New User Auto Activation Hack

New Member Joined: Aug 12, 2003 Posts: 4

i dont know what topic to put this under, i didnt see any that it really fit in Confused

so anyway, here goes.
i found the New User Auto Activation Hack, wich would be unbelievably great considering my free host wont let nuke email member activation mail. but... the instructions are VERY hard to follow ( atleast for me they are ).
also, i dont know if its being worked on or not anymore. but im using php-nuke 6.7 is there a newer version in the works, or has this been tested on 6.7?

Site Admin/Owner Joined: Aug 27, 2002 Posts: 17088

What hard to follow?

Right from the INSTALL instructions:

Backup modules/Your_Account/index.php
Edit modules/Your_Account/index.php
Find the function finishNewUser()
Replace it with this one
That's it!

You replace the finishNewUser() function with the one in the download. Couldn't be any simpler Wink

AFAIK it works on 6.7 as I haven't heard otherwise.

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 10:19 am

where does the finishNewUser() end Question

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 11:20 am

As with any and all functions in PHP, it is defined as

function () {

//code

}

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 1:22 pm

thx, i figured out my problem.... i was using notepad for my editor, and the code was all garbled, so i got cute ftp and used its editor instead, and the code was nice and pretty, it works wonderfully, the editor as well as the hack. its a godsend, mad props to the coder

Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 5:04 pm

Yep, I've posted many warning messages about using Notepad and/or Wordpad. They are not meant for programming editors. I recommend Textpad.

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 12:49 am

textpad kicks butt

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 12:00 pm

I added this hack and I think it is going to help a lot. I have ran into one problem though.

The 'date joined' column is messed up. Check out j.white (created two accounts)

http://www.ccfministries.com/modules.php?name=Members_List

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 12:44 pm

I was unable to see the link because I'm not registered, but the hack does not alter any data at all. So, if something is messed up, I suspect that something else is amiss. Can you provide me with a user/pass to see it?

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 1:58 pm

PM sent and thanks!

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 4:49 pm

I see what you're talking about. Let me see if I can reproduce it here.

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:06 pm

Thanks!

I will patiently await your assistance. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:16 pm

You're sure you're talking about the New User Activation Hack? I just installed it on a fresh install of 6.8 and it worked perfectly and translated the date perfectly. As I said, I didn't alter the code that translates the data so I was as surprized as you were. Try deleting those 2 users from the table, reinstall the finishUser() function, and re-register. I know that for the 1600+ who have d/l and tried it, if this were an issue with the hack I would have heard about it by now, so I'm fairly confident it's something else but I don't yet know what.

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:21 pm

And I just reaffirmed that it still works correctly on 6.5

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:26 pm

I am pretty new at this nuke stuff and have made a lot of changes lately. It is possible that I have done something else.

Should I create a log of changes and add ons I am doing so I can track problems or something?

I really appreciate your help, Raven. I have a hard time getting questions answered at the busy forums. Very Happy

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:30 pm

Definitely for your sanity Laughing

. When it comes time to upgrade, you will lose your mind trying to remember everything you have changed. Trust me - I know!! Laughing

Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2003 5:33 pm

Time to sit down and and try and figure out what I have done over the last 3 months. Laughing

Fortunantly I have saved most of the files I have uploaded into a special Nuke folder on my hard drive. I can go over that list and try and remember which ones I have installed. Laughing

Edit: Trying to get my sig to work Very Happy

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:42 am

I had another person sign up for an account today and the date came across just fine. I have not done anything new. I wonder if someone is behind a huge firewall or something if it would make a difference. Very strange.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 11:44 am

Shouldn't matter. Try it again yourself.

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2003 12:03 pm

I just registered an account and the date is fine.

On another note how do I edit the available web sites in the 'my headlines' area under 'your account'?