New members in a different user group than registered

[fonzerelli_79]

wluke said that there was a hack for this :-

i run a football site

currently rival fans are banned but i want to be able to create a user group called rival fans
they will be able to post in one room on the site

is there a way to do this when they register
ie. ask which team when they support when they sign up and then automatically assign them to the user group rival fans

[fonzerelli_79]

ello peeps!!

[Admin]

Coming soon...

[fonzerelli_79]

thanks firefly

luke said that it had already been done

im not the best at php etc but i assumed that it wouldnt be too difficult

anyhoo, thanx for the update

[Admin]

It's ready for testing if you want, shall I PM you the file?

It includes a new option for usergroups, "Can users choose to join this usergroup when signing up?", so you can control exactly which usergroups new users can sign up for.

[fonzerelli_79]

that would be great firefly

ill test it no problem and let you know how i get on, ie. any bugs suggestions

pm me the file and ill try it when i get home tonight

nice one

[amk35]

FireFly ,

I'm looking for this same hack, could you pm it to me also? Thanks!

[zonegray]

Did this go any further? Found this discussion looking for something similar (want to put users in a special group based on a code they enter at registration). Can't seem to find anything in Firefly's released hacks or betas.

[Logician]

Originally posted by zonegray
Did this go any further? Found this discussion looking for something similar (want to put users in a special group based on a code they enter at registration). Can't seem to find anything in Firefly's released hacks or betas.

Login Admin CP, create a new user profile field, make it invisible to other users, note its id..

Edit register.php, find:

PHP Code:

$DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'"); 


Replace it AS:

PHP Code:


            $userfields=$DB_site->query_first("SELECT * FROM userfield WHERE userid='$u'");
            if ($userfields['fieldX']=='YYY') 
            {
            $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=Z$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'");
            }
            else
            {
            $DB_site->query("UPDATE user SET usergroupid=2$dotitle WHERE userid='$u'");
            } 


Replace X with your profile field id.
Replace YYY with your secret code
Replace Z with the usergroup id users will be inserted..

This will work provided that:
1- You didnt enable new user moderation
2- You enabled email validation
3- I dont know about COPPA thing but I guess it wouldnt matter..

Not tested but should work..

[Aurore]

Looking forward for the hack!!