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Hi,

I would like to bring to your kind notice that, we have a project and we want to further enhance it. We want the ability for the Admins or Moderator when they are logged in, to add a new user to the system using the Joomla and CiviCRM tool simultaneously. Right now, what happens is, when a user is not logged in, it takes it to the registration form.


1. If we are logged in and goes to the registration form, then the contact information for the user is not displayed like username and password.I want to ask if there is a way out that if the admins feels the need to add a new user, he just fill in all the details of the registration form which includes username and password and end up signing a new user, with a mail being sent out to the user.

2. I want a way that should ask for the username and password details before he completes the sign up form.

You will need to customize the code via hooks and templates to do the below. Might want to read the chapter on extending civicrm in the book

http://en.flossmanuals.net/civicrm/ch062_introduction

lobo

Hello Lobo,

We have a plan on which we would like to have expert comments from you.

We did some R&D today for registration of a new user, I noticed some of the changes while I was login with admin details from front-end, Here are my findings:-

1) If we take Email as a primary contact field then, Username and Password area is displayed on registration page and after login when we visit the registration page then it tends to get disappeared.(Talking about the area related to, "Please enter a user name to create an account ".)

2) After login when we filled the form again and submitted it,then all the fields value of form were saved in civiCRM table accordingly but Joomla table was not updated.

On the basis of above findings we have made a plan as :-

1) Create registration form with all required fields including username and password and took Email field as work type not primary from admin configuration settings.
2) After submitting the form we update jos_users table using "Hook" file.

I would like to have your expert views and opinions on the following questions like :-

1) Are Joomla and CiviCRM associated with only users email-id or any other field too ?

2) When a person is logged in and submits a form ,then does the old information gets disturbed or is it in any way associated with new information?Based on our research,I didnt found it to get affected.Kindly Suggest.

3)  Would you please provide any other further suggestions on these steps...
 
Looking forward for help and assistance from your end.

Warm Regards,
Harish Ojha

Hello Lobo,

I followed the procedure as mentioned in our previous conversation. But I would like to have your expert views on the issue we are facing right now.

When we try to Register a new user(I am logged in as Admin) and save the Form, all the data is getting saved in Joomla and CiviCRM as desired.

But we are still facing a issue when trying to update Bridge Table, "civicrm_uf_match" using the Hook function( joomla_civicrm_post ) ,which on saving displays a screen saying " DB Error: already exists " that shows up on the Front end.

Although the user shows up in the admin and the Database but the data doesnt come up in the civicrm_uf_match table.

Can you please provide guidance on why this is happening and help us by providing your valuable suggestions.

Warm Regards,
Harish Ojha

Hi Lobo,

Please suggest how can we add a password field in registration form  by using $form->addElement function or any other way ?


Warm Regards,
Harish Ojha

Hi Yashodha,

Thanks for your support.

I used script which you suggested but when register form is render then password field is not created.

I used Suggested Script as >>
$form->addElement('password','some_password', ts('Some Password'));

Also i tried with this script >>
$form->addElement('password', 'Password',   $_REQUEST['Password'] ,array("id"=>"Password"));

Warm Regards,
Harish Ojha

Hi Yashodha,

As you suggested to change the tmpl file, i explored the same file and it seems that this file is using as a template for mails. Please review and suggest, how can i add password field in this template file also am i checking same file which u suggest ?

File Path:-
administrator/components/com_civicrm/civicrm/templates/CRM/Admin/Form/Setting/Smtp.tpl

I highly appreciate your time and support.


Warm Regards,
Harish Ojha

You really need to make a Joomla user plugin what loads whenever com_user creates a new user (not just on frontend user create as happens now).  It can call the same profile as you get when a user registers at the front end.