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A few minutes ago I changed the login form to accept only email addresses + password instead of email-or-username + password.

This will help solve two problems:

  • As usernames are publicly displayed, someone wishing to log in to your account has half of the information they need. We've had a lot of locked out users lately, and I think some of them may be locked out by password-guessing bots. After six failed guesses, the user is locked out. Without knowing the email addresses of members, these attempts will be even more unsuccessful.
  • We have a lot of members who are using outdated or old email addresses that no longer work. This will remind members what email address they're using.

You can always change your email address here: http://thesandtrap.com/settings/email/ .

If you aren't sure what email address is associated with your account, but you're currently logged in, PM me and ask. If you can read this but can't log in, use the contact form at http://thesandtrap.com/contact/ to email me and tell me what your old and new email addresses are, and I can reset your email address.

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  On 3/15/2016 at 2:48 PM, iacas said:

A few minutes ago I changed the login form to accept only email addresses + password instead of email-or-username + password.

This will help solve two problems:

  • As usernames are publicly displayed, someone wishing to log in to your account has half of the information they need. We've had a lot of locked out users lately, and I think some of them may be locked out by password-guessing bots. After six failed guesses, the user is locked out. Without knowing the email addresses of members, these attempts will be even more unsuccessful.
  • We have a lot of members who are using outdated or old email addresses that no longer work. This will remind members what email address they're using.

You can always change your email address here: http://thesandtrap.com/settings/email/ .

If you aren't sure what email address is associated with your account, but you're currently logged in, PM me and ask. If you can read this but can't log in, use the contact form at http://thesandtrap.com/contact/ to email me and tell me what your old and new email addresses are, and I can reset your email address.

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I am experiencing a glitch which may or may not be related to this change: I logged in with my e-mail address and it's fine everywhere except on the "Tour Talk" page, where I appear logged out. Once I go to a topic, I'm logged back in.


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That has nothing to do with this, and likely has something to do with your cache or cookies.

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I was wondering about that. But it was just giving some generic response when I tried to log in. Maybe for those who DON'T look around and find this kind of thing, the regular login page could mention that it is only the email that is accepted this time around. So, now I know and can fix the PC at home...


  On 3/28/2016 at 1:59 PM, RayG said:

I was wondering about that. But it was just giving some generic response when I tried to log in. Maybe for those who DON'T look around and find this kind of thing, the regular login page could mention that it is only the email that is accepted this time around. So, now I know and can fix the PC at home...

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Maybe a line about it in the login box or "Please enter a valid value" changed to "Please enter your e-mail address", yeah. If you don't erase all the symbols in the text box, you won't see the text that tells you to use the e-mail address. Many will maybe see the info thread at the top with information about this change, but some might not see it.

It's a good move. We did the same on a forum I used to administer since a lot of people forgot their usernames and asked for help. Most got fewer e-mail addresses to choose from than usernames.

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There's a limit to how much we can change the pages, but guys… it says "Email Address" and turns red when you put in an invalid item:

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Seems pretty straightforward to me.

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That is the one you get from clicking the Sign In button f.i. below a thread. I tried that here, and it shows the same that you got.

I mean the "Existing user? Sign in"-button in the upper right part of the forum. Which is probably what Ray is referring to. Not that it's an issue for me, just something I noticed.

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  On 3/28/2016 at 11:42 PM, iacas said:

There's a limit to how much we can change the pages, but guys… it says "Email Address" and turns red when you put in an invalid item:

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Seems pretty straightforward to me.

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Maybe some validation messaging?

"Please enter your email address to login"

Never a bad idea to give the user more prompts/info.

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  On 3/31/2016 at 5:33 PM, pumaAttack said:

Maybe some validation messaging? "Please enter your email address to login"

Never a bad idea to give the user more prompts/info.

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As I said, there's a limit to how much we can change the pages. The software is mostly just IPS. It's not my UX, and there's a limit to how much I can tweak it.

At the end of the day if people miss "Email Address" in bold above a field that's suddenly now outlined in red, there's not a lot more efficacy to be obtained by doing other things.

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  On 3/31/2016 at 5:35 PM, iacas said:

As I said, there's a limit to how much we can change the pages. The software is mostly just IPS. It's not my UX, and there's a limit to how much I can tweak it.

At the end of the day if people miss "Email Address" in bold above a field that's suddenly now outlined in red, there's not a lot more efficacy to be obtained by doing other things.

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Gotcha.  

It's alarming how often people miss clear labels.  It is fascinating to watch some people get around the internet. 

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  On 3/31/2016 at 5:47 PM, pumaAttack said:

Gotcha.  

It's alarming how often people miss clear labels.  It is fascinating to watch some people get around the internet. 

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Double-clicking their way around…

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As I showed, there is no "Email Address" in bold over the login window to the upper right. Only after you delete everything in the text box. I know that you don't want to edit too much in the software. If anything, the development team of the forum should change it.

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When using IE11: On the main login popup the 'Remember me' and 'Sign in anonymously' boxes cannot be checked.

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So when I click the sign in button I am then directed to a new page where I can check both boxes but checking the 'Remember Me' box does not retain my information. I have to go through the full process every time I come back to the site. I cleared the browsing history/cache but still no luck.

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Firefox seems to remember the information just fine.


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I have no way of testing that, but that seems pretty bizarre.

Can anyone else try on IE11?

You should try clearing your cookies for the site, too, @Grumpter, and likely your cache too. We recently switched to HTTPS and you may be getting some cached elements or mixing up your cookies (browsers often store HTTP and HTTPS cookies separately).

 

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  On 4/8/2016 at 3:10 PM, iacas said:

I have no way of testing that, but that seems pretty bizarre.

Can anyone else try on IE11?

You should try clearing your cookies for the site, too, @Grumpter, and likely your cache too. We recently switched to HTTPS and you may be getting some cached elements or mixing up your cookies (browsers often store HTTP and HTTPS cookies separately).

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I had cleared the cookies and cache then closed out IE but it didn't change anything when I started IE after that. So I cleared everything a second time and then rebooted. That seems to have solved the issue. Strange.


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