Questions tagged [user]
This tag is for questions about users, user management, access levels and other user related topics.
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Logged in users not logged into Kunena on second site
I have 2 sites, let's call them site1 and site2. They're setup as subdomains such as:
site1.domain.com and site2.domain.com
They're both running Joomla 3.9.24 and I have created a view on site2 ...
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Password Reset on Login Form
Joomla 3.9.23
I have a meu item type Users » Login Form, this displays;
username
password
remember me checkbox
login button
Should there alslo be links to Forgot your Password? and Forgot your ...
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1answer
485 views
How to customize user registration in Joomla 3.7?
Now that Joomla 3.7 supports custom fields, can anyone point me to documentation or a YouTube video that outlines how to customize user registration? I assume that additional work is also required to ...
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130 views
Restrict user to only edit its own items in zoo
I'm trying to restrict to each user to only edit its own items created in zoo but I can't achieve that.
My steps was:
Create user group fake group (inherit from public).
Create level access fake ...
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1answer
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User creation with PHP : disable sending email
I'm using the User Class to create new users. Here are my fields :
$udata = array(
"name"=>$data['name'],
"username"=>$data['user'],
...
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2answers
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Verification code not found
Joomla 3.9.23
I am also using RSFormPro for user registration (I have opened a ticket with their support also).
When a user registers on my site they receive an email with a link to verify their ...
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1answer
144 views
Session Management Across Multiple Devices
Today users wish to be logged in across multiple devices.
The fact that Joomla signs out a user from all devices when one device was signout is driving users crazy.
Can someone please help me, and ...
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New User Activation Permissions
Joomla 3.9.23
I have a user that's in the default Administrator group, I have also created a new group Staff, which is a child group of Registered. See image;
When Staff register on the site ...
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Problem Displaying User Action Logs in the updated Joomla 3.9. *
I don't remember which version I started with Joomla. However, I have been using it for about 5-6 years. The latest version is 3.9.23.
Due to a problem we are experiencing, I need information on the ...
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Spam Registration for Joomla 3.6.0
I've just recently started getting a LOT of spam registration on a Joomla! website that my company host for one of our clients. I know they are spam because every single user has "https" in ...
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Individual user fine grained ACL is it possible in Joomla! 3.x
I was wondering if it was possible in Joomla! 3.x to have permissions down to individual user level.
Eg:
user A can see item X but not user B even if user B is in the same group or have the same ...
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5answers
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Direct logout link
I know I can display the login/logout form with the following link:
http://example.com/index.php?option=com_users&view=login
But once logged in, this link will redirect the user to a page with a ...
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47 views
Only allow user to assign categories and articles to his own usergroup
I have multiple user groups that can only edit and create their own articles and categories. This works fine for existing articles and categories but when someone in that group creates a new article/...
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1answer
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How to hide specific User activity options in the frontend only?
I want to hide the options "Send notifications for User Actions Log" and "Select events to be notified for Articles" (not disable them completely) in the admin's "edit profile ...
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1answer
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joomla returning invalid fields for user registration
I've added in custom fields for joomla registration, however it's returning them as Invalid Fields?
$requestData = $this->input->post->get('jform', array(), 'array');
echo '<pre>';...
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User profile control whether user can adjust their email address
I have a site set up that allows the user to login to a secure area. Everything works.
I'm having a problem with the email address. The user registers with an email address which works fine. ...
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46 views
Impossible to create new Joomla User with User Class : Please enter your name
Dont' know why but since Joomla 3.9.22 (or 3.9 ?), when I create a User with User Class, I have the error "Please enter your name". But the name field is not empty.
Here is my simple code :
$...
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How to get user object in Ajax call
I want to access the currently logged in user in my Helper function using AJAX.
function editUser(){
runAjax('editUser',"one");
}
function runAjax(type,regHtml){
request = {
'...
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writing my own code to import users
I need to batch create lots of users and I have their emails and some profile details like phone number and address. This data is in a google sheet. I just need to generate usernames and set initial ...
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2answers
82 views
Front End Management of Joomla Users
Joomla 3.9.20
I know there's no default way of managing Joomla users on the front end (a huge drawback of Joomla imo). There appears to be some commercial extensions and components that do this, but ...
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1answer
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Can't display Extra field (Date of birth) when logged in as Registered user
I'm pretty new to Joomla, so sorry if this sounds silly.
I am using Extra Field "Date of Birth" from UserProfile in this code:
jimport( 'joomla.user.helper' );
$user = JFactory::getUser(); ...
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1answer
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Menu Specifically For Super Users
Joomla 3.9.20
I allow users to register on my website, they automatically go into a group called 'Training', their parent group is Registered, see below;
- Registered
-- Training
I have created a '...
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1answer
53 views
Redirect Working on Module Not Menu Item
Joomla 3.9.19
I have a login module and in the Login Redirection Page I have selected a menu item > single article. This redirect works fine.
I also have a menu item type > login form. In the ...
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0answers
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Registration Email Include Additional Contents
Joomla 3.9.18
I'd like to include some additional content in the default Joomla user registration email, for example am image and some footer details. I have seen this question but it involves ...
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1answer
40 views
How can I create multiple users that can only edit and create articles/categories for their own permission group?
I have a website that has lots of companies on it. I want every company to have its own login where they can create categories and articles for themselves but only for themselves, they should not even ...
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2answers
192 views
Redirect if userid is not found in a database table
When users login, I am trying to push them to fill their 3rd party component's Profile form properly.
When they filled the form their user id is added to the "#__rbid_users" table (user id is same as ...
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1answer
53 views
Create a User Area
I'm wondering how i can create a User Area for users to login and gain access to a user panel (where user can update their info and specfic/custom actions). Because the Joomla user login ...
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3answers
163 views
How to add the current user's user id in query of a custom field for a plugin?
If I hardwire a created_by clause in a joomla sql custom field, the query works as it should (for this specific userid the clause is, and created_by = 305):
SELECT id AS value, title AS text
FROM #...
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0answers
29 views
Which Event to include in User Plugin that fires on Save button in Plugin manager?
My user plugin, "Myplugin", works. I have extra parameters in the plugin that can be set in the Plugin Manager (Menu: Extensions / Plugins / MyPlugin). Those are stored in the database when using the ...
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1answer
47 views
Can Joomla send the user an email after admin approves them?
I refer to this ticket:
Can Joomla send the user an email when admin approves them?
hence I can not reply or comment as a new user does anyone know a solution to this issue of mine?
Problem is:
...
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3answers
3k views
How to display user profile fields on an article?
When using the TinyMCE editor, how can I display the username at the top of an article?
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1answer
234 views
User Registration Assign to Specific Group
Joomla 3.9.14
I have a URL example.com/training/register, this displays a default Joomla user registration form.
Within Joomla I have various user groups;
- Guest
- Registered
- - Training
- - ...
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2answers
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How can I display the first name of the currently logged in user in content
Matthew Murphy asks the following on the Joomla Facebook Group:
Anyone know of an extension for content that replaces the name with the person who's logged in?
For example I have been working on a ...
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41 views
Create user and immediately log them in
I built a component where a user fills in a form, and on submit it creates an account for them and tries to log them in immediately. The account creation works, but when it tries to log users in, I ...
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5answers
4k views
Changing redirect login path for guests?
Suppose a menu's (or article's) access is set to registered users only.
Path to the page : http://localhost/menu
when this URL is directly access by any GUEST USER, he's redirected to :
http://...
4
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1answer
223 views
What is the correct way to programmatically delete a joomla user and their data?
I want to remove a set of users by id from a Joomla 3.x database. I am trying to figure out from the documentation if this is possible without having to write my own SQL for each database table.
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Users ID numbers messed up - how to change them manually? (urgent)
Background:
I develop my website on my dev. subdomain and when ready and test and clone dev to the live domain. However at the same time my users may change their password or any other profile data, ...
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1answer
154 views
No longer able to access the User object in Joomla 3.9.3
I built a small website using Joomla 3.4.0./ Wampserver 2.4 on Windows 8.1 Pro.
Now I've upgraded the computer to Windows 10 Pro and Wamp 3.1.7 (64 bit). I've rebuilt the website with latest version ...
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1answer
232 views
Unable to approve user registrations via email link
Since the latest update of Joomla I can no longer approve a user via the link in the registration approval email.
As of 3.8.13, Joomla is securing the process on approving an user after an email ...
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2answers
2k views
How to let users delete their account from the frontend?
How can i let my registered users delete their own account from the front-end?
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2answers
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Searching for users and tagging their name in a post
I've developed a Shoutbox extension and would like to implement a feature, by which you can tag a user in a shout (same concept as tagging a user on JSE) using the @ symbol and then the user's name.
...
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1answer
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Bulk delete disabled k2 users Joomla 2.5
I have thousands of spam users. I use K2 and I would want to delete them from "k2_users" and from "users". I want to delete the blocked ones.
I have tried deleting K2_users from the admin, but it does ...
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1answer
3k views
Get/set userstate and session variables not working inside for loop
I have a long loading for loop inside a function in one of my model in my Joomla component. In order to gauge the progress, I wanted to make a progress bar using ajax and javascript as the request is ...
2
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1answer
4k views
How to Modify Joomla Registration Confirmation Email
I'm currently trying to enhance/streamline the User Registration process on our Joomla website, however I've run into a snag on modifying the User Confirmation email. I have figured out how to change ...
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1answer
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creating new user front end [closed]
I'm creating a new user (v3.x) via a module helper function.
the helper function is called via AJAX. this all works fine.
I'm having trouble getting the user registration to work.
I've ...
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create user and set its frontend language via php-script
The code below (modified from another post) works fine for me to create a user.
But how do you set the new user's frontend language? In the code below, the lines
'frontend-language'=>'de-DE',
'...
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124 views
How to write the logged in user id in Plotalot queries?
I am trying to use plotalot to graph user results. The program only uses mysql queries to pull data. How can I pull session specific user data with a mysql query? Normal Joomla session variables ...
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3answers
1k views
How to view joomla user in frontend with profile data?
I use Joomla 3.4.4
I would like to view list of users in front end. Along with username i need to view profile data, email and phone, in front end. Is there and extension/plugin/component available?
...
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1answer
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User group and access level
I want to ask about user group and access level. Since I'm new in Joomla, I still a bit confuse to make the user access. I hope someone can help me. Below I have 6 different menu and each will have ...
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1answer
339 views
How can I add custom user field values to an article?
I have created a custom user field named "Gender".
How can I show this field in an article?
I can only manage to show: username, name, email and User Id
Here is my current Sourcerer code to access ...
