Extension:UsernameWithGroupname

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UsernameWithGroupname Release status: stable
Implementation	User identity
Description	Allows the user to provide a group at sign up, the group name will be displayed after the username and has to be given at login through a dropdown.
Author(s)	Thomas Crepain
Latest version	1.0 (2012-09-09)
MediaWiki	1.19.0+
PHP	PHP 5.3
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net . https://raw.github.com/fosopenscouting/UsernameWithGroupname/master/README.mediawiki https://github.com/fosopenscouting/UsernameWithGroupname/commits/master
Example	http://wiki.fos.be
Parameters $wgUsergroups $wgCharsBetweenUsernameAndGroupname $wgCharsAfterGroupname
Hooks used SpecialPage_initList
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Allows the user to provide a group at sign up, the group name will be displayed after the username and has to be given at login through a dropdown.

Installation

• Create a folder in the folder 'extensions' named UsernameWithGroupname
• Add the following line to your LocalSettings.php file

require_once( "$IP/extensions/extension_name/UsernameWithGroupname.php" );

Configuration

Under require_once line you can use the following variables to alter the behaviour of the extension:

• $wgUsergroups: An array of groups that will be shown in the dropdownlist in the login and sign up forms.
• $wgCharsBetweenUsernameAndGroupname: The string that will be added between the username and the groupname (Default: " (").
• $wgCharsAfterGroupname: The string that will be added after the groupname (Default: ")").