DONE Declutter the registration page

[VinnyVideo]

Basically, there's a four-step process when it comes to attracting new members:

1. Get them to come to MFGG.
2. Show them that it's a cool place to be.
3. Make them register an account.
4. Convince them to stick around.

I want to make the third step - the registration process - as quick and easy as possible (without sacrificing functionality or attracting too many spambots).

The default MyBB registration page includes a lot of clutter that doesn't need to be on the registration page. During the testing phase, I used the templates to remove all the stuff in the shaded area:



However, when I did this, some odd bugs occurred. For example, all new users would have PMs disabled by default.

It would be awesome if someone found a way to streamline the registration page without breaking anything.

[HylianDev]

Would it be possible to put everything that isn't Username, Password, and Email in a hidden area where you have to click "advanced" or something?

[Kritter]

Questions like this would likely be better asked on the MyBB forums, from my experience they're pretty accommodating to people asking for help to change forum layouts and whatnot.

[Dock]

I litterally just registered, and from my phone at that. I did not find the page cluttered, long, or difficult. But then again I'm a forum veteran and know my way around the myBB forum registration page.

[Syaxamaphone]

What's probably happening is that with these options hidden, they can't return a value for the registration process so the registration page just sets them all to false. If you looked into the code that does the creation of the user in the database, you could maybe put in some manual values instead of having it trying to read the check boxes you've hidden from the user.

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[VinnyVideo]

@Kritter I decided to take your advice. Maybe they'll be able to help.

@Dock Thanks for the feedback - it's always helpful when new members tell us what they thought about the registration process! This kind of thing probably doesn't bother a lot of people, especially those who have used a lot of different forums in the past. However, it's possible that some people who are less familiar with MyBB might be confused by all these settings, which can be easily changed in the User Control Panel but don't need to be on a registration page.

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[Kritter]

@VinnyVideo @HylianDev

I've added a button that hides/shows "advanced options" such as Country, Account Preferences and Timezone. They're all set to the defaults but can be changed if people want to click the advanced options button.

I haven't tested it though so I'll leave that to someone else before moving this topic to the Resolved Suggestions forum.

[VinnyVideo]

@Kritter Thanks! This looks good.

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[Pedigree]

Can confirm that this works. Moving to Resolved. Thanks, Kritter!