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Before you begin:

If you've not received your plugin yet, check your spam folder, and please see this article

What you will need

• Access to install a plugin in your Joomla administration section
• File access to your Joomla installation (e.g. by FTP)
• Virtuemart installed and running, if you want to use the Virtuemart features
• You will also need:


A backup of your Joomla site. - This is an important point!! Getting the plugin working fully involves overwriting some language files, and potentially some template files. If you ask for support from me, the first question I will ask is whether you have a backup or not! Following these instructions shouldnt result in anything bad happening to your site, but its impossible to know the particulars of every Joomla site / ftp client / webspace out there. In addition, if you ever want to restore the Username functionality, you will need to restore the original files to thier proper location

Installation of the plugin is very simple. However the procedures involved will vary depending on your intended usage. The first 3 steps are the same:

1. Extract the zip package you received when you purchased the plugin
2. Install the plugin via the Joomla administration section
3. Publish it

If you have access to your mysql database via phpMyAdmin, then you can execute the following sql to allow users already registered to login using thier email address. Please do / keep in mind the following:

• Take a backup of your users table (normally called jos_users)
• All users (with the exception of the admin account) will ONLY be able to login with thier email addresses after running this sql (The username will be overwritten)

SQL code for converting email addresses to usernames:

update `jos_users` set username=email where name<>"Administrator";