Hi EC
My Register function on webv4 is not in tune with the bbs. It works
fine for registering new users, but the required items don't match my
system. The only thing webv4 is requiring is the Name, Password, and
Email, but I require on my system Street Address, Birthday and a few
other things. Is there a special file that I need to sync these
things up.
My Register function on webv4 is not in tune with the bbs. It works
fine for registering new users, but the required items don't match my system. The only thing webv4 is requiring is the Name, Password, and Email, but I require on my system Street Address, Birthday and a few
other things. Is there a special file that I need to sync these
things up.
Do people really give their details up? I guess these days it's easy
enough to look someone up on the internet, and before the times of
email for verification, there had to an alternate way. I feel the days
of collecting true, authentic user information is in the past.
My Register function on webv4 is not in tune with the bbs. It works fine for registering new users, but the required items don't match my system. The only thing webv4 is requiring is the Name, Password, and Email, but I require on my system Street Address, Birthday and a few other things. Is there a special file that I need to sync these things up.
If you remember correctly, I am running webv4 off of my other website, and you and I worked to get it so it worked fine by changing a few things in modopts.ini. But at that time, you said all the modules may not function
My Register function on webv4 is not in tune with the bbs. It works
fine for registering new users, but the required items don't match my
system. The only thing webv4 is requiring is the Name, Password, and
Email, but I require on my system Street Address, Birthday and a few
other things. Is there a special file that I need to sync these
things up.
Do people really give their details up? I guess these days it's easy enough to look someone up on the internet, and before the times of
email for verification, there had to an alternate way. I feel the days
of collecting true, authentic user information is in the past.
My Register function on webv4 is not in tune with the bbs. It works
fine for registering new users, but the required items don't match
my system. The only thing webv4 is requiring is the Name, Password,
and Email, but I require on my system Street Address, Birthday and a
few other things. Is there a special file that I need to sync these
things up.
It's meant to respect the new user questions you've specified via SCFG. (And this worked the last time I checked.) Required fields should show up with an asterisk or something beside them, and the form shouldn't submit without them being filled out.
If you remember correctly, I am running webv4 off of my other
website, and you and I worked to get it so it worked fine by
changing a few things in modopts.ini. But at that time, you said all
the modules may not function
whatchanges you made to modopts.ini?
Does your webv4 installation have a lib/locale/en_us.ini file, and in that file is there a [page_register] section, and in that section is there a 'stat_suffix_field_required' entry? If so, what does it say?
email for verification, there had to an alternate way. I feel the days of collecting true, authentic user information is in the past.
Actually yes, I lose some users because of it, but for the most part most will fill in the info requested. Maybe it's because I've been around so long...LOL. Now, is the info honest, that's the million dollor question.
modopts.ini..Not sure if we made changes to modopts.ini, but if we did
I believe these were it...it's been awhile
brand_link = http://bbs.valhallabbs.com/
web_directory=../webv4
sbbs.ini
[Web]Web (HTTP) Server
RootDirectory = ../web/root
my index.html pointing to webv4
http://bbs.valhallabbs.com/webv4
Yes it's there
stat_suffix_field_required = required
On 01-30-22 09:06, DesotoFireflite wrote to Nelgin <=-
Actually yes, I lose some users because of it, but for the most part
most will fill in the info requested. Maybe it's because I've been
around so long...LOL. Now, is the info honest, that's the million
dollor question.
email for verification, there had to an alternate way. I feel the
days of collecting true, authentic user information is in the
past.
Actually yes, I lose some users because of it, but for the most part
most will fill in the info requested. Maybe it's because I've been
around so long...LOL. Now, is the info honest, that's the million
dollor question.
why do you even want that info? what if your system is compromised and their data is stolen? they can sue you no matter what disclaimer you put up.
I think this may just be down to a typo. Could you try the following for me and let me know if it helps?
1) Create a webv4/mods/ directory (if not already present)
2) Create a webv4/mods/pages/ directory (if not already present)
3) Copy webv4/pages/000-register.xjs to webv4/mods/pages/
4) Edit lines 16 and 20 of webv4/mods/pages/000-register.xjs, replacing 'system.new_user_questions' with 'system.newuser_questions'
5) Save the file, see if your reg page is fixed
If it does work, you can leave the copy of 000-register.xjs in place for the time being, and I'll put the fix in the git repo soon.
Actually yes, I lose some users because of it, but for the most part
most will fill in the info requested. Maybe it's because I've been
around so long...LOL. Now, is the info honest, that's the million
dollor question.
I agree with MRO on this, ask yourself do you really need to collect all of the information? I took a number of the new user questions out, because I really don't need the info. And these days, it's best not to collect information you're not planning to use.
Worked like a charm, Thanks EC, now that it's fixed, I can turn off a few of the requirements I don't need. Again thanks for solving the problem.
Re: ecwebv4
By: DesotoFireflite to echicken on Mon Jan 31 2022 08:29:42
Worked like a charm, Thanks EC, now that it's fixed, I can turn off
a few of the requirements I don't need. Again thanks for solving the
problem.
Thanks for doing the legwork - I didn't have the energy to test it last night.
Hang on to your modified copy of 000-register.xjs for now, but you'll want to remove it after I've fixed the official one and you've updated. (I'll try to remember to remind you of that when the time comes.)
why do you even want that info? what if your system is compromised and their data is stolen? they can sue you no matter what disclaimer you put up.
Well, I just want complete info. I want the City and State because I want to know where callers are from, and it leaves a blank spot in my last ten callers list, and I want the Age for my adult section, and the rest is for demographics.
why do you even want that info? what if your system is compromised
and their data is stolen? they can sue you no matter what disclaimer
you put up.
Well, I just want complete info. I want the City and State because I want to know where callers are from, and it leaves a blank spot in my last ten callers list, and I want the Age for my adult section, and the rest is for demographics.
why do you even want that info? what if your system is compromised
and their data is stolen? they can sue you no matter what
disclaimer you put up.
Well, I just want complete info. I want the City and State because
I want to know where callers are from, and it leaves a blank spot
in my last ten callers list, and I want the Age for my adult
section, and the rest is for demographics.
I don't really see a need to ask users for things like their address or phone number. I could see those things possibly being useful if you're running a BBS with adult content and want to do your due dilligence to verify user age etc.. but for the most part, I don't think that information is really necessary.
I don't really see a need to ask users for things like their
address or phone number. I could see those things possibly being
useful if you're running a BBS with adult content and want to do
your due dilligence to verify user age etc.. but for the most
part, I don't think that information is really necessary.
I guess I don't, but I'm from the old school of BBSing, and I guess It's a hard habit to break. I guess it's not really needed. At least it's working now, and I can decide. I just perfer to run my system the old way.
I ran a BBS from 1994 to 2000, and I don't think I had my BBS ask for users' addresses back then. Only their phone number, since I used a callback verifier at the time.
When I saw a BBS ask for a mailing address, I think it was often for BBSes with adult content where they might want to contact you for verification of your age.
On 01-31-22 08:34, DesotoFireflite wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yes, I'm planning on trimming down the required questions to what I
really want and need. I still want the city and state, age, alias, real Name, and email and password, the rest I don't really care about. Now
that EC solved the issue, I can get things squared up.
| Sysop: | Keyop |
|---|---|
| Location: | Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, UK |
| Users: | 369 |
| Nodes: | 16 (2 / 14) |
| Uptime: | 100:38:28 |
| Calls: | 7,897 |
| Files: | 12,968 |
| Messages: | 5,793,706 |