Moving user under a group during activation [SOLVED]

Monday 30 May 2011 8:40:32 am

Hello everybody!

When new users register themselves, they have to wait for the administrator to activate their account (...removed the email activation feature).

But I would like to add a shortcut which will allow the administrator to move its website's users under a group he wants them to belong, directly from the user setting page.

For this I added a new block with a simple select field recalling the list of available users groups in the setting.tpl (design/admin2/templates/user/).

<div class="block">
<label>{'Move this user under a users group'|i18n( 'design/admin/user/setting' )}:</label>
{def $users_groups=fetch('content', 'list', hash('parent_node_id', 199))}
<select name="users_groups">
<option value="">{'Please select'|i18n( 'design/admin/user/setting' )}</option>
{foreach $users_groups as $group}
<option value="{$group.node_id}">{$group.name}</option>
{/foreach}
</select>
</div>

Technically when he ticks the checkbox, selects the desired group and clicks ok, the user will be active and located under its new group node.

I guess, in order to accomplish this, the file I would need to alter is kernel/user/activate.php, right?

Since I have had unpleasant experiences with kernel files, playing with it freaks me out a bit.

Found something on the subject http://ezpedia.org/snippet/php_snippet_moving_a_node. Do I need to integrate a functionality like that in that activate.php file?

Thanks a lot!

loredanaebook.it

Tuesday 31 May 2011 12:24:20 am

Hi Lo' F !

I like the fact that the eZ Community forums are your lucky charm :)

About your solution : it seems fully functional, but it kinda hacks the kernel files, making any future upgrade a bit boring. How about an ajax based solution ? You could keep the template you updated, but simply handle the action through Ajax. This will have you create your own backend, using ezjscore for instance, but will keep your install future-proof.

Cheers !

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