From 4e6f904d7208e2a3bfef12f69c923310ef8c6039 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jessica Cai <115125748+JessCai06@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:40:51 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] fixed the username duplicate checker with placeholder
 suffix

---
 public/src/client/register.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/src/client/register.js b/public/src/client/register.js
index 62dbc41..f0fb305 100644
--- a/public/src/client/register.js
+++ b/public/src/client/register.js
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ define('forum/register', [
                 if (results.every(obj => obj.status === 'rejected')) {
                     showSuccess(username_notify, successIcon);
                 } else {
-                    showError(username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]');
+                    showError(usernameInput, username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]' + ' maybe try ' + $('#username').val() + 'suffix instead');
                 }
 
                 callback();

From 2a25e004e7b92f3bdeec25b3028de4be760d0148 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: JessCai06 <115125748+JessCai06@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 22:40:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] previous commit contained some build issues, this version
 runs on my local vscode

---
 public/src/client/register.js | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/public/src/client/register.js b/public/src/client/register.js
index f0fb305..489f7a0 100644
--- a/public/src/client/register.js
+++ b/public/src/client/register.js
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ define('forum/register', [
         callback = callback || function () {};
 
         const username_notify = $('#username-notify');
+        username_notify.text('');
+        
         const userslug = slugify(username);
         if (username.length < ajaxify.data.minimumUsernameLength ||
             userslug.length < ajaxify.data.minimumUsernameLength) {
@@ -131,7 +133,7 @@ define('forum/register', [
                 if (results.every(obj => obj.status === 'rejected')) {
                     showSuccess(username_notify, successIcon);
                 } else {
-                    showError(usernameInput, username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]' + ' maybe try ' + $('#username').val() + 'suffix instead');
+                    showError(username_notify, '[[error:username-taken]]' + ' maybe try ' + $('#username').val() + 'suffix instead');
                 }
 
                 callback();