I'm using the user profile plug in for user registration form, but I need to change the url the form get posted to when submitted.
How can I do it?
The user profile plug-in is a core plug-in that extends com_user... it doesn't control the submission of the user registration form.
If you want to modify the user profile process, then the safest way to do it would be to make a copy of the user profile plug-in, rename the relevant sections to make it your own plug-in — you probably want to start with this section on Plugins.
By modifying your own copy you will be able to keep up-to-date with Joomla's security patches because you won't have modified a core file.
If you want to modify the registration process, you would need to override com_user before doing that though I would suggest you check the Joomla! Extension Directory (JED) first. There are a large number of extensions that modify the registration process, offer integration with other systems and extend the user profile already in existence.
Another tack might be to use one of the forms extensions that also handle user registrations — typically they allow you to create all sort of custom form including replacements for the standard user registration form. We've been very happy with a few of them and currently use RSForm Pro! — it's a commercial product but extremely flexible and well supported for the small amount of cost involved.
For the record, the solution was to do a template override /html/com_users/registration/default.php and changing the action to some url specified in the template configuration:
action="<?php echo JFactory::getApplication()->getTemplate(true)->params->get('myFormAction');
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I almost have finished setting up a website based on joomla 3.x but I'm not a programmer and I'm stuck on one point and don't know what to do.
I use a registration form in which I use a user registration and a user profile forms. I also have a captcha on but it's not at the very bottom of the page but between the forms.
Could anyone one of help me with it and tell how to change it?
I'm sure there's more than one way to do this, here's one option.
What you are wanting to do is create an override and customise the Joomla core output.
(1) Use the template manager to copy components > com_users > registration files from your base Joomla components directory to /templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/html/com_users/registration
See https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:How_to_use_the_Template_Manager for detailed instructions on this
(2) You'll be editing /templates/YOUR-TEMPLATE/html/com_users/registration/default.php, so maybe make a backup because you'll be doing well if you get this first time ;)
(3) Open default.php with your favourite text editor. It looks to me like the output you want to customise is all happening between lines 39-49
How you attack it from here is up to you. You can use web inspector to examine details about all the fields, their IDs and classes.
Instead of the built in loop in default.php you could manually rebuild the form, or you could keep the loop but add some logic to add the captcha control group where you want it.
Good luck!
We need for articles to pass by an editor before getting published. Some pages need to pass by two different people. This is beyond the contributor/author/editor roles in the Joomla core, I think, because edits to existing pages need to be held for approval, during which time the original page needs to remain live.
Is this possible in Joomla 3.x?
An extension like this may help you
and other options are also ther use 3rd party software like processmaker and integrate it in JOOMLA in iframe and LDAP to verify users.
open source version of processmaker is available and free to use
I need to develop a magento extension which adds some content to particular pages such as the product view page. More specifically, on product pages, a button/link needs to be added to add the product to a third-party wishlist site.
Now I did some research, and it's not entirely clear what the best approach would be:
Use event/observers to intercept the 'core_block_abstract_to_html_after' event and adding my html there if needed
Use local.xml in app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/ to add my blocks on the correct page using either 'reference' or 'update' tags. However, can I package this local.xml in my extension? And if so, will it not possibly overwrite a user's own local.xml.
Use Magento Widgets? It looks like widgets need to be added manually to a page in the admin CMS panel, while it would be preferred to have a switch in the admin configuration to disable or enable the inclusion of the extra content.
Ideally, a user of the extension would need to do mininal configuration (or XML editing), and the extension must be compatible with existing layouts or modifications done by the user.
There's no single answer here, like anything software related it's all a question of what works best for you, your team, and your users, but here's a few general rules of thumb.
CMS Widgets are for content management. You create a widget when you want to create a simple user interface where store owners can create typed content, which can then be inserted into a page. Not a good choice to distributing an extension that needs to modify a page, or for creating an on/off feature. The ideal use case is a Magento solution provider creates specific widgets and a widget workflow, and a store owners content people update the widgets and add them to pages while managing a site's content.
The local.xml file is for layout updates that are local to this specific store/theme, and require little programatic logic. Your specific mention of adding a local.xml to app/design/frontend/base/default/layout would be a particularly poor choice for an extension you're distributing, as a user would lose this as soon as they added their own local.xml file to a theme. The ideal use case for local.xml is a developer working for a store owner (i.e. has a long term relationship with this particular Magento installation) who needs to build new pages or non-management content/interactive modules. Third party extensions shouldn't add anything to local.xml.
The official blessed way to distribute an extension that modifies an existing page would be to
Create a module
Use that module to add a new layout xml update file (see files like catalog.xml in core modules)
Use this layout update XML file to make your changes
This gives you the same functionally as local.xml, but keeps your code separate from a local user's system code. If you can add your block and implement your feature using only the features of the layout update xml files (block, reference, action, ifconfig, etc ..) this is a good choice.
Finally, there's using a core_block_abstract_to_html_after observer. This will let you add a block using pure PHP. Some PHP developers (myself included) prefer using this method as it's more programmatically transparent than using layout update xml files. The downside of using this method is if you attempt to grab a reference to a block
$block = Mage::getSingleton('core/layout')->getBlock('some_block');
$block->setSomeMethod('foo');
and some_block doesn't exist, you'll get you a fatal PHP error for calling a method on a non-object. That means your observers end up having a lot of code like this
$block = Mage::getSingleton('core/layout')->getBlock('some_block');
if($block)
{
$block->setSomeMethod('foo');
}
One of the benefits of using layout xml update files is these sorts of error silently fail on a production store (although it's that same silent failure that's maddening when developing a feature)
Hope that helps, and good luck! When in doubt, use the technique that lets your get your job done — you can always re-factor later.
I'm looking for Joomla's plugin allowing user to sign for page updates (articles/forums etc)
Would be great if this can be integrated with joomla's user profile (kind of checkbox determining if user shall be notified content changes)
Hmm well I just searched extensions and found some likely help.
http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/authoring-a-content/content-submission/15551
Joomla comes out standard with registered user, and public user
If I add a third (registered) User that allows the third user to a) create a single separate page in Joomla that the user can input pictures (like you do on face book). b) Access all pages as the standard registered user does.
How do I go about that in Joomla 1.7, add a third (registered) User and give it level 2 accesses?
Then how I create a single page for each user. Somehow I need a reference to each user’s page and show that in a list and control the list search parameters. And i need the page viewable when selected and in the page info needs to be received by the third user. I’m not creating face book but I need that sort of techno somehow.
Can someone point me to what I need to look at, editorials, videos, etc. I know I need to lean PHP better.
Could I make a foulder for each registered user to hold photo's and name the folder acourding to the user's name or email address.
I would recommend to go with a component that offers the functionality that you need. You will find it easier to control the user rights there as they are standard settings available. This is more convenient than building everything from scratch.
Some well known components are:
Community Builder (main component free)
JomSocial (commercial component)
There are more components and plugins available, you may also want to search the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED) for something suitable (http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/social-web)