new registration method

gilemon

Hi
Could someone explain me a general guideline in order to add a new registration method to Vanilla 2.0.
I’d like to port this plug-in:
http://vanillaforums.org/addon/462-pictcha
for vanilla 2.0 but I can’t find a smart way to do it.
Thanks in advance.
Best

tester13

I must look at ReCAPTCHa realization.

I see that it is used in
class.entrycontroller.php
class.usermodel.php
registercaptcha.php
registration.php
functions.validation.php

I really do not know how to make this via plugin.
I think that you'll need to add new registration type (to existin ones).
And somehow add necessary functionality to above files (views part will be yours and will be different).

gilemon

Thanks for the details.

The problem is if I create a new registration type, it risks being obsolete/incompatible on the next releases of Vanilla.

But so far it looks like the only option I have.

Linc

You can create the new registration type by extending the EntryController with a plugin, thus keeping it out of the core code and not causing an issue with future upgrades.

For instance, you could add an 'Awesome' registration method with a method in your plugin named this: EntryController_RegisterAwesome_Create($Sender) and adding 'Awesome' to the Garden.Registration.Method array in your config file.

gilemon

Thanks Lincoln, but looks like I can't do this because it will always be treated as "Basic".

In class.entrycon line 769 there is this hard-coded array:

if (!in_array($RegistrationMethod, array('Closed', 'Basic','Captcha','Approval','Invitation')))
$RegistrationMethod = 'Basic';

S

You can't.
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/10027/custom-registration-method/p1