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there's no automated way to accomplish this. you'll have to do some work. here's what i usually do:

1) export my contacts from civi that i want to make accounts for
2) use spreadsheet software to generate unique usernames and passwords for each
3) import the user account info into joomla using one of the various extensions available (i've used "userport", but there are others)
4) send an email to the users notifying them of their access details. some of the import extensions can handle that for you. or I've imported the user records back into civi and generated an email from there.
5) ideally -- you will also construct the uf_match record for these new users. the uf_match table connects the joomla user account with the civicrm contacts. if you exported the civi contact ID in step 1, it's fairly easy to construct an sql import to the uf_match table. that would ensure the records all match. otherwise, you're relying on the dedupe rules to make a match when the person first logs in, which is subject to error.

Following this up i realise that we have issues of authentication.
People allowed to access the joomla front end as registered/authors need to be allowed as individuals that are related to member organisations rather than member organisations themselves.

So is it possible to authenticate against organisational membership by using individual contacts that are related to member organisations? Does the API help?
 

Thanks.
I googled and read this but am I missing the bit where you prompted: "you will also want to make use of the membership type relationship setting."
I cant see this referenced in the WIKI  [ I might well be blind]
We are on Joomla 1.5.23 currenty

LCDWEB, how would you send a mass email through Civi that contains the contact's Joomla user info?

Thanks very much,

-Max