Customer Log-In : Not Email Address?

[Jace]

I have the need for customers to be able to log in by using an 8-digit number as their username that we allocate for them. They can't log in with an email address as the default settings indicate.

Where can I change it so they can log in with the 8-digit number (and even change the language so it says "Account Number" instead of "Email Address" at the login page)?

Also hoping to get rid of the requirement of having an email address... a lot of my customers don't have one.

Any help greatly appreciated!

[DrByte]

Zen Cart customer-login is built around using the email address as the unique identifier for each customer.
If you wish to change that, you'll need to change the authentication logic, which will require you to add your own "number" field to the database, and then use that number as the lookup criteria in the login process in the /includes/modules/pages/login/header_php.php

You'll probably need to remove the /includes/modules/create_account/ folder altogether since it sounds like you don't want any new customers to sign up.

Also note that making these changes will require redoing those changes in future upgrades, so be sure to take careful notes of whatever you do.