Members-only pages implementation tips

[RonnyK]

CustomContent is indeed the way to provide the menu, based on the people being logged in...

The message you stated is still needed, as the pages are active and so they are calleable directly. Wo within the template, you could do a lttle {if } {else} to show the content when logged in, and the message without being logged in.

For the structure it is hard to say how deep you should go... You could either work with prefixes in the page_aliases and based on that, include it in the menu, when logged in, and exlude it when not (includeprefix and excludeprefix) are parameters in the menu-call.

Another option would be to put the groupname in the extra-field of a content-page, and modify the menu-template, to check for that field, to show/not show the page based on if the user belongs to the group that is filled in the field.

So depending on how many different groups you will define, there are options. If only one group, then I would go with the include/exclude prefix...

Ronny

[jmcgin51]

I have installed FrontEndUsers and SelfRegistration and have got to the point where users can register, log in and log out. Minor question: in the Self Registration Module on the default Users tab in the control panel it says: 0 Users found (limited to a maximum of 250) although I have 2 users currently showing under FEU. Is this a sign that something is not set up right? And can I really not have more than 250 users?

As I understand it, the 250-user limit is ONLY for SelfReg.  It is the maximum number of users that can be in the process of self-registering.

I don't know what the functional limit of FEU is, but it's way over 250.

If you have 2 users already registered, then they are no longer using SelfReg resources.

[RonnyK]

One further remark....

http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... _Tutorials

has some video-tutorials, where 4 and 5 are about FEU and CC....

Ronny

[vikram31291]

As I understand it, the 250-user limit is ONLY for SelfReg.  It is the maximum number of users that can be in the process of self-registering.

I don't know what the functional limit of FEU is, but it's way over 250.

If you have 2 users already registered, then they are no longer using SelfReg resources.

Thank you. That's clear now.

So 250 is the number of "unverified" users there can be at one time? By unverified, I mean that they haven't clicked on the link they receive in an email. 

[jmcgin51]

Right.  Once they click the link and complete the registration process, they are assigned to the target FEU group, and are no longer part of SelfReg.

[vikram31291]

Right.  Once they click the link and complete the registration process, they are assigned to the target FEU group, and are no longer part of SelfReg.

Thanks for clearing that up.

Vikram