Hi there,

When a user registers on the site (NB I now have New User activation set to none in Joomla settings) the user is Enabled but not Activated. Why is this and what does it mean in terms of what the user can and can not do? More how I can get them to automatically be activated?

I not when I a user registers in through core joomla registration they are both activated and enabled..which makes more sense.

Thanks

Daniel

Hello Daniel

Its because you have set activation to "None"
If you set users to activitate their account via emails, then this toggle will have effect once they done it.
Also, this is more of a question for Joomla folks as JomSocial does not handle activation of users. (it looks like it does, but reality is, it doesnt)

Sorry that does not make sense.

I do not want an email activation. I want them to register on the front end and log in straight away. Hence I want them to to be both enabled and activated automatically. If Is set this parameter as I have to "None" and then use Joomla core registration then the user can register on the front end and log in being both enabled and activated at the same time. So I don't think you can pass it off as a Joomla issue.

However when I set it to none and register with Jomsocial the user is enabled but not activated. This leads me to believe it is either a) a Jomsocial issue not a Joomla one b) something else in the config. Would you not agree?

I believe this is a bug in Jomsocial and I also think that although the Joomla admin state of the user shows the user as not activated that user is still shown as approved in both Jomsocial dashboard and also that user is still able to log in regardless. So it is wierd behavior showing the user as not activated but being able to log in isn't it. Hence the second part of my earlier message asking what not being activated actually should mean?

Kind Regards

Hi, I'm having the same problem as the OP (though I haven't tried core registration, as I am using JomSocial registration).

This is the Joomla tooltip for New User Account Activation: If set to None, the user will be registered right away. If set to Self, the User will be emailed a link to activate their account before they can log in. If set to Admin, the user will be emailed a link to verify their email address, then all users set to receive system emails and who have the permission to create users will be notified to activate the user's account.

So, using "None" should cause the user to be both enabled and activated when they have registered.

I will be debugging JomSocial/Joomla right now, as I need it to work properly TODAY!! I'll post the fix here once I have it.

Fix for JomSocial 3.1.0.1, tested both locally and on a production server:

In components/com_community/controllers/register.php, change line 415:

		$user->set('activation', JApplication::getHash(JUserHelper::genRandomPassword()));

		if ($useractivation == 0)
			$user->set('activation', '');
		else
			$user->set('activation', JApplication::getHash(JUserHelper::genRandomPassword()));

Hello Dan

I will let the developers know about this, but it is not really big priority, as it don't really impact anything.
We will fix this in next versions.

Sinisa wrote: Hello Dan

I will let the developers know about this, but it is not really big priority, as it don't really impact anything.
We will fix this in next versions.

Hi there Brad

I dont think that is true
I have just created the user on a site without email activation enabled and i can login with it perfectly fine.
For Joomla, it is enough for user object to be enabled in order to login if activation is needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_4lJm78LjE
If you still have the issues with login at your site, please, start your own topic and we will inspect it directly.

Thank You