For various reasons, I’ve commented out the screen name option in the user registration form.

However, now when users register they get the following error:

Notice: Undefined index: screen_name in
/httpdocs/system/modules/member/mod.member.php on line 3092

EE seems to be looking for the screen_name field on that line and spitting out the error. I haven’t tried commenting out that line as I disliked the idea of modifying core files.

So, is there a way I can get around this error in the EE control panel?

Instead of commenting it out, change it to a hidden field that has a value of nothing.  EE will then, by default, make a person’s screen name the same as their username.

Thank you, that works.

To my fellow newbies, what you have to do is change the input value to “hidden”

I took that cut and paste the entire line, putting it right after the submit button. Since it’s hidden it doesn’t show up.

Then i deleted the entire table row that housed the screen data, so the info wouldn’t be there to confuse users.

Works like a charm!