Is This Possible?....

[groovesalad]

I created a User Group named "DVD". Each one of the subscribers has a different Username but all of them have the same password. Is there a way that when they sign up with different usernames, but use a specific password, it'll register them under the DVD user group name?

[Xenon]

you know it's dangerous to give all the same password?
they can easily log in as someone else...

my tip: create a new customfield DVD-Password

then edit register.php and compare DVD-Passwordfield with the password you want for that group.
if they match, they'll be registred in this custom group

[groovesalad]

I have no idea how to do that.

[Xenon]

well create the new field in your AdminCP
Editable by user, but not viewable in profile

then open register.php find
$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO user (userid,username,password,email,".$newstylefield."parentemail,coppauser,homepage,icq,aim,yahoo,signa ture,adminemail,showemail,invisible,usertitle,join date,cookieuser,daysprune,lastvisit,lastactivity,u sergroupid,timezoneoffset,emailnotification,receiv epm,emailonpm,options,birthday,maxposts,startofwee k,ipaddress,pmpopup,referrerid,nosessionhash,avata rid) VALUES (NULL,'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($username))."','".addslashes(md5($password))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($email))."',".$newstyleval."'".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($parentemail))."','$coppauser','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($homepage))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($icq))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($aim))."','".addslashes(htmlspecialchars($yahoo))."','".addslashes($signature)."','$adminemail','$showemail','$invisible','".addslashes($usertitle)."','".time()."','$cookieuser','".addslashes($prunedays)."','".time()."','".time()."','$newusergroupid','".addslashes($timezoneoffset)."','$emailnotification','$receivepm','$emailonpm',' $options','".addslashes($birthday)."','".addslashes($umaxposts)."','".addslashes($startofweek)."','".addslashes($ipaddress)."','$pmpopup','".addslashes($testreferrerid['userid'])."','$nosessionhash','$avatarid')");


before this add:
if($fieldX=="password") $newusergroupid=xy;

replace the X with the new fieldid and the xy with the usergroupid of your DVD group

not tested but should work

[groovesalad]

I know how to find out the usergroupid, but how do I figure out the fieldID number?

[groovesalad]

nevermind, I think I got it...testing now

[groovesalad]

Doesn't work unfortunately. It just registers them under "Registered" instead of "DVD"

[Xenon]

hmm, had a second look at the code and it should work perfectly...

Is your typing correct, the password is cassensitiv.

you can add an echo $fieldX;
exit;
after if($fieldX=="password") $newusergroupid=xy;

to see if the content of the var is correct

[groovesalad]

when I put in the echo code, when I try to register and give the correct password, the page refreshes to just a blank page. I took out that code and tried again and it still just registers the user as "Registered" and not under "DVD". Weird. Maybe I have my numbers wrong, but I have the Field ID set to the DVD group when I added that group, and I have the New User Group ID set to the Forum number. Is this correct?

[groovesalad]

I even switched the numbers around and it still doesn't work.

[Xenon]

the fieldid you'll get when you highlight the edit profilefield link and look into the status bar.

you must use the right numbers or it cannot work

[groovesalad]

Yeah, used the correct numbers. Have you tried it on your site? Maybe I have a conflicting hack interfering with it? .....don't know. Either way, thanks for your help :)

[Xenon]

yes i've tried it on my testboard now and it works perfectly.

you must have made a small mistake while hacking...

an normally there shouldn't be a conflicting hack, because it just uses a form value if the hack doesn't empty this val it should work...

[groovesalad]

Ok, let's see if I did this wrong. Here's the steps I did.

1. Went to ACP and went to ACP > User Groups > Add ( under Title, I gave it DVD ), then clicked Save

2. I placed my cursor over the EDIT link for the newly created DVD group. It showed a number of 13

3. Went to Forums & Moderators > Add. I created a private group (maybe this is the problem - it being private?) called DVD. Then clicked on Save Forum.

4. Ran my cursor over the newly created Forum and got a number of 35.

For the code, I put this:

if($field13=="test") $newusergroupid=35;

Then I went to my board as an unregistered user. I registered with a random username and put the password as "test" (w/o quotes). Then I replied to the user authentication email.

However, now when I go into my ACP and look at the newly created user, they are placed in the "Registered" category instead of the "DVD" category.

Was this correct? Thanks again for your help.

[Xenon]

ahh no i see what you've made wrong, you've missmatched some general vb terms.

step 1 and 2 are ok, usergroupid=13
step 3 and 4 are completly wrong for the instructions i meant:
section User Profile Fields > Add
add a new field lenght what you want, editable by user yes, hidden for other users in profile
after creating this field get the id and then chage the ifclause to:
if($fieldX=="test") $newusergroupid=13;
Replace the x with profilefield id

[groovesalad]

Works perfectly! Thank you :)

Do you know if there is a way to send the DVD subscribers a different User Confirmation Email once they subscribe? Something that is different than the normal "Registered" users?

If that's not possible, then maybe this:

I signed up on a board once, replied to the user confirmation email, and once I signed into the board, I got a pop up box saying I had a private message. The message was just greeting me to the board. I noticed that the PM Popup button is always set to NO when my subscribers sign up. Is there any way to get it to default to YES?

[Xenon]

you have to edit the registeroption templates to set defaults from YES to NO or the other way ;)

yes, as i say most of the time: Nearly everything is possible, but a secound email isnt as easy as this hack here, because you have to edit more than just one file ;)

[groovesalad]

Great. Well, i really appreciate your help. :)