Remove Terms from Registration

[halilesen]

When a user wants to register on your phpBB forum, they will be presented with a terms page and after accepting it, they will reach the registration form. This two-step process may slow down registration process or you may not like it. Here I going to show you how to remove terms of use from before registration.

Open /includes/ucp/ucp_register.php file in phpBB root and find this:

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$agreed			= $request->variable('agreed', false);

Replace it with this:

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$agreed			= $request->variable('agreed', true);

And find this:

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if ($agreed && !check_form_key('ucp_register'))
{
	$agreed = false;
}

Replace:

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if ($agreed && !check_form_key('ucp_register'))
{
	$agreed = true;
}

Save changes. Terms of use will no longer appear before registration.

But let's not stop there. Let's put a statement in the registration form that by registering, the user agrees to the terms of use and privacy policy. To do this open /template/ucp_register.html file of style you are using, and find:

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<!-- EVENT ucp_register_buttons_before -->

Add before line above.

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<div class="panel">
    <span>You agree to <a href="{{ U_TERMS_USE }}"><b>Terms of Service</b></a> and <a href="{{ U_PRIVACY }}"><b>Privacy Policy</b></a> by registering on this board.</span>
</div>

An save the changes. Thus, you have also informed the users legally and this is how we accomplished the task of removing terms from registration in phpBB.

[nounou]

Is it possible to do this with an extension? The downside of custom coding is that every time phpBB updates you have to edit the files again (I guess unless you use the changed files update method which I've never used...?)

But regardless, I've done custom coding in the past but I forget what I custom code! I love the clarity of using extensions...

[halilesen]

I guess not. I have a short routine of editing core files after each update.

[nounou]

Do you ever use the "changed files" update method for phpBB?

[halilesen]

No. I always did the "Full Package" update as it took a minute or two to replace the core files I changed again. I guess I think this is better. However, the idea of ​​creating a custom extension that will retain all changes made is not unreasonable.

[nounou]

Oh! Interesting idea!

Ger made a custom code extension back in the day that allows you to inject custom code into phpBB events... not sure if that could do something like this?