Extension talk:ConfirmAccount/archive 1

Send account request to Administrator
After a new user confirmed the e-mail of his account request, the administrator receive an e-mail notification about this pending request with a direct link to Special:ConfirmAccounts. Tested in english an german.

Patch function in extensions/ConfirmAccount/ConfirmAccount_body.php
function confirmEmailToken( $code ) { global $wgUser, $wgOut; # Confirm if this token is in the pending requests $name = $this->requestFromEmailToken( $code ); if( $name !== false ) { # Send mail to admin after e-mail has been confirmed global $wgEmergencyContact; $u = User::newFromName( $name, 'creatable' ); $u->setEmail( $wgEmergencyContact ); $title = Title::makeTitle( NS_SPECIAL, 'ConfirmAccounts' ); $url = $title->getFullUrl; $u->sendMail (wfMsg('requestaccount-email-subj-admin'),                               wfMsg('requestaccount-email-body-admin', $name, $url)); $this->confirmEmail( $name ); $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsgHtml( 'request-account-econf' )); $wgOut->returnToMain; return; }               # Maybe the user confirmed after account was created... $user = User::newFromConfirmationCode( $code ); if( is_object( $user ) ) { if( $user->confirmEmail ) { $message = $wgUser->isLoggedIn ? 'confirmemail_loggedin' : 'confirmemail_success'; $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( $message ) ); if( !$wgUser->isLoggedIn ) { $title = SpecialPage::getTitleFor( 'Userlogin' ); $wgOut->returnToMain( true, $title->getPrefixedText ); }                       } else { $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( 'confirmemail_error' ) ); }               } else { $wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( 'confirmemail_invalid' ) ); }       }

Translation file
Get the translation file from rrosenfeld at http://www.spinnaker.de/tmp/ConfirmAccount.i18n.php.txt and extend the english and german section:

English section: 'requestaccount-email-subj-admin' => ' Request account', 'requestaccount-email-body-admin' => 'The account "$1" has request an account and is waiting for confirmation. The e-mail address has been confirmed. You can confirm the request here "$2".',

German section: 'requestaccount-email-subj-admin' => ' Antrag auf Account', 'requestaccount-email-body-admin' => 'Das Benutzerkonto "$1" hat einen Antrag auf einen Account gestellt. Die Emailadresse wurde bereits bestätigt. Du kannst den Antrag unter "$2" freischalten.',

regards --schweny 22:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

Extension don't work in opera/IE
When I press "Request account" button in Opera/IE/Konqueror page only reloads and nothing happens (I'm using latest version of MediaWiki).

What do you think about this ugly bug?
 * Works fine for me. Aaron 19:23, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Very interesting... ;) I'm checked the source and found that this line returns false:

$wgUser->matchEditToken( $wgRequest->getVal( 'wpEditToken' ) )
 * I have tested it in IE 5, Opera 9.23 (under linux), Konqueror 3.5.6 and Firefox 2.0.6. And only in Firefox all works fine :(
 * I fixed some fucked up non-XHTML valid html. Maybe it will work for you now. Either way, it worked on IE 7/Opera 9.2/FF 2.0.6 for me. Aaron 06:27, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I am having the same problem as the first fellow. Can you post the revised html so that I do not have to reload the entire extension?  Thanks.  8 September 2007.
 * We are also having these problems - they don't seem to be browser-related, and are difficult to replicate. But some users in some places, on trying to request an account, it doesn't seem to execute and stays on the account registration page. Aaron, can you help? - Jtneill 01:29, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Note further discussion is also available on User_talk:Voice_of_All - Jtneill 01:39, 4 October 2007 (UTC)

Spam prevention?
For people using this, does it help with spam prevention? I just added a capatcha script but I'm looking at my user list and there are a lot of spam generating user names on there. Has it helped cut down on spam or does it seem to deter legitimate users? --76.214.233.199 17:51, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It doesn't hurt, since if it's only for creation it's a one time think. This extension is mainly for open sites that want at least halfway trustworthy users (or PhDs, whatever criteria they use to confirm). If the throw away accounts don't actually edit anything, then I'd leave it alone. If spam keeps appearing, I'd try another extension first, with anon-page creation disabled (if not already). If that fails, then try this. Aaron 18:39, 27 September 2007 (UTC)