[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #17948: Enhancements to the login and registration forms

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#17948: Enhancements to the login and registration forms
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 Reporter:  wpdavis      |       Owner:  wpdavis
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Multisite    |     Version:
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |
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Comment (by wpdavis):

 My primary goal is to standardize the signup process between single-site
 and MS. A few things to consider:

 The registration process for MS and single-site are different. In MS, you
 must activate your email address, in single-site you don't have to. I
 propose getting rid of the activation email and instead activating the
 user on first login. Also, I think the default text for the registration
 email can be finessed a bit and standardized across MS and single-site —
 right now on single-site it doesn't say anything.

 I think the username restrictions should be standardized across both as
 well. More lenient by default seems better. Maybe a filter (on both) to
 allow people to define illegal characters?

 The filters and actions between adding fields to MS and single-site
 registration pages should definitely be standardized. What's going to be
 harder is standardizing the filters and actions when validating and
 inserting a signup, because MS stores those signups in a different table
 until they're validated.

 Q: Is that really necessary? Can we put all signups in the user table and
 purge unactivated ones on a semiregular basis? Seems like a lot of extra
 steps to have two tables devoted to this. And it would go a long way to
 standardizing that process.

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