forgotUsername

forgotUsername Module

The idea behind this module is to give your users an easy mechanism to retrieve their username for the portal. This functionality is a huge boon in helping to provide an accessible website.

The module simply presents the end user of the site with one button, which can be configured by the site owner. The optimum placement for this button is directly below the standard “Login” control.

This allows editing of the email message that will be sent to users who have requested their username.

There are a couple of variables which can be used in the Email which will be replaced, at the time the email is sent, with actual values. These are;

#Username#. This value will be replaced with the Username(s) retrieved matching the Email address entered.

#PortalName#. This will be replaced with the name of the Portal as indicated in the Site Settings.

#PortalAlias#. This will be replaced with the web site address for the portal. Eg. www.yoursite.com.

#PortalAdmin# This will be replaced with the name for the portal administrator role. Eg. Administrators.

Note: For composing emails targeting plain text it is better to use the “Basic Text Box” editor within DotNetNuke.

The module will, if required, log all events to the DotNetNuke Event Log. Logging can be enabled in the module settings

Once logging is enabled, each request for a forgotten username will be logged to the DNN Log Viewer

The module is fully integrated with DotNetNuke localization. You can change the values in the supplied “.resx” files to alter any text displayed on the UI. Refer to the DotNetNuke Localization documentation for a more in depth discussion of this excellent functionality.

Supports DotNetNuke module portability interface. Allows for module content, (Email message), to be exported and imported between modules.