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Hi

Iv been importing my own users into the mybb database today and it all works..

Iv added, "username1" field to the database and i want to use this field to check when someone logs in, instead of "username". As im using "username" to show the accounts "nickname" across the site.

in functions_user.php iv changed the function validate_password_from_username() to nickname= and not username=

and it wont work.. but when i change it back to username= the login works if i login with whatever is in the username field. So im sure its this function thats for loggin in... but as said, when i change it to nickname= (where my "username" is..) ... it wont work..

Any help?

So basically am i missing something out when im changing the login username field to something else?

How did you add the field? Did you directly alter the mybb_users table, or is it a custom profile field?

directly added it in to the _users table. But i can change it to a custom profile field if this would be better?

If you used 'username1' in the table, then you should use username1 in the query.