Lunarhotel.co.uk

Using Joomla login / JomSocial

1. Install the plugin and publish it in the normal way.
2. If your site's Language is English. Copy the language folder into the root of your Joomla installation. You can safely overwrite the existing folder without risk of loosing any other files as a result. Currently included in the package is a GB-EN (GB English). Ill put other language files there as they become available.
3. Check to see if the following file exists in your Joomla installation. Where <joomla root> is the location where your Joomla files reside, and <your template> is the name of the template your site is using:
   
   /<joomla root>/templates/<your template>/html/com_user/register/default.php
   
   Also check for
   
   /<joomla root>/templates/<your template>/html/mod_login/default.php
   
   
4. If the paths do not exist copy the html folder into your template folder. So, for example. If the template Im using on my site is rhuk_milkyway then I copy the html folder into /templates/rhuk_milkyway/.
5. If either of the paths do exist then you will need to edit default.php in each folder manually in order to remove the username field from the html.
   To re-iterate, Take a backup of any and all files before you change them.You will need these backups if you ever wish to uninstall the plugin and reset everything to the way it was
6. Now take a look at your Joomla page. You will find that the Username field in the Login module is now labeled "Email" and the "Forgot you username" link will no longer be present. Click on Create an account (only available if you have user registrations turned on) and Check that the username field is missing from the registration screen.