Posted on: 11/08/02 02:19pm
By: ScottMcW
Hi all,
When a new user registers, the default is that they get an email with a random password. Is there anyway to configure that so they can chose their own password right off the bat and be registered right then?
Or, for another site...
Also, it would be nice to have an option to moderate membership from an admin panel. If someone registers that I don't want...let me say no there before they get access to the site.
Are these options already built in? If not, then consider this a Feature Request for GL 2.x! If they are...then where do I find them.
Thanks!
Scott
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 11/08/02 03:14pm
By: Dirk
The first one is not possible - unless you hack the registration yourself.
But the second one is already implemented. Just set
$_CONF['usersubmission'] = 1;
in config.php and new users will not get their password until approved by an admin (similar to the story submission queue).
bye, Dirk
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 11/08/02 03:44pm
By: ScottMcW
Thanks Dirk,
Then, let's consider that first one an official Feature Request for GL2.0!
Scott
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 11/09/02 05:14pm
By: Anonymous (Anonymous)
To get this functionality this is what I did.
I removed all code that offers a visitor to register from the language file. I then set up a form on a static page and a link to this page in a left "Visitor Menu" block.
The visitor has to fill in the form and send it. When the admin receives it he just creates the account and email the username and password.
This way you can even offer your visitor to choose his password when is sends the form.
Alain
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 02/21/03 01:14am
By: lenz
I set the $_CONF['usersubmission'] = 1;
Now, as admin, where do I approve the user? I mean I can't find the controls that say "There is 1 user waitng for approval" - So I have this user just dangling AND geeklog still stays to the user "You will be emailed your new password" But it does not do it...
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 02/21/03 02:52am
By: Anonymous (Anonymous)
Look inside your control panel under the "Submissions" link in the Admins Only block. I think you'll see it there.
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 02/21/03 11:09am
By: Anonymous (Anonymous)
Ah - Thank you - - - BUT (There is always a butt) - The admin DID NOT
get an email saying a new user signed up... Also - How do I know who
the hell they are - This is for a group which has a limited number of
subscribed members - I suppose they could SEND the users their sign on
information... but they do want to collect info and have more sign up... Is
there an extended sign up form that also collects user data?
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 02/21/03 03:19pm
By: Anonymous (Anonymous)
If an Admin wants to be notified when someone submits a request to join as a user, you have to modify this line:
$_CONF['notification'] = array ('story', 'link', 'event', 'user');
As written here, the line says the Admin will be notified via email if a story, link, event, or user sign up is submitted. You can list one or more (in any combination) of those four.
If there is a very limited subscriber base, you can always preload their info in the control panel and just send the people their initial passwords that way.
New User Registration Options
Posted on: 02/24/03 11:30am
By: muskrat
This sounds like it would work for me. I tried it, but didn't
find all the right stuff in the language file (and themes?)
Don't you also have to change the theme to make this
work?
Would you please post your edited language
file (I'd like English, assuming you did that one), and
perhaps the static page or external page you used for
the enhanced / expanded registration?
I assume that you added some tables to the GL
database and joined them based on user id?
Finally, I would think this sort of "beefed up" registration
is a requirement for more and more enterprise GL
sites, and eventually it would be great to see it
supported as a core feature rather than having to add it
by hand. I need this, and my ability to make all the edits
and do it right is probably marginal - though I'm willing
to try it. My qualifications for writing good PHP and SQL
code for inclusion in the main release are probably not
where they ought to be, or I'd volunteer.
Thanks
-Tom
Re:New User Registration Options
Posted on: 08/22/03 11:12am
By: marcg
I\'ve commented out all the lines in the language file regarding new user registration and will replace this functionality with my own custom signup form. The problem is, every couple of days someone is finding a loophole through and is able to submit a new registration request. Is there a way to completely remove all ability for a new user to register? I\'m developing a site that will have basic, current, unrestricted access for the general public, and extensive premium content for registered userswho will be charged an annual membership fee.
Also, is there any way to integrate taking a customer\'s payment at registration and sending them their password, but having the user inactivated one year from the date of signup? The Kintera system seems to do these things, but they are set up as more of a service, and primarily for non-profit organizations. We are a magazine publisher and Geeklog seems to be a much better fit.
Re:New User Registration Options
Posted on: 08/23/03 01:32am
By: r_f_o_t
[QUOTE BY= marcg] I\'ve commented out all the lines in the language file regarding new user registration and will replace this functionality with my own custom signup form. The problem is, every couple of days someone is finding a loophole through and is able to submit a new registration request. Is there a way to completely remove all ability for a new user to register?[/QUOTE]
We used to do this, became too much hassle.
In public_html/layout/YOUR_THEME/users/registrationform.thtml I removed everything between
<form action=\"{site_url}/users.php\" method=\"post\"> </form>
and added a link to a static page that told users how to register.
HTH
Re:New User Registration Options
Posted on: 08/25/03 06:07pm
By: marcg
Thanks, HTH. Just what I needed!
Re:New User Registration Options
Posted on: 08/26/03 02:52am
By: r_f_o_t
Glad I could help.