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Overview
This page explains how to adjust settings specific to user accounts native to Squirrelcart.
Settings Walkthrough
Squirrelcart account settings can be viewed and modified by clicking the Users > Account Settings > Squirrelcart menu link:
This will open the Squirrelcart account settings page:
Details
Name
This field is for reference only, and cannot be changed.
Display Name
When social sign-in is enabled, this is the label used to differentiate the native Squirrelcart login strategy from other login strategies like Facebook, Google, etc... It will appear in buttons that are used to login to your website, as shown in the first button in this example:
Sort Index
This field is only used when social sign-in is enabled. It controls the sort order of this login strategy when it appears alongside others. The reason "Login With Us" appears first above is because this field is set to 1, Facebook is set to 2, and so on. To change the position of this button, change the value of this field.
URL Base
This field is only used when social sign-in is enabled. It tells Squirrelcart to initiate a native Squirrelcart login when the URL is in this format:
This field cannot be changed.
Account Settings
Allow Account Creation
When checked, customers will be able to create their own user accounts.
Login With
This setting controls what the user uses for a username. They can use either a username, their email address, or both.
Min Username Length
Minimum length (in characters) of usernames for accounts created by customers
Min Password Length
Minimum length (in characters) of passwords for accounts created by customers
Forgotten Password Limit
The number of times a customer can attempt to submit the Forgot Password form before being prevented from subsequent submissions
Use Remember Me
When checked, the "Remember Me" feature is enabled. This allows users to check the Remember Me checkbox at login, which will then automatically log them in on their subsequent visits.
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For security reasons, the cookie that is set to make this feature work will be set with the secure attribute, if login is performed at a secure URL. If you have the $site_secure_root variable in your config file set to a secure URL and do not have $site_www_root set to the same value, the remember me feature will not work and will automatically be disabled. For this feature to work with a secure URL, you must set $site_www_root to a secure URL, which will cause all your store's pages to use SSL. |
Remember Me Expiration
The length in days that Squirrelcart should wait before expiring "remember me" information. After this number of days has past, the cookie that allows the user to be automatically logged in is no longer valid.
Remember Me Default
This field controls the default value of the "Remember Me" checkbox on the login form.
Restricted Usernames
This field is used to prevent customers from creating user accounts with certain names. List each username you want to restrict on a separate line.
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