Users and Roles

Friday 08 April 2005 3:37:00 am

I solved this problem by allowing the anonymous user to create a custom user and assign it to a group (thank you eZ for suggesting this). If I had to do it all over again, I would probably use a separate site access for each different user to register.

Wednesday 29 June 2005 6:52:16 pm

You can create a new user class by copying the existing, default user class, or by creating a new one from scratch. You can add any fields you would like to your user class. Be sure to make the class a member of both the Content and User groups.

Now, allow the anonymous user create/edit privileges for that class, and provide an interface for the anonymous user to create the new user (templates or toolbars). This is code from a template:

<FORM action=/ez/index.php/plain/content/action method=post>
<INPUT type="submit" name=NewButton> 
<INPUT type=hidden value=8 name=NodeID>
<INPUT type=hidden value=custom_user name=ClassIdentifier></FORM>

The value=8 is the node id of the user group the new user will be assigned to.

The value=custom_user is the name of the object class that will be created.

Good luck!