in username)? Will this hack affect others modules functionality?

Thank you.

σας ευχαριστώ nant for your quick answer.

I wish to get rid of username field from registration, or make some how the username field to have same value as (or link automatically with) user ID from the database user table, because the user ID is unique and since I will use real names all over my site and the username field will by hidden. As Kyle has advised me, kunena will help me customize the appearance of user profile WITHOUT showing the username, I only need to make somehow the username field disappear from registration.

I have read the 186 pages of docs (by the way, great work there!)

Ok. I followed the instruction (thank you) and yes, it's 80% working, but there is this problem:

First John Smith can register on the website without username field on registration (in CB user manager his username looks like 'John Smith' - yes, with space between 'John' and 'Smith' but this is not a problem as long is not breaking links with SEF activated). When second John Smith try to register on the website, he gets a "This username/password already in use, please try another." error message.

Is it possible for the CB script to look in to the database user table on registration to check if it finds an already registered John Smith with the username 'John Smith', just add a number after the new username e.g. 'John Smith2' in order to allow registration to as many possible John Smith are out there?