I would like new jomsocial users to belong to Authors group while new Joomla users are set to Registered

in components/com_community/controllers/register.php around line 360 (note the code Id like to change in the 3rd line remarked out.)

        // Get usertype from configuration. If tempty, user 'Registered' as default
        $newUsertype       = $usersConfig->get( 'new_usertype' );
        //$newUsertype       = 'Author';     <<<<<<<< I'd like to add this

        if ( ! $newUsertype)
        {
            $newUsertype = 'Registered';
        }

Hi Lionel,

You cant do this from that page, you need setup the Joomla user configuration->Options->and set New User Registration Group to achive this.

Ok, let me re-phrase the question...
If had regular users who register trough joomla where new_usertype is set to Registered, I now want a different target audience with extended registration through Jomsocial choosing from multiple profiles whereby they would become Authors, what would be the best way to achieve this?

Hi,

Do you mean want the multile profile from Jomsocial can be integrated with user group from Joomla? I am sorry by default this is impossible right now.. We actually on research for this feature, probably will be added on 3.3