Error on sign up when invite code is missing

[Moin]

It took me quite a while to sign up a new test user on my forum yesterday because I forgot to enter the invite code.

The error message that was shown wasn’t very helpful:

Something went wrong, perhaps this email is already registered, try the forgot password link

No matter which email I tried, the error was the same.

Would it be possible to display an error for the invite code field like when a required custom field is empty?

Maybe it would also be helpful to add an asterisk after “invite code,” since it is required too.

[Moin]

I tested this again as there have been a lot of changes to the sign-up dialog in the past months. The error message shown when the invite code is missing is still the same.

I think an error message, “Please enter invite code,” below the invite code field, similar to the ones shown below the email, username, password, and custom user fields, would be helpful.

[lindsey (Lindsey Fogle)]

Thanks @Moin, you’re right that this error could be improved. I’ve opened a request with our team to fix this up. At this point, I don’t have an estimate for when this work might be complete based on the team’s other priorities.

[RGJ (Richard - Communiteq)]

I think the only thing needed as a fix is to change the error message into “You did not enter the invite code” .

After all, when I look at the source, the only flow where this message will be shown is when the invite code is set, and not submitted. All other account registration errors return a custom error message.

When an email address is already registered, no message will be shown at all, and an email will be sent to that email address.