Invite Only System

ADM · September 2006

There was a new addon released earlier today which turns your forum into a Gmail like invite only system, thought it'll be wise to create an official release thread.

Basically it adds an invite code to the registration page so the only way for people to register is for them to be invited by members on the boards, each member gets a certain amount of invites and they can invite whoever they want. When they run out of invites they can request more from the admin.

This way if you run a private community you can give the power to the people and not have to worry about approving accounts and all that. On the account of the invitee it says "Invited by: Username" so that way you know who invited them just incase they turn out to be a problem ;)

Check it out
http://lussumo.com/addons/index.php?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=156

timberford · September 2006

sounds cool i'll be checking this out. would it be possible to show who had accepted your invites on the account page of the person who sent the invite out?

ADM · September 2006

"would it be possible to show who had accepted your invites on the account page of the person who sent the invite out?"

What would be the exact need for that?

Dinoboff · September 2006

On the account page, we were think to put all the list of members that have been invited by you, somethink like the role history.

For the invitation that have not been used, our choice is more to delete them (the extension allow the admin to delete the ones that are not valide anymore). We didn't think to what you want. That could be done, but on the invitation page.

timberford · September 2006

"What would be the exact need for that?" well it's not like it's essential but it would just be a nice feature. just to see which user has been the most successful with their invites.

Ludwig · September 2006

Hey! I love this add-on it works great I just have a few questions; 1) This add-on destroys the "Whipser to:" input form everywhere on my vanilla installation as well another member of lussumo's install (they replied to a help topic I made making the connection between Invite-Only and Whispers) so do you know how this could be remedied. 2) How can I change the outgoing email to only send the Link to the Registration page with the Activation code seperate and then also the custom message below it instead of a link taking you to the registration page with the activation code already in the input field. Thank you!

ithcy · September 2006

1) is wrong.. check the other thread.

ADM · September 2006

1) No idea about this one to be honest.. never did it like that for me.

2) Just edit the Email_Invitation.txt that's with the addon.

Ludwig · September 2006

Thank you o so much, sorry for 1) it's wrong and I still have to get to the bottom of the problem.

Dinoboff · September 2006

I find a bug with whisper (failed to enable whisper) in my addons.
To fix the bug download the version 0.2.1 (or be sure that whisper is enable on your forum, you need to look into conf/settings.php).

This addons force whisper to be enable:
in version 0.2.0:

if ( in_array($Context->SelfUrl, array('people.php', 'account.php', 'settings.php')) ) {
...
if ( $Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_REQUEST_ON'] == 1 ) $Context->Configuration['ENABLE_WHISPERS'] = 1;
}

In the version 0.2.1, I took off the first condition.

argie01 · September 2006

Hi, I'm testing your extension, and even when this is enabled as extensions and turned on I can't find where to write an email to send an invitation. I checked it as admin and also as a normal user. Then, what is the function of the option "Category for request" ? Could you explain in a more extensive way ? There is a way to activate the extension for every user ? I know this is off by default... Thank you !

Dinoboff · September 2006

You have to activate the extension in the registration setting page.
You also need to add the permission to send invitations (settings >> Role and permission).
(Add also to your moderators and admin the permission to add more invitations to user)

Then there will be a new link to invite someone in your account page.

One more thing (not required), you should set you forum private in the forum option (Application settings).

"Category to request" is the category where you will receive the request from your users for more invitation.

timberford · September 2006

i've enabled the extension and set up the permissions in the roles.

however, when i send an invite i get:

"Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect"
"Framework.Class.Email.php on line 184"
"A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred"
"Could not connect to SMTP host"
"Email.SMTPSend(); The error occurred on or near: 111: Connection refused"

I've not had any problems previously with the forum sending emails. I get membership application emails etc. no problem.

timberford · September 2006

bump. anyone know what i can do about this?

Dinoboff · September 2006

I will look at it tomorow.

ragingapathy · September 2006

Normally, I'd just bang my head against my laptop until I get a solution, but it's a little late for that. This is my problem: A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred Error Message Could not create the Invitation Table Affected Elements Invite System Installer.OpenConnection(); The error occurred on or near: Duplicate column name 'InvitationID' Happens right after I activate the extension. What do I need to edit? I can undo the fatal error by deleting and uploading a backup copy of my config folder, but I'm getting tired of doing this while poking around. Anyone know how I can fix this?

Dinoboff · September 2006

You need delete to the 'InvitationsSent', 'InvitationsAllowed' and 'InvitationID' in the user table.

If the message appear again. Check that $Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_FIRST_ACTIVATION'] = 1; is in /path/to/vanilla/conf/settings.php

ragingapathy · September 2006

I'm on it. Thank you very much. I appreciate the help.

August · October 2006

I installed this extension and used it without issue for a couple of days, and then I decided that I should change my invitation message. At which point I get a syntax error message for settings.php. Now, it's easy enough to edit out and fix (it turns out that part of the message gets duplicated where it shouldn't), but it also causes "$Configuration['LAST_UPDATE']" to be written *after* ?> in the same file. Again, easy enough to edit out, and after I do so, everything works again, but I'm not sure I want to do this every time I want to change the settings for this extension, as it renders my vanilla install unusable until I do so. I'm not especially competent with php or MySql, so I'm sorry if this isn't enough information to go on, or if I've missed something very obvious. But can anyone help me with this?

Mark W · October 2006

Sounds like the same issue I had with the announcement bar - were there carriage returns in your announcement message?

August · October 2006

Yes, actually.

Dinoboff · October 2006

I just upload the version 0.2.2 that fix this problem.

For info, here is the fix:

Line 348 of default.php, replace:$Presentation = ForceIncomingString('INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM', ''); $ConstantManager->DefineSetting('INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM', $Presentation);by:$Presentation = ForceIncomingString('INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM', ''); $Presentation = addcslashes($Presentation, "\n\r"); $ConstantManager->DefineSetting('INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM', $Presentation);
Line 375 of default.php, replace:$Presentation = $RegistrationForm->Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM'];by$Presentation = stripcslashes($RegistrationForm->Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM']);
And line 148 of library/Class.InviteSystem, replace:stripslashes($this->Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM']),by:stripslashes(stripcslashes($this->Context->Configuration['INVITATION_SYSTEM_PRESENTATION_FORUM'])),

August · October 2006

Thank you.

wh0rd · December 2006

Another fsockopen() warning:


Warning: fsockopen(): unable to connect to smtp.aim.com:25 in /home/domainname/public_html/directory/forum/library/Framework/Framework.Class.Email.php on line 184
A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred
Technical information (for support personel):

Error Message
    Could not connect to SMTP host smtp.aim.com:25
Affected Elements
    Email.SMTPSend();

    The error occurred on or near: 13: Permission denied

Could this be related to permissions on the host server?

jsamlarose · January 2007

Great extension. Perfect for my forum. Am I right in thinking that, if a user has used all of their invites, there's no easy way to give them some more? Even on a global level - if, for example, I start by giving everyone 3 invites, then later on down the line I want to bump that up to five?

jsamlarose · January 2007

Oops - just looked more closely at the settings form, and I see that users can request more invites. How does that actually work, then? Ta!

ADM · January 2007

jsam: When a user requests more invites it simply whispers to you with the reason they write down. Then it's up to you to edit their profile and give them more invites.

Safariguy · January 2007

This is perfect for the way my board will work. I was thinking that it might be nice if ADMIN had unlimited invites or perhaps just a big number. I suppose this is really only important at the beginning of a boards life. Thank you for this extension and I hope I didn't miss a way to do this for the ADMIN. Cheers,

ADM · January 2007

You can just edit your profile and give yourself a large number of invites.

jsamlarose · January 2007

Great. This'll be very useful for my forum... ;)

timberford · January 2007

i still get:

"Warning: fsockopen() [function.fsockopen]: unable to connect"
"Framework.Class.Email.php on line 184"
"A fatal, non-recoverable error has occurred"
"Could not connect to SMTP host"
"Email.SMTPSend(); The error occurred on or near: 111: Connection refused"

I've not had any problems previously with the forum sending emails. I get membership application emails etc. no problem.

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