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already registered error message with chat

If I decide to login thru the chat plugin rather than from my site,

I receive this message

Name already registered. Try something unique or I get

Email already registered. Try something unique

why won’t the chat plugin allow me to login from there?

Fri, 2 Aug 2013 18:19:51
  • Patrick Cohen
    • Technical Docs Wrangler

    Hi @James312

    That’s because logging into the chat does not log a user into your site; only to chat.

    The logic of the plugin assumes that registered users of your site will be logged into your site to chat. Others must be authenticated with a unique username and email.

    If that username and email already exists in the database, those error messages will display to prompt visitors to enter something unique.

  • Paul
    • The Green Incsub

    @James312,

    No. you are missing the point. The Chat public user form is NOT a login box. This is simply a way to set a name and associated email address for the public user as opposed to some generic ‘guest1’, ‘guest2’. This way when the user posts a message you can see who the message came from along with the avatar derived from the email address.

    Also, you will note the public form fields are name and email NOT login and password.

    We do not at this time want to reproduce the functionality of the WP login form within the Chat plugin. We reserve the right to add this at a later date. But I think there are other more important features coming first.