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[Chris TheEnd]

Yea just do an HTML override for the register component in your template html folder and you are good to go. 

On May 24, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Mark Simko wrote:

> On Mon, 2010-05-24 at 11:35 -0400, joomla-request at lists.nyphp.org wrote:
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 10:35:36 -0500
>> From: Chris TheEnd <chris at theendrecords.com>
>> To: "NYPHP SIG: Joomla" <joomla at lists.nyphp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [joomla] Removing name field from user registration
>> Message-ID: <5F87C612-A577-4C12-BA98-393B16D0F17D at theendrecords.com>
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>> 
>> I would agree this is very simple fix, you really shouldn't be hacking
>> the core if you don't need to.
> 
> Oh, I don't want to hack the core at all. What Donna described is what I
> had in mind. Touching these files at all is 'hacking the core'. Getting
> at the field validation is just way too invasive. Hopefully the template
> override option will work out and I won't have to leave the core hacks
> in place.
> 
> Every time I tackle one of these problems I learn more, and realize I
> know even less. It's like an adventure into an abyss. I'm gonna have to
> start using a version control system to leave digital breadcrumbs. I've
> got backup files all over the place.
> 
>> On May 24, 2010, at 10:20 AM, Donna Marie Vincent wrote:
>> 
>> I would make it a hidden field on the form and give it a value, like
>> "User".  The name can be duplicated, it's the username that has to be
>> unique.
> 
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