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Invite system

ChrisGwynneChrisGwynne ✭
edited September 2006 in Vanilla 1.0 Help
Hey

Just wondered if anybody was working on an invite system like Gmail, it's been discussed in the past but not sure if it fell on death ears.
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    MinisweeperMinisweeper New
    I doubt it'l have fallen on deaf ears entirely. It's what marks previous forums have lived on. Whether he'll be making an extension for this i'm not sure..
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    ChrisGwynneChrisGwynne ✭
    please do mark.
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    LoOkOuTLoOkOuT ✭
    That would be a really good extension, I think. Wish I could help you lot out and write something. Sorry : ( I'm useless. Anyone capable out there fancy it?
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    MarkMark Vanilla Staff
    Aside from requiring some new tables, it would be pretty easy to accomplish with the new extension system.

    I think the next thing on my list is finishing off bugs and then getting an extension manager up for the community. After that, maybe...
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    AnthonyAnthony
    That is quite an interesting idea. I would love to run a forum that only allows invites.
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    ithcyithcy New
    i was working on one for 0.9.2 but never finished it. i could start it up again for 0.9.3...
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    BenBen
    That would be fantastic, I'd volunteer if I had any idea how to do it.
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    AnthonyAnthony
    Yeah, that would be great. I'm very picky with who I allow in my forums because of the type of dicussions I want.
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    chrischris
    yay!
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    timberfordtimberford
    an invite only system would very cool.
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    3stripe3stripe ✭✭
    Coolio. They should have a different name though methinks...
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    drazindrazin
    i like this idea!
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    naajanaaja
    Here are some suggestions http://i1.tinypic.com/oarn5y.jpg /thanks to. http://www.visualthesaurus.com
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    BergamotBergamot
    Just call them "Golden Tickets"
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    naajanaaja
    Or "E Tickets" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_ticket /probably not...the mouse will come after ya!
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    3stripe3stripe ✭✭
    edited February 2006
    Call them licks. "Gae us a lick, pal, eh!" (Only works in a Scottish accent though) Mmmm tastes like Vanilla.
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    naajanaaja
    As a side note...I didn't like the work involved in approval but wanted to be certain that the email adress was valid. So, I wrote a confirmation "extension" (halfway between membership application and wide-open). User fills out the application and recieves an email with the page link plus hash. They then use the link to "verify" the email adress. The page automatically kicks them over to Member. Required a change to People.Class.UserManager.php, creation of a landing page and the addtion of one field (for the hash) in LUM_User. Seems to work but hasn't been abused yet.
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    BergamotBergamot
    Ugh, I hate email confirmation.
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    lechlech Chicagoland ✭
    Bergamot, many do, but I think it's a good thing in many cases if you're running a huge board and don't want a flood of idiocy.
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    AnthonyAnthony
    So can this be done, or no?
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