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Registration and Profiles
I’m pretty sure this can’t be done using Textpattern, but I might have missed a plugin somewhere so I thought I would check.
I’ve been asked, by a client, to produce a site where the users can register, have a very basic profile page and submit information – probably a form.
Can this be done?
Feel free to ask me to elaborate.
Thanks
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Re: Registration and Profiles
There’s mem_self_register / ign_password_protect for registering / signup control and there’s smd_bio for user profiles (where these are distinct from articles, otherwise you can use articles). If you don’t want the users to have regular txp access, you can also use smd_query and mem_simple_form in combination to develop a front-end form (e.g. only reachable once logged on) where they can edit their profile information. If you’re storing the profiles in regular articles, you can try mem_public_article instead of the smd_query / mem_simple_form combo. I should say that it’s all rather fiddly to get working and you need to put mechanisms in place to prevent them from editing other people’s infos.
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Re: Registration and Profiles
Thanks jacob, I will investigate your suggestions.
The users would not need access to the TXP admin at all, just the ability to self-register and have access to a private page where they can edit their details and submit a simple email form . Ideally, I would like to be able to have a history of all their past form submissions, so that they can re-submit the same form instead of having to input all the same info again. It is becoming a bit more complicated, do you still think it can be accomplished?
From this info, my initial understanding is that I will need to use smd_query and mem_simple_form, but how would the users log in and sign up?
As a side note, I have a developer friend who says it will take him a day to do this on Rails; it all depends if the cost of his work outweighs the cost of doing it through Textpattern.
Thank you so much again, I will let you know how it goes.
Last edited by rathersplendid (2009-11-24 12:16:35)
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