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New users signup and access procedure
Is there a configuration setting such that when a visitor arrives
and signs up for an account that an administrator or moderator will receive a notification which allows him FIRST approve the account for activation. The default seems to be automatic approval and access.

tks in advance
denny
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Yes, you can set up the forum in such a way that every user has to be approved by the administrator.

GForum is extremely flexible!

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins
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Thanks for the quick reply and information. Can you tell me where that configuration change can be made?

tks in advance
denny
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In your admin panel, go to 'Setup -> Users' and set require_signup_admin_validation to 'Yes'.

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins
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Re: [yogi] New users signup and access procedure In reply to
Ok thanks much. I missed that layer of configuration. I'll look more carefully next time I have some that would seem to be easy.

denny
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Per your instructions the new forum user requires admin approval before he gets access. How do I get that access request sent to me automatically via email?

As it is I will have to periodically check the Forum admon to see if there are users required validation.

tks in advance
denny

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In your admin panel, go to 'Setup -> Users' and set require_signup_admin_validation to 'Yes'.

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins
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As it is I will have to periodically check the Forum admon to see if there are users required validation.

I think this function is indeed missing (and should probably be added).

Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins
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Re: [yogi] New users signup and access procedure In reply to
Paul has a plugin that does this...I use it and works quite well. I'm not sure he still makes this available though.
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Re: [bretzke] New users signup and access procedure In reply to
David -

Thanks for your reply. I solved the problem another way. When a copy of the email asking the new user to "validate his email address" is sent it uses the file "validation.eml" I added a "BCC" in the header of the .eml file.

It seems to work very well.

I'll take a look at the plug-in as well. But for our purposes we will want to approve any member requests before allowing access.

denny

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Header of Validation.email with Bcc: added to provide admin with a copy of any new user requests.
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To: <%user_email%>
Bcc: <%site_title%> <<%admin_email%>>
Subject: <%site_title%> validation
From: <%site_title%> <<%admin_email%>>



>.. a plugin that does this ...
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