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I can only repeat what others have said previously!
I had been using this plugin on a Virtuemart site oput of the box!
This time I was using YOOlogin module with emailasusername plugin in header (horizontal position), and there was an issue with the input label. French string 'send' was displayed instead of Courriel (email).
Dylan helped me to solve this issue successfully, and with great patience.
I recommend this very useful plugin.
Gérard

When it comes to logging in with email this is the only plugin you will ever need. It works out of the box and if you would experience any problem the support is excellent thanks to Dylan.

Email as Username does what it's supposed to do, and does it perfectly. It's a great extension, and the support is as good as it gets.

I feel that using email instead of username will be the future login way for all websites. An excellent plugin, with excellent support.

I purchased bronze membership, download the product, then install to my site. No sweat during the installation, got it perfectly running w/in minutes! Except that I found out that the facebook connect on Jomsocial 2.0.6 wasn't patched yet, so I post on there forum and Dylan work on it right away!

I salute you man! Two thumbs up for this superb product! ;)

Hello m8,

i test it and it works perfectly, but didint installed it in my main site because i use Sami Login module and i didn't saw it in the list. Can you please add it ? :) keep up the good work!

This is an excellent extension, that is well supported, and well worth the price. I purchased a silver support package and the support was very fast indeed. Dylan is patient and helpful and was able to help me get it working exactly as I wanted.
The only reason this doesn't get five stars is that does seem to me, that it warrants it's own administration component. Apart from that, top marks.

I have 2 websites running the email as username. I couldn't figure out why each time I install something the template override gets overridden each time you install a new extension. After many days of debugging, yes, organicdevelopment is absolutely right. And I must say that the cause is the system plugin. The issue has not been resolved in the latest version or in the last 13 months as claimed.

The idea of using email as username and saving the user of filling out an extra field is first of all just great. I bought the bronze membership and installed the template right away in virtuemart 1.1.7. Unfortunately there was a template problem. I posted the problem in the forum and within just a couple of hours I got a reply and a solution. Unfortunately it didn't work and I then emailed my template and they got it working right away.

Great component and if you run into trouble they got an amazing and fast support

Hi,

I cannot recommend this plugin enough. It is easy to download and install and works with no real configuration needed. If you are serious about your site and the members that use it then this is a necessity. Cannot comment on Support as none was needed. Big thanks to the developer.

I needed the ability to have users use their email address for login rather than having to remember their username. I ran into a bug with the plugin for Joomla 1.6 however I posted the issue on the forum and received an answer back the same day. That was yesterday. The bug was fixed this evening. Fantastic support and customer service, not to mention plugin!

Great Plugin

excelent customer service

You can't go wrong with this one!

5 Stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Thanks a lot Dylan

Fiebrelatina team !

I have always frowned on the practice of usernames - and its amazing how many usernames one accumulates over time. E-Mails however are always remembered, and - in my opinion - the best mechanism for logins.

I found this extension simple to install and fully functional. I did not have any need for support on this extension, however coincidentally, Dylan - the developer - responded to one of my posts on the Joomla Forum for a completely unrelated issue. This was before he even knew I was a customer.

He provide clear and well documented instructions. I can only imagine the level of support he would provide for his own extensions.

An excellent plugin, with excellent support. Thanks to Dylan for getting back to me in a matter of minutes! There was a slight issue because I had customized my virtuemart registration page. Dylan solved it, and with minimum fuss and down time.

Can't understand why Joomla didn't take the opportunity of releasing a new version (1.6) to update their register and login procedures to drop username.

Using this extension is just what was needed, it works well and is very simple to install.

Should be core Joomla... until then, more than happy to register and use this on all my developments.

Hi All

I thought id just share our experiences with this extension.

Whilst the extension does what it says on the tin, lets you use your email address as a username, it also comes with a system plugin that will ruin your life!

The system plugin adds template overrides for various components login pages, this includes joomla, jomsocial, k2, virtuemart etc. It does this in order to change the label on the username field to read email address. Whilst this is a great idea in principle as it is automated, it doesnt explain the extent of what this plugin does on the developers website.

We had an issue where random template overrides and language files kept being renamed to filename-timestamp-backup.php seeminly by random. This has been happening for several months and we've been tearing our hair out as to why, and our client has been getting severely pissed off! We eventually tracked it down today by examining log files against the timestamp that a file was changed. We tracked it back to com_installer and thought the issue was in there somewhere, after an hour of debugging we discovered a system plugin was causing the problem. We then quickly discovered that this plugin uses a system plugin to override the login page of various components. This plugin executes when you install something, and as a user you have no idea that its doing anything as there is no output, the files just change.

I have several problems with this kind of thing:

1. A system plugin is loaded every page load, and in this case is only ever executed fully when you post to com_installer to install a module, this is totally wasteful and should be replaced with a dedicated component to "patch" the relevant files and should be initiated by the user. Loading it every page load for something trivial like this just adds to your page load time!

2. Using a plugin to override files is such a BAD idea, not only for the reason above, but also because the user has no control over what is overwritten or knowledge of it.

3. Even if you decide to use this plugin, it ALWAYS overwrites your template overrides even if they ALREADY EXIST! WHAT IS THE POINT IN THAT!!!!

4. The user should be given the option to install the plugin (or component as it should be) OR given the template overrides in a zip file and choose whether to install them manually. The implications of what the plugin (or component) do should be explained clearly.

Anything that changes files on the filesystem that are not part of the component/plugin they are designed for should have clear warning about what is going to happen, doing it silently is such BAD practice.

I urge anyone wishing to use this extension NOT to install the system plugin that comes with it and to manually change your template overrides.

Regards

Oli Griffiths

This plug-in does exactly what is advertised, and does it well. We were using a registration component that wasn't supported by it and the developer built it into the plug-in so it would work for us. I've never had such great support by an extension developer before. You can't go wrong with this one!

This is a must have plugin. I wanted to have a email in sted of username field. Why to remmember a username and email and password? I had to use this extension, I liked option to have email and password field like Facebook have, for login.

Many thanks to Dylan for support, he had time to solve my problem about conflicts with some other extension on my site.

Best regards!

This extension is by itself obviously very good, it does exactly as it says on the tin and is an essential modification I believe.

However I wanted to make a special mention to Dylan for the support he provided - my site was non standard and had a few complications, but he went over and beyond the call of duty in working overtime to get my problems fixed. I know Dylan will help me in the future. Many thanks Dylan!

I rarely write reviews, but the support I received from Dylan basically required me to do so this time.

The plugin works great and saves our users an unnecessary step. With our particular site, we had some barriers to overcome and Dylan worked patiently and QUICKLY to make it happen.

Thanks!