Validate User Registration by Email Confirmation / Verification

Ajakk
If you don't like this way, just edit the scripts and program your own. It's open source. We're doing what we like, you're doing what you like.

I don't clear conceptsminiBB uses the easiest.

Ajakk
Of course, it's the easiest way! I think I proved that you need to complete 5 steps instead of 6 that way. What is your prove? Users don't like it? It's not a prove.

I, for example, like much the random passwords :) They economize me the effort to create them myself :)

The randomly created passwords are random :) If you don't like the result, you can tell the script to send to all new users the password "mayflower" - it's beautiful :)

you can tell the script to send to all new users the password "mayflower"
there is also a way to read randomly from English words database and generate "human" password :-)

I think, in general, the worst part of all common technologies is that they force users to think, that the suggested solution is the best one... or maybe even is the only one. At the time it's only the most well known, but not the best, and of course not the only one. That's the talking is about here. Many people are trying to force miniBB being like the other boards around, applying the most well-known technologies to it... but that's the wrong way for ourselves. We're trying to be different in that software, that's all.

there is also a way to read randomly from English words database and generate "human" password :-)
I missed that, sorry :)

miniBB is simply more reasonably and usefully constructed. And that's my real opinion.

I still cannot see why is it bad to receive a registration pass like "Ps278F4m" and after 5 minutes to change it with whatever you like.

and after 5 minutes to change it with whatever you like -
but only if you really need it... I often meet examples of myself, when I register just because to post 1-2 messages... I don't think I ever change the password afterall...

Keeping straight registrations in the database is much better else generating the keys. If you provide user a key, you should have a temporary keys table, or additional fields in users database. That way minibb saves up resources a bit.

Additionally, you avoid double registrations on the same invalid email. If user was unable/confirm this email, it should be saved in database for further validating. Sign up page will give an error to the user, which may try to register an account on his email, again. The script which validates the key, should have more difficult comparision in what is kept in DB.